Toronto architectural news: Ontario buildings

The Globe and Mail Centre Toronto design

Toronto architectural news archive from 2017 to early 2018 – info + images of key new building designs in Ontario – modern Toronto buildings & property developments: Canadian built environment updates.

The Globe and Mail Centre Toronto building

The Globe and Mail Centre Toronto building

For the second year in a row, a building designed by Diamond Schmitt Architects has won the Office Development of the Year Award for the Greater Toronto Area. This year it was with The Globe and Mail Centre.

Towers of Love in Toronto hotel

Towers of Love in Toronto hotel

In his Towers of Love, Toronto-based architect Alva Roy takes the notion of love and shoots it from deep beneath the earth’s soil, towards the sky.

Headfoneshop in Toronto, 4750 Yonge St store

Headfoneshop in Toronto, 4750 Yonge St store

Designed by Batay-Csorba Architects, Headfoneshop is a 300 sqft shop fit out for high-end headphones, earphones, amps and audio accessories. Situated on the main floor of a 42-story mixed-use tower with direct subway access to Toronto’s Yonge and Sheppard station.

Sheridan College Hazel McCallion Campus Phase 2

Sheridan College Hazel McCallion Campus Phase 2

This building forms a premier post-secondary learning environment dedicated to the study of architecture, interior design and visual merchandizing, a joint venture between Moriyama & Teshima and Montgomery Sisam.

The Greenwood College School Expansion

The Greenwood College School Expansion

Designed by Montgomery Sisam Architects Inc., the Greenwood College School Expansion is located in mid-town Toronto. The dense, four-storey structure adjoins the existing school at every level above grade, increasing the School’s square footage by 120%.

7 St. Thomas in Toronto office / commercial

7 St. Thomas in Toronto office / commercial

Hariri Pontarini Architects worked in close collaboration with St. Thomas Commercial Developments Inc. to design 7 St. Thomas, a building that harmonizes retail and commercial design through an inventive interplay of form and light.

Summerhill House in Toronto property

Summerhill House in Toronto property

The AKB, Atelier Kastelic Buffey designed house displays boldly graphic orthogonal geometries which define both front and back elevations, with tall slender windows and deep recessed balconies forming an intriguing composition of solid and void.

Flipped House in Toronto property design

Flipped House in Toronto property design

While a typical dwelling Flipped House keeps all public-facing spaces confined to its main floor, with private areas like bedrooms sequestered upstairs. Atelier RZLBD has adopted a configuration that divides public and private zones on either side of a vertical plane.

Millgrove House in Hamilton property

Millgrove House in Hamilton property

For Toms + McNally Design, Architecture is a response to context. Millgrove House, located in rural Hamilton, sits on a property that contained an abandoned apple orchard, and a hay-growing farm for local use.

Waves at Bayside in Toronto, East Bayfront

Waves at Bayside in Toronto, East Bayfront

3XN wins competition to design waterfront condo that honours the waves. Tridel and Hines have commissioned 3XN to design a building on the formerly industrial East Bayfront area.