Nunatsiavut Assembly Building

Nunatsiavut Assembly Building is the home the Nunatsiavut Assembly and opened in 2012 in Hopedale, Newfoundland and Labrador.[1]

Nunatsiavut Assembly Building
General information
Architectural stylePostmodern with influences from Inuit and Moravian mission architecture
Town or cityHopedale, Newfoundland and Labrador
CountryCanada
ClientGovernment of Nunatsiavut
Design and construction
ArchitectInuit Canadian Consultants Limited

The building is the Assembly's first permanent home since it first sat in 2008 and has been meeting in temporary locations around Hopedale. The building is located at Nanuk Hill with Amos Comenius Memorial School located just to the north and a new residential area to the west.

Facilities and Features

The building has 10,000 square feet (929 square metres) of space[2] with various rooms:

  • Nunatsiavut Assembly Chambers - used by the Legislative Assembly
  • Assembly Caucus Room
  • Nunatsiavut Government offices
  • Assembly members offices

There is a large common room is used for community events, public meetings, and used by the Newfoundland and Labrador Department of Justice for provincial court sessions.[3]

The Assembly building's front is an Igloo inspired topped by a half dome and rear structure pays homage to the nearby Hopedale Moravian Mission Complex (windows and steeple are borrowed from the mission but topped with a large green Inukshuk).[4]

Other government buildings

See also

References
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-02-09.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. http://stephaniemclellan.com/2014/04/tdbook-week-labrador/comment-page-1/
  3. http://stephaniemclellan.com/2014/04/tdbook-week-labrador/comment-page-1/
  4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-02-09. Retrieved 2015-02-09.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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