FWBA Architects

Project Showcase: Red Deer Recovery Community

A transformative step in Alberta’s Recovery Community Program – this 75-bed, 45,500 sq.ft. facility offers holistic healing in a modern, modular space.

This purpose-built community fosters hearing through a blend of medical care, social connection, and physical activity.

Constructed primarily off-site, using modular components, the project benefited from accelerated timelines, enhanced quality control, and reduced waste. In collaboration with Synergy Projects, our team emphasized a simple, flexible, and modern design that prioritizes comfort and natural light, featuring clerestory windows in communal areas and thoughtfully placed windows in private spaces. It was important the project offer opportunities for the operator to personalize the interior spaces.

This project is a testament to what’s possible when innovation, compassion, and collaboration come together to support recovery and community well-being. It won an Award of Distinction from the international Modular Building Institute in 2024, recognizing it as a leading example in modular healthcare construction.

Lest We Forget

On this Remembrance Day, we pause to honour the courage, sacrifice, and service of those who have served, and continue to serve our country in times of war, conflict, and peace.

FWBA will be closed in observance of this day, and will resume on November 12, 2025.

Project Showcase: Phoenix Safe House Expansion & Renovation for Medicine Hat Women's Shelter Society

The Medicine Hat Women's Shelter Society (MHWSS) engaged FWBA Architects for the expansion and modernization of the Phoenix Safe House and support MHWSS growing programs. New offices, meeting areas, and five new bedrooms, enable staff to work together in one location while accommodating future growth. Renovated bedroom suites and main floor areas create warm, supportive and functional spaces for those in crisis and experiencing intimate partner violence in the community.