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2009 RAIC Awards of Excellence
Innovation in Architecture (Practice of Architecture)
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130 Bloor Street West |
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 130 Bloor Street West is the most elite address in the heart of Toronto. It features extraordinary residential suites, including a heritage-listed, luxury two-storey penthouse considered one of the finest examples of 1960s modernist residential design in Canada, as well as office space andhigh-end retail at grade.
Renowned for excellence in adaptive reuse work, Quadrangle Architects Limited was selected to undertake the project, including the challenge of adding onto the top of a building while renovating the operational floors below.
The stunning result? Fourteen new luxury condos, nine floors of office space and one floor of prime retail space.
Jury Comments
This project offers important approaches in the practice and process of complex, high density projects.
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Great inventiveness of logistical planning and technical sophistication.
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The new condominium units are impressive; a very elegant design resolution creating “houses” in the sky, not anonymous “modules.” |
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