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Bortolotto Design's McGregor Park Community Centre Lounge
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The Home Of Russet and Empire's Jennifer Hannotte
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Avenue Road By Yabu Pushelberg
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Architect And Filmmaker Tony Round's House
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Ta-Ze By Burdifilek
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Amanda Happé's Home Featured On Design Sponge
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Cecconi Simone Designed Trinity Bellwoods Town + Homes
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Yorkville Condo By UNION31
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63 Degree House By Atelier rzlbd
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Fenwood Home By z axis design
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Architecture
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Lawren Harris House By Drew Mandel Design
16 May 2012 by AM in Architecture, Homes / No Comments
As a founding member of the famed Group of Seven artist Lawren Harris championed a distinct form of Canadian art with landscape paintings of lakes and mountains. Inspired by his European travels Harris’ home embodies Art Deco style with architect Alexandra Biriukova designing the grand Forest Hill home in 1930. While the front of the home is preserved the rear has been re-imagined for its current owner including a renovation-addition with the style, class and architectural prowess that architect Drew Mandel perfects. Nominated for the both the 2012 OAA and AZ Awards the Lawren Harris House continues to impress after 80 years since its inception.
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2012 Ontario Architect Association Awards
10 May 2012 by AM in Architecture / No Comments
The Ontario Architect Association (OAA) has selected 15 nominees for the 2012 OAA Design Excellence Awards from over 160 submissions. Four prominent Toronto projects made the list including the Lawren Harris House by Drew Mandel Design, SPLIT House by Superkul Inc (below), TIFF’s Bell Light Box and the Bay & Adelaide Center. Tomorrow the People’s Choice Award will be announced and we’re hoping one of the Toronto nominees listed here takes it!
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Cast Your Vote For The 2012 PUG Awards
02 May 2012 by AM in Architecture, City / No Comments
The 2012 PUG Awards are officially open for voting and with a simple registration you can let your voice be heard about whether you love or hate this year’s crop of new buildings. Ultimately, the list of nominees isn’t very exciting and I’d be hard pressed to find much difference between glass tower A or glass tower B. Anyways, my votes this year go to Centennial College Progress Campus (below), The Shops Of Summerhill and St. Michael’s Hospital Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute. Find pictures of the latter two developments after the jump.
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U of T Goldring Centre For High Performance Sport
19 Apr 2012 by AM in Architecture, City / 1 Comment
The Goldring Centre looks to provide the University of Toronto with a state of the art facility that will include a 2000 seat basketball/volley ball field house, strength and conditioning centre, sports medicine clinic and laboratories for teaching and research. Designed by Toronto architectural firms Patkau Architects and MacLennan Jaunkalns Miller Architects this homegrown project is anticipated to be completed by 2013 and will host activities for the Toronto 2015 Pan Am Games.
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Porter Airlines Nightime Landing
15 Apr 2012 by AM in Architecture, City / No Comments
To appreciate Toronto’s skyline I found that there is nothing better than video from a Porter airlines flight landing at our island airport. With the night time capture we get to see just how illuminated our skyline has become with the addition of more glowing names from our financial core to compete with the CN Tower and Skydome. For another great skyline landing video which captures our waterfront beginning in The Beaches click here.
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One Bloor East By Hariri Pontarini Architects
07 Apr 2012 by AM in Architecture, City / No Comments
One Bloor East by Hariri Pontarini Architects is set to be the landmark building at the most important intersection in the country, welcoming 70 stories of commercial and condo space to Yonge & Bloor. The video below features an interview with Geoff Matthews, director of development at Great Gulf Homes, who discusses everything from the sculpted glass balconies to the proposed LEED certification that we can expect from the redevelopment of Canada’s most prestigious corner.
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RZLBD Presents “BOWTIE” @ Harbourfront Centre
02 Apr 2012 by AM in Architecture / No Comments
BOWTIE by Toronto architectural firm RZLBD is part of the architectural exhibition Big Enough? currently going on at Harbourfront Centre. By erecting an interactive passage that narrows as you approach the centre, RZLBD challenges personal spatial tolerance through an experience that forces you to confront the amount of space you can comfortably occupy. For more information about the Big Enough? exhibit click here.
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Big Enough? @ Harbourfront Centre
01 Apr 2012 by AM in Architecture / No Comments
Big Enough? is an architectural exhibit at Harbourfront centre that asks the question, how much space do we really need? Featuring contributions by Toronto architectural firms including Altius Architecture Inc., nkA and rzlbd, it’s a short and interesting show that quickly gets you thinking about how you interact with space in your daily life. Big Enough? continues until July 8th.
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Bayside: Waterfront Toronto’s New Community
25 Mar 2012 by AM in Architecture, City / No Comments
Following the successes of George Brown’s new waterfront college and Sherbourne Common park, Waterfront Toronto has its sights set on developing its largest parcel of land (10 acres) to date with a new mixed-use community known as Bayside. I live in the east end of the city so I’m always excited to see Toronto aggressively pursue the development of a community that allows us to embrace more of Lake Ontario. Cue the cheesy music…
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Modern Dwelling In Deer Park
21 Mar 2012 by AM in Architecture, Homes / No Comments
Located in the Toronto neighbourhood of Deer Park and designed by Rudy Bortolamiol of Modern Dwelling this home has provided a new look to an area packed with historical Edwardian homes. Not a traditional renovation, where one guts the interior, this semi-detached home was completely destroyed and re-built. Continue reading for more pics of the spacious interior, rear of the home and the post-demolition footprint.
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