Toronto-based architectural firm GBCA (GoldsmithBorgal & Company Ltd. Architects) received three awards in October after serving as heritage consultant on the $184 million Massey Hall Revitalization Project. The firm was honoured with the Award of Excellence (Conservation – Architecture) by the Canadian Association of Heritage Professionals, the Special Jury Award by the Architecture Conservancy of […]
Every two years, the prestigious Governor General’s Medals in Architecture recognize and celebrate outstanding design in recently built projects by Canadian architects. The competition, established by the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada in collaboration with the Canada Council for the Arts, continues a tradition initiated by the Massey Medals in 1950. Here are this year’s […]
PROJECT Tom Patterson Theatre, Stratford, Ontario ARCHITECT Hariri Pontarini Architects PHOTOS Scott Norsworthy, doublespace and Ann Baggley, as noted In the early 1900s, the town of Stratford, Ontario housed one of the continent’s largest railway locomotive repair shops, a five-storey structure stretching three long city blocks. But by mid-century, steam trains were being replaced by […]