Location: Toronto, Ontario Size: 23,153 s.f. Completion: 2012 The Munk School of Global Affairs at the University of Toronto is one of the unique places in academia where world issues are studied and debated through a Canadian lens. Founded in 2000, as an interdisciplinary academic centre on global issues that integrates research with teaching and…
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Client: Toronto District School Board Project Size: 110,000 sq. ft. Competition: 2012 This ambitious urban revitalization project focuses on the transformation of Nelson Mandela Park Elementary School, a historic building located in the centre of the Regent Park Community. Designed to achieve LEED Silver, the project consists of extensive renovations and additions to the…
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Toronto, Ontario 48,500 sf Completed 2012 This is a new K-8 school with capacity for 467 pupil places for the Toronto Catholic District School Board. Sharing a site with a TDSB school and child care centre in the Scarborough neighbourhood of Malvern, the building creates a campus plan of shared outdoor spaces while defining a strong street presence on…
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Location: Toronto Client: York University Completion: September 2011 York University’s Glendon campus is broadening its range of programs in response to the urgent need for increased post-secondary offerings in French in southern Ontario, where there is a significant growth in the Francophone population. To accommodate this need, the university is undertaking an expansion which will be called…
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Client: City of Niagara Falls Size: 19,400 SF Awards: Niagara Community Design Awards, Overall Excellence Award The Niagara Falls History Museum celebrates the local history and commemorates the Battle of Lundy’s Lane, a pivotal battle in the War of 1812. To support the museum’s expanded mandate as a national cultural institution, Moriyama & Teshima led a heritage…
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Client: Town of Gravenhurst Project Size: 69,000 sq. ft. Completion Date: November 2011 The expansion and renovation of the Gravenhurst Centennial Centre, (original building designed by CS&P in 1978), combines the addition of a new fitness/aquatic facility with various upgrades to the existing arena. A full service YMCA now operates within the facility, which comprises a 25-metre lap-pool,…
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The Evergreen Brick Works project transforms an underused deteriorating industrial site in the City of Toronto’s Don Valley into a regionally important, environmentally based community landmark to engage visitors in diverse experiences connected to nature and the city. The LEED Platinum Certified Centre for Green Cities is the only new building on the site. It…
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Client: Seneca College of Applied Arts & Technology Size: 13,000 sq.m. / 140,000 sq.ft. Gold LEED Certification Cost: $40 million Completion: 2011 An urban college transforms its traditional campus through a design response to the digital revolution A forgotten 40 year-old court yard becomes a new campus nerve centre that efficiently uses space and…
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Completion Date: 2011 Project Type: Healthcare Building Size: 70,395 sq. ft. This renovation and addition to the existing rehabilitation hospital in North Toronto began as a Master Plan that included an assessment of the hospital’s existing facilities as well as its capabilities for future expansion. The goal of the project is to address critical program needs as well…
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Client: County of Simcoe Completion: 2011 This 70,800 sf addition to the existing County of Simcoe Administration Centre uses a unique organizing principle to solve accessibility and awkward existing functional relationships. The new addition encircles the inner building creating open, functional office space looking out to the beautiful forest landscape with the inner circulation ring looking…
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Owner: City of Waterloo Completion: 2011 With: Garwood-Jones & Hanham Architects Silver LEED rating – Ontario Library Association Award Brought together as one integrated facility, this library and recreation centre creates an enhanced community realm for the City of Waterloo. The two, seemingly disparate, program elements are designed to interact and elevate one another through a…
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Owner: Municipality of Leamington Location: Leamington, Ontario Size: 42,000 sf Due to a steady growth in population since early 2000, Leamington’s administration realized that an upgrade to their outdated and under-sized location was a necessity. The existing facility had an area of 18,000 sf. The new facility needed to be approximately 36,000 sf in order…
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