The Clark Centre for the Arts is undergoing a revitalization as part of the Guild Park and Gardens in Toronto. Designed by Taylor Hazell Architects, the new multipurpose facility will house art studios and be home to creative programs for residents and visitors. Clark Centre for the Arts (CCA) will offer a public gallery, five specialized art studios and two on-site cabins, providing over 6,000 square feet of new, dedicated studio, exhibition and event space.
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Taylor Hazell Designs New Clark Centre for the Arts in Toronto
Brigitte Shim and Howard Sutcliffe win the 2021 RAIC Gold Medal
The Royal Architecture Institute of Canada awarded the 2021 Gold Medal to the architectural duo Brigitte Shim and A. Howard Sutcliffe. The distinction is a recognition of the architects' long-lasting and pivotal contribution to Canadian architecture.
King West Loft / Studio of Contemporary Architecture (SOCA)
High Park Residence / Batay-Csorba Architects
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Architects: Batay-Csorba Architects
- Area: 3500 ft²
- Year: 2020
New Renderings Reveal the Tallest Frank Gehry-Designed Building in the World, part of the King Street West Project in Toronto
New images highlight a refined design of Frank Gehry's latest landmark, a two-tower project in the skyline of the city of Toronto. Unveiled by Great Gulf, Westdale Properties, and Dream Unlimited, the intervention is part of the King Street West Project, an ensemble of mixed-use buildings.
"Sometimes a Building is Not Enough": Lola Sheppard on Architecture as a Cultural Act
Architecture is inherently defined by its cultural and environmental context. From the climate crisis and questions of exurbanism to architecture’s role in rural and remote communities, broader conditions shape how we design. Embracing these dynamics, architect Lola Sheppard of Lateral Office has created a body of work that directly responds to the demands of the 21st century. Through critical and deft interventions, she is exploring new typologies made possible by an architecture that brazenly confronts today.
Ryerson University Daphne Cockwell Health Sciences Complex / Perkins&Will
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Architects: Perkins&Will
- Area: 289000 ft²
- Year: 2019
Gusto 501 Restaurant / Partisans
Toronto's New Flatiron Building Designed by Hariri Pontarini Architects
Real estate development firm ELAD Canada has unveiled Galleria III, Toronto’s tallest flatiron building designed by Hariri Pontarini Architects and DesignAgency. Made to be a gateway to Galleria on the Park, the development will include 426 residences ranging from studios to three-bedroom units. The tower will part of the next phase in the master-planned community and the transformation of Toronto’s West End.
Torrens House / Atelier Sun
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Architects: Atelier Sun
- Area: 960 ft²
- Year: 2020
Thermally Speaking Installation / LeuWebb Projects + Mulvey & Banani Lighting
- Year: 2019
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Manufacturers: Lamberts
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Professionals: Mulvey & Banani Lighting Design
Lady Marmalade Restaurant / Omar Gandhi Architect + SvN
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Architects: Omar Gandhi Architect, SvN
- Year: 2019
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Manufacturers: Loewen, Stone Tile, Suite 22
Canada's City of the Future Moves Forward with Central Train Station Approved
A new train station by Toronto-based architecture studio PARTISANS has been approved for The Orbit, Canada's city of the future project. Designed to be a new central neighborhood for the Canadian town of Innisfil, the station was made in response to the potential arrival of high-speed mass transit that connects to downtown Toronto. The Transit Hub aims for rapid and responsible growth, fostering sustainable development and preserving the core attributes of Innisfil's landscape and community.
Perkins and Will Create Twisting York University Building in Toronto
Perkins and Will have designed a new twisting School of Continuing Studies for York University in Toronto, Canada. Consolidating classes that are currently held across four buildings, the nearly 100,000 square foot building is made to become an iconic gateway site and showcase York's commitment to non-traditional students.
The Upshot of Sidewalk Labs’ Canceled Toronto Project
In May, Alphabet’s Sidewalk Labs announced that it would cancel its high-profile Quayside project because of “unprecedented economic uncertainty.” The statement marked the end of a three-year initiative to create a living, urban “testbed for emerging technologies, materials, and processes.”
Reversing the traditional order of city planning, Sidewalk Labs imagined building a new urban district on Toronto’s waterfront from the internet up, with sensors and other data collection infrastructure embedded in the fabric of a large city block. The ambitious development—with an area of 2.65 million square feet, including 1.78 million square feet of residential space—was to be built entirely from mass timber; indeed, the extensive use of modular cross-laminated timber (CLT) and glue-laminated timber (glulam) was a chief selling point of the design (by Heatherwick Studio and Snøhetta, using a kit-of-parts developed by Michael Green Architecture).