Tag Toronto, Canada

12-12-2022

A lesson in city design from Toronto: less digital, more common good

Last February, the city of Toronto announced its new plan for urban development of the Quayside district on the Lake Ontario waterfront. Green parks and two acres of urban forests, eight-hundred low-cost housing units, arts centres focusing on indigenous culture and a promise of zero emissions: the proposal submitted by Adjaye Associates, Henning Larsen, Alison Brooks Architects and SLA replaced the previous high-tech proposal put forward by Alphabet.

25-02-2022

Concrete Stormwater Facility by gh3*

A concrete building containing a stormwater treatment plant in Toronto is finished with prestigious details combining simplicity with refined design.

17-01-2022

Downsview Wind Rose, public art in Toronto

A dynamic interactive structure created by Future Simple Studio in collaboration with Born in the North and Dept of Words & Deeds celebrates the wind, the view and indigenous connections. The installation in Downsview Park in Toronto, Canada was produced as part of XOXO Downsview, a public art project in coordination with ArtworxTO.

19-08-2020

Thermally Speaking, light installation by LeuWebb Projects for CITYLights Toronto

A look at the last CITYLights Toronto installation in anticipation while waiting to find out who will be the light artist of 2020. The 2019 site-specific installation called Thermally Speaking was created in collaboration with the local LeuWebb Projects Canadian art group.

29-06-2020

A sustainable semi-detached house by baukultur/ca

baukultur/ca, a design and development studio in Toronto has recently completed the construction of two new contemporary and highly sustainable homes. Their design features a limited footprint and impact that exceeds NetZero Ready standards and takes advantage of an unused plot of land in the neighbourhood.

06-03-2020

Casey House by Hariri Pontarini Architects, 2020 National Urban Design Awards

Twelve projects across Canada - each one with a massive impact on the surrounding built environment - have been selected for the 2020 National Urban Design Awards. One of these is the renovation and extension by Hariri Pontarini Architects to Casey House, a specialized healthcare facility for individuals with HIV/AIDS.

04-09-2019

NADAAA: Daniels Building at the University of Toronto

The extension of Knox College at One Spadina Crescent in Toronto was the occasion for NADAAA to design a contemporary volume, the Daniels Building, updated in energy sustainability and in dialogue with the neighbourhood. The Daniels Building translates the vertical thrust of the neo-Gothic building.

06-06-2019

Albion Public Library in Toronto by Perkins+Will Canada

The Albion Public Library in Toronto, designed by Perkins+Will Canada, is one of the six libraries that won a 2019 AIA/ALA Library Building Award.

04-12-2018

TORONTO: a melting pot of architecture and design

Toronto is a cultural melting pot featuring plenty of industrial and Victorian architecture, with warehouses converted into art and design galleries, artists’ studios and coffeeshops, cultural hubs of fashion and film and plenty of space for museums, too.