Country Canada Architectural style Postmodern Architecture | Town or city Hopedale | |
Client Government of Nunatsiavut | ||
Nunatsiavut Assembly Building is the home the Nunatsiavut Assembly and opened in 2012 in Hopedale, Newfoundland and Labrador.
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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 with various rooms:
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.
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).