Designed by the firm Moriyama & Teshima Architects, the River Building (RB) is the 43th structure erected on the Rideau River Campus of the Carleton University in 2012. Overlooking the Rideau River to the south, the building's namesake provides a magnificent sight at all seasons.

River Building, as seen from the southern bank of the Rideau River.

Facilities [ edit ]

The River Building is home to loads of quirks and features. Here's a brief list of them.

A Road [ edit ]

Yes. You are reading it right. Conveniently, the RB comes with a built-in underpass of the University Drive. The two-way, two-lane road divides the first floor in two parts, so a seamless indoor transition between the two sections in Ottawa's freezing winter must be done by climbing and descending a floor.

Parking Garage 16 [ edit ]

Also known as P16, it's one of the newer and nicer parking garage, located directly under the building. The barriers are vehicle-sensing so it does not time out and slam on your shitbox 2001 Honda Civic. In case of the said tragedy actually happens, riding in a lower vehicle such as a stanced Miata is advised. The entrance is protected by a three-way stop sign, but is often ignored despite there's also a pedestrian crosswalk. This lot serves the paying visitors only, as students are too poor for the hourly rates anyways. Violators will receive a $50 ticket issued by the Parking Services. Feel free to argue with them at 204 Robertson Hall, 8:30 - 16:30.

Tim Horton's [ edit ]

On the southern end of the first floor lies the Tim Horton's with the best view on campus. Directly overlooking the Rideau River, students can relax, recharge, while enjoying the view of the river. The line is usually shorter than other Tim's (UC, CO) due to its southernmost location on campus.

Also, it's tedious to get to this location from inside. You need to go to the second floor, walk across the atrium to the other elevator/stairs then go down to level 1 because of the road. You can also go outside if you want, but it's cold in Ottawa.

RB2200 Theater [ edit ]

Situated on the second floor with direct access from the first floor, this theater serves as a... Theater. It also acts as a lecture hall for massive, program-generic first year lectures. FILM1101 (the movie-watching, popcorn-munching bird course) also shows its movies here. Look up its meeting schedules every week on Carleton Central and enjoy your complimentary movie every week!

School of Public Policy and Administration [ edit ]

This is what Carleton is known for, apart from engineering. So it's probably good. There's even a news room and some state-of-the-art cameras for the media kids!

A Big Wooden Statue Thingy [ edit ]

Self-explanatory. Can be found on the first floor.

Allergic Information: Contains vegan wood.

Wall of Donations [ edit ]

Carleton's shills live here.

River Wars: The 2016 Rename Controversy [ edit ]

The Witchcraft Menace [ edit ]

In 2016, the Singhal Family, owner of the Richcraft Homes, donated $3,000,000 to the school and was able to rename one of the buildings. Of all the shit-tier garbage 1970s aesthetic brick graves in Carleton, they have chosen the newest, most magnificent construction masterpiece on campus: The River Building. According to (unofficial) Carleton Newsroom report, the name of the building was amended to "Richcraft Hall" and RB2200 to "Singhal Family Theater", despite the students attending lectures in the theater do not bring their families with them.

Attack of the Memes [ edit ]

Seeing their beloved River Building being brutally murdered by corporate bribery, countless Carleton undergraduate and graduate students geared up with memes and defended the original name with a meme after another. Their effort was noted by the Charlatan, Carleton's official, no-longer-in-print-thanks-to-the-now-dead-student-choice-initiative-so-it's-only-available-digitally-on-the-internet campus newspaper.

Revenge of the Dean [ edit ]

CASH! The tuition has been increased. It's super ineffective!

A New Meme [ edit ]

The leader of the Never Forget River Building Society, R. Iverbu Ilding, has successfully escaped Carleton Newsroom's propaganda machine. He single-handedly printed and distributed 200,000 stickers (with another million in production) saying "I remember River Building. Do you?" and "Richcraft is Witchcraft", hoping to promote RB awareness among first-year students and seasoned seniors.

The Security Strikes Back [ edit ]

Campus Security tore all of the posters and stickers down. So this is how democracy dies. With thunderous Ford Explorers.

Return of the River [ edit ]

Nevertheless, the efforts have been made and building #43 has always been, and will always be River Building to the students and (most) staffs of Carleton University. The R/CarletonU redditors have defeated the Carleton Newsroom propaganda. River Building is now eternal.