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...isolation of patients in close proximity to nature, the campus gradually expanded outwards to become an integral part of the surrounding neighbourhood. The pavilions, organized in a central core or spread out across the green campus, were for the most part also transformed to adapt to new medical practices. The institute is still in operation today, but uses and needs...

...Parks official, in a folder at the City Archives. The team believed that Toronto’s public landscapes could benefit today from the kind of creative energy and hopeful spirit that filled the suggestion box in 1963. The exhibition Hoarding Suggestions consisted of CNC-cut hoarding installed on the façade of the Gladstone Art Bar, exterior and interior selections of text from the...

...of previous generations of architects, offering guidance and perspective to architects practicing today.’– Canadian Architect One of the top ten books about Toronto – BlogTO Concrete Toronto was featured at Boston’s Pinkcomma Gallery, and was the inspirations for the Toronto Music Gallery’s remarkable Concrete Music event. Concrete Toronto is available in bookstores and through the website of Coach House Books...

Trinity Bellwoods Park was formerly part of a large swath of military reserve around the nascent Town of York, founded in 1791. In 1851, Bishop John Strachan purchased the land as the site for the original Trinity College. This building was completed in 1852, and all that remains of it are the gates we see onsite today. ERA Architects was...

Sunnybrook evolved from its origin in 1948 as Sunnybrook Military Hospital into an internationally recognized health sciences centre and home to Canada’s largest veterans’ care facility. Originally designed as a gateway monument framing the entrance to Sunnybrook Military Hospital, the Sunnybrook Cenotaph today is a fixture in the hospital’s identity for passersby on Bayview Avenue and features prominently in the...

Today, lake-fill has shifted the waterfront southward, and Garrison Creek has been buried, but in the late 1700s, at the time of European settlement, this lakeshore site featured a promontory ideal for marine defense. It became the location of the first fortification at Fort York, allowing for the founding of Toronto in the protected harbour to the east. Mouth of...

...a fresh look and a new generation of revellers to cater to, the King Edward Hotel’s Crystal Ballroom continues life as a relevant and dynamic part of Toronto’s social scene. Read more about ERA’s work on the King Edward Hotel or visit the King Edward Hotel website. Interior Design work on The Crystal Ballroom was executed by Moncur Design Associates....

...development that includes a focus on public life, the people and the lived experience of the city. The vision of a revitalized waterfront includes a web of experiences that reflect the diversity of Toronto’s urban cultural life and showcases Toronto as a model for generating civic identity in 21st century urban Canada. Read the Waterfront Heritage and Cultural Infrastructure Plan....

The Paradise Theatre is a surviving example of Toronto’s hallmark 20th-century theatres, complete with distinct Art Deco styling specific to the World War II era, with abstracted classical and geometrical elements. Opened in 1937, the Paradise Theatre was designed by Benjamin Brown, one of the earliest Jewish architects in Toronto. Situated prominently between Dovercourt and Dufferin, the theatre has inherent...

...resident An Te Liu, with the intent of depicting an aesthetic that reflects the neighbourhood’s historic diversity, developed the colour pattern of the panels. The distribution of the colours in the final pattern was drawn from an analysis of the percentage of colours present in the world’s national flags. This is the artist’s largest artwork to date. Photos: Vik Pahwa....

...was once widely unknown now has a continued life due to the transformation of the plant at 65 Carl Hall Street. Its adaptive reuse has continued to progress the site’s interaction with Canadian aviation history, both by recognizing its considerable contribution during the World Wars and by creating an opportunity to support the next generation of innovators in Canadian aviation....

...originally built for Frederick Martin Connell in 1937, it became synonymous with Colonel W. Eric Phillips. Colonel Phillips served in the British Army during World War I before becoming a prominent businessman first in Oshawa and then Toronto. Phillips purchased the property in 1945, using it to conduct business and entertain associates. The property was one of many country homes...