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Architects: Hariri Pontarini Architects
- Area: 7150 m²
- Year: 2022
Toronto: The Latest Architecture and News
Tom Patterson Theatre / Hariri Pontarini Architects
The 8th Edition of Toronto's Winter Stations Reveals Images of the Winning Projects on the Beach
The 2022 winter stations competition revealed its 3 winning projects, selected from worldwide submissions alongside three student designs from Ryerson University, University of Toronto, and the University of Guelph. Back for its eighth edition, after a one-year hiatus, the competition, launched by RAW Design, Ferris + Associates, and Curio in 2015, will once again “draw people outside to enjoy the Beach in the winter” and the projects will take over the lifeguard stations at Toronto’s Woodbine Beach.
1255 House / Omar Gandhi Architect
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Architects: Omar Gandhi Architect
- Year: 2021
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Manufacturers: Roes Stairs, Tradewood Industries
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Professionals: Moses Structural Engineers, Aldershot Landscape Contractors, Studio H Design, Nick Andison
Alison Brooks Architects, Adjaye Associates, Henning Larsen and SLA to Develop Toronto's Waterfront
A consortium comprising developers Dream Unlimited and Great Gulf together with lead architects Alison Brooks Architects, Adjaye Associates, Henning Larsen and landscape design practice SLA were selected to develop Toronto's Quayside into a new neighbourhood containing affordable housing, robust public spaces and new business opportunities. The design for the 4.9 hectares site on Toronto's waterfront proposes over 800 affordable housing units, together with an 8,000 square-metres forested green space and an urban farm, accompanied by arts venues and flexible educational spaces.
A Mountain Retreat in Romania and Modular Housing Units in Australia: 11 Unbuilt Projects by Established Firms
This week’s curated selection of Best Unbuilt Architecture highlights projects submitted by established firms. From river-side commercial centers to mixed-use towers, this article explores commercial and residential functions designed by global architecture offices that are either conceptual, have won first-prize in design competitions, or are currently being realized.
Featuring a pedestrian bridge by Grimshaw Architects in France, and a finance-district skyscraper dubbed as the "Lighthouse of the 21st Century" by Ronald Lu & Partners, this roundup explores how established architecture firms have designed buildings that cater to the spatial and environmental needs of their users and respective functions. This round up also includes designs from SOM, IMPLMNT, Gensler, and Aedas, among other notable architects.
Toronto’s Leaside Innovation Centre Will be the First Mass Timber Flatiron Building in Canada
Canada suffers no shortage of flatiron buildings, with historic examples dotting the provinces from Toronto to Vancouver to Lacombe, Alberta, and beyond. Canada also enjoys its status as a hotbed of mass timber construction with Quebec serving as an epicenter of sorts for the movement. However, these two things—flatiron building design and the use of engineered wood products—have never yet been combined.
Osteria Giulia Restaurant / Guido Costantino
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Architects: Guido Costantino
- Area: 1700 m²
- Year: 2021
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Manufacturers: Kundalini, Limestone, Northern Wide Plank, Sound Solutions
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Professionals: Exsen Engineering Ltd., Giallonardo Engineering Inc, Biography Design, Unitfive
Tile House / Kohn Shnier Architects
Stormwater Facility / gh3*
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Architects: gh3*
- Area: 600 m²
- Year: 2021
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Professionals: RV Anderson
Newnham Campus Food Hall, Seneca College / Taylor Smyth Architects
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Architects: Taylor Smyth Architects
- Area: 35118 m²
- Year: 2021
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Professionals: EllisDon Corporation
Studio Gang Designs 'Wind Proof' Penthouses for First Ever Project in Canada
Studio Gang has designed a honeycomb-shaped residential building, titled One Delisle that offers residents an all-year-round outdoor patio overlooking Toronto, Canada. The project is designed as a windbreaker inspired by a German beach chair known as the Strandkorb. The tower will include up to 47 floors, with each distinct penthouse spanning one-third or one-half of the 16-sided building, and will offer residents hotel-style amenities.
OUT(SIDE)IN House / Atelier RZLBD
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Architects: Atelier RZLBD
- Area: 290 m²
- Year: 2021
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Professionals: Egberts Engineering, Atava Design, Jordyn Development
Holt Renfrew Flagship, Bloor Street / Gensler
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Architects: Gensler
- Area: 200000 ft²
- Year: 2020
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Manufacturers: C.R. Laurence, Franken-Schotter, Pilkington, Kuraray, ALU Rail, +3
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Professionals: Cooley Monato Studio, The Mitchell Partnership, Entuitive, Mulvey Banani International Inc., Govan Brown, +3
Building Toronto: New Housing on the Rise in Canada’s Queen City
Canada’s Queen City has become renowned for its housing boom. As the most populous location in the country, Toronto is also one of the world’s hottest luxury real estate markets. An hub for arts, business, and media, the city is sited on a sloping plateau with a unique ravine system. While it boasts incredible architecture and high-end designs, Toronto risks a housing correction. Rapid increases in home prices, overvaluation, and overbuilding have all attributed to the city’s mounting situation. Amidst these unstable conditions and uncertainty, new residential projects continue to be built.
Safdie Architects Reveals Designs for Mixed Use Urban Development in Toronto
Safdie Architects have released the images of 'ORCA Toronto', a mixed-use urban development with an integrated park in the heart of downtown Toronto. The project covers 6.5 hectares (65,000 sqm) west of the CN Tower, 4.5 hectares (45,000 sqm) of which are dedicated to the publicly-accessible urban park, while 2 hectares (20,000 sqm) are for residential, commercial, retail, and transit facilities. The proposed project reconnects the downtown area to the city’s waterfront, promising to become a vital hub that animates the underutilized parts of the city.
Canadian Pavilion at the 2021 Venice Biennale Highlights Canadian Cities as Cinematic Doubles
Canada’s contribution to the 17th Venice Architecture Biennale explores Canadian cities’ established “career” in cinema as stand-ins for the world’s metropoles, raising questions of authenticity, architectural identity and the collective understanding of the built environment. Curated by David Theodore of McGill University and realized by Montréal architecture and design practice T B A / Thomas Balaban Architect, the exhibition Impostor Cities highlights the diversity and versatility of Canada’s cityscapes as portrayed on film.
Winners of the 2021 Architectural League Prize for Young Architects + Designers Announced
The Architectural League of New York has announced the 6 winners of 2021 Prize for Young Architects + Designers Awards, the North American annual competition that celebrates the works of young architects and designers who have completed their bachelor’s or master’s degree within the last ten years. This year's theme was Housekeeping, which asked participants to explore how the domestic settings have changed over the past couple of years, changing the definition of "ideal residence".