page_title: Indigenous architecture
section_title: Contemporary indigenous Canadian and Métis architecture
hierarchical_section_title: Indigenous architecture / Canada / Contemporary indigenous Canadian and Métis architecture
caption_attribution_description: English: Pictou Landing Health Centre, Pictou Landing First Nation, Nova Scotia
context_page_description: The recent field of indigenous architecture refers to the study and practice of architecture of, for and by indigenous people. It is a field of study and practice in the United States, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Arctic area of Sápmi and many other countries where Indigenous people have a built tradition or aspire translate or to have their cultures translated in the built environment. This sometimes has been extended to landscape architecture, public art, placemaking and ways of contributing to the design of built environments.
context_section_description: Notable projects include:
  First Nations Longhouse (University of British Columbia Vancouver)
  MacOdrum Library,  (Carleton University), (Ottawa, Ontario)
  The Canadian Museum of History (French: Musée canadien de l’histoire,(Gatineau, Quebec).
  The Spirit Garden, (Prince Arthur's Landing, Thunder Bay, Ontario)
  First Nations University, (Regina, Saskatchewan)
  Aboriginal Gathering Place Pavilion (Capilano University, Vancouver, British Columbia)
  Squamish Lil'wat Cultural Centre
  Hôtel-Musée Premières Nations (Wendake Québec)
  Precious Blood Roman Catholic Church (Winnipeg)
caption: The Pictou Landing Health Centre takes its inspiration from long houses and traditional methods of construction
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