This reinvention of the Port of Vancouver Visitors’ Centre was a long-overdue success. Located at the far end of Canada Place Pier, the centre had welcomed visitors from around the world since Expo ’86. Thirty years on, it was time for a serious update, for changing times, changing trade, and a changing Vancouver. Veteran …
Visitors to the Richmond Olympic Experience at the Richmond Olympic Oval take a journey of transformation as they follow the pursuit of the Olympic and Paralympic dream. 3DS partnered with W3 Design Group, along with EOS Lightmedia and EDMStudio, to create this highly immersive and dynamic visitor experience. Guests take a journey through the …
An enormous marvel of 60’s engineering, the W.A.C. Bennett Dam is British Columbia’s largest power-generating facility. 3DS built this spectacular new visitors’ centre as a showcase for the dam’s multifaceted history. Located in Hudson’s Hope, Northern BC, this visitors’ centre is almost like a science centre. In this engaging space full of educational games …
The Moffat Market food court is located very near the legendary Moffat Railroad Tunnel; so close, in fact, that the tunnel entrance itself is visible through the windows. In 1928, the Moffat Tunnel gave Denver a long-needed western link through the Continental Divide, radically shortening transport and shipping routes. This food court’s theme in pay …
In one of the state’s most abundant wildlife areas, this Real Estate Discovery Center occupies a place of honor. Wild Heron is a large development in Panama City, Florida and a connection to the natural world is an important part of that area’s tradition. A visit to this impressive, purpose-built presentation center begins at the …
Gold, crystal, champagne – everything you think of when you think of The Luxury. That’s the world we stepped into when Kodu Design asked 3DS to build a fitting enclosure for Vancouver’s new Holborn show suite. We worked with designer Merike Lainevool to create a wraparound shell of undulating, faceted, floor-to-ceiling gold millwork that resembles …
Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke Of Edinburgh were the first passengers to arrive at the Winnipeg Airport’s new terminal, on July 3rd, 2010. As a key part of the terminal‘s dedication ceremony Queen Elizabeth II came with a special mission for the future youth of Manitoba: a signed an official letter to …
If ever 3DS built a contemporary mall kiosk, Culture Craze is it. Mall kiosks are the perfect format for this innovative specialty chain of body piercing jewelry and hardware mini-retailers. The format has an edgy, “guerrilla” quality, which appeals naturally to its market, as does the rough, “street-level” kiosk design aesthetic. Planting one of …
Designed by Waddell and Conder, the Tobiano exhibit and real estate presentation center is a textbook example of a controlled sales environment. The center stands on the former site of one of BC’s largest ranches, outside Kamloops, BC, at a major nexus of historic routes and railway connections. The building itself is freestanding, and built …
The Syncrude Environments Gallery is an interactive tour de force. 3DS was commissioned to build all exhibits, with design by AldrichPears Associates and AV content by NGX Interactive. The exhibit gallery boasts twenty-seven stations with fully interactive science exhibits, all engagingly hands-on and driving deep into Alberta’s fascinating natural history. In this graphics-intensive space, great …
