Kamloops Heritage Register - City of Kamloops

CITY OF KAMLOOPS HERITAGE REGISTER 2007-2008
Character-Defining Elements
Key elements that define the heritage character of the Memorial Arena include its:
- location on Victoria Street in downtown Kamloops
- continuous public assembly and recreational use
- institutional form, scale and massing as expressed by its single-storey height; large rectangular
open-span interior space; low dual-pitched roof over the arena; and flat roof at the entry
- construction materials, including: board-formed reinforced concrete used for the foundations
and structural piers; concrete block infill walls; massive steel roof trusses; wooden purlins
supporting a wooden plank roof; heavy timber end walls; and red-brick cladding at entry
- International style influences as expressed by the horizontally-proportioned, flat-roofed entry
pavilion with wood-frame clerestory ribbon windows
- additional exterior features such as the bronze dedicatory plaque placed at the centre of the
front façade
- interior features including: concrete stands with wooden bench seating; wooden floors and
ceilings; and exposed interior structure
Kamloops Museum & Archives #1788
Donald Luxton & Associates Inc.: 2008
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