Exterior across the street evening view of two storey Time Winery & Kitchen, showing large floor to ceiling windows bordered by glue-laminated (glulam) beams and cross-laminated timber (CLT) used throughout

TIME Winery

Location: Pentiction, B.C.
Architect: HDR, Inc.
Completion: 2018
Photo credit: Dan Schwalmm, courtesy of HDR

Size
1,671 square metres

Owner
Encore Vineyards Ltd.

Construction Manager
Solaris Group

Wood Supplier
Mercer Mass Timber LLC

Structural systems
Hybrid / Wood
Low rise
Mass timber
Post + beam

Project materials
Cross-laminated timber (CLT)
Glue-laminated timber (Glulam)
Nail-laminated timber (NLT)

Wine and wood combine in TIME Winery’s urban downtown Penticton design

Wine and wood combine in TIME Winery’s urban downtown Penticton design, transforming the long-standing Pen Mar Movie Theatre into a contemporary space that reflects Okanagan Valley culture.

A historic movie theatre in Penticton is reborn as one of the area’s well-known wineries. The structure was renovated and retrofitted to house the winery, which integrates a state-of-the-art production facility, tasting area and restaurant.

Transforming the old into a new structure

Wood’s extensive use in the project demonstrates its place in contemporary buildings.

The original theatre was built with curved glulam beams and a nail-laminated roof, but they were hidden behind drywall and acoustic panels. Those existing wood elements were cleaned and left exposed, transforming the old hidden structure into a new modern visual feature.

From big screen to glulam beams

Three of the former screening rooms have become the winery’s production facility. The fourth has been renovated and kept as a screening room, a reminder of the site’s legacy.

Both the tasting area and restaurant are part of a new two-storey wood structure that features a giant truss constructed from glulam beams that spans north to south across the entire interior space and an exposed CLT roof. Extensive glazing allows for natural light to flow into the room.

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