Awards: Portland Cement Excellence for design using concrete (1991)
Client: City of Calgary
Architect(s) & Prime consultants: The LeBlond Partnership
Partner-in-charge: Robert H Leblond
Designers: Michael Cunningham, Charles Bell
Partner-in-charge of production: Greg Beck
Technical: Yarka Cibulka, Colin Friesen,
Structural engineers: CWA Consultants, Dave Woodall
Mechanical engineers: Wiebe Forest Group
Electrical engineers: Wiebe Forest Group
Project cost: $4.7 million
Photography: LeBlond

Significant architecture is more than appropriate details and excellent construction. Brentwood's design represents the ideal by celebrating its structure and by making a simple, easily understood visual statement incorporating the tradition and spirit of Alberta.

The glass representation of a grain elevator on the prairie acts as a focal point for the suburban community and the Brentwood Mall, and provides a landmark and overpass joining Brentwood to the adjacent community of Varsity Acres. The design echoes the regular punctuation of the elevator marking rural communities in Alberta, with strong horizontal and vertical elements.

The station celebrates the progress of public transportation by Light Rapid Transit (LRT). The trellis-like steel arches reflect a festive and ever-changing play of light within the space, and the glass enclosure provides visual security and protection from the winter winds. The clock tower and granite arches at the station's doorways mark the entries and provide further landmarks for the everyday traveller.

Although LRT stations are utilitarian, the City of Calgary Planning Director found this station to be a significant architectural contribution to the area.