On Nov. 25, 2015, the Design Talks Institute, which works to educate the public on the value and impact of good design, dedicated one of its “d.talks” public events to a small office building on 12th Avenue S.W. in Calgary called Lacey Court.
An “unassuming but cherished building,” according to the program, Lacey Court was described as “a rare example [in Calgary] of a West Coast modern style of architecture.”
Almost exactly eight years later, on Nov. 29, 2023, the Calgary Fire Department was called to an out-of-control fire at Lacey Court.
In their report on the fire’s cause, CFD investigators wrote that
