In February 2019, the Senate and House of Commons moved to temporary locations while Parliament?s Centre Block, their permanent home, is rehabilitated.
The House of Commons is currently situated in the restored West Block, designed by Architecture49 and EVOQ Architecture, architects in joint venture, while the Senate is currently located in a renovated Beaux-Arts train station designed by DSA-KWC Architects in joint venture.
An HOK-WSP joint venture called CENTRUS is leading the design of the expansion, conservation and rehabilitation of the main facility of the Centre Block. Within the joint venture, HOK is leading the architectural design and conservation efforts and is architect of record, with support from associate architects Architecture49, DFS and ERA Architects. While Centre Block is shuttered for rehabilitation work, Canadians can still experience its art and architecture as well as the Senate of Canada Building?s through the Senate?s immersive virtual tours.
A recent article by Senate of Canada?s SenCA+ Magazine (featured below), delves into how sculptors have recaptured ghostly faces from Centre Block?s past.
Photo courtesy of SenCA+ Magazine

A haggard clutch of weather-beaten Parliament Hill residents is looking fresh and rejuvenated now that sculptors working on Centre Block?s rehabilitation have chipped away at the ravages of time.
The eight-person Decorative Arts Team has spent the last few months restoring a handful of crumbling and severely er...