Giant seashell features in Toronto s delayed Winter Stations 2021
Four pavilions including a giant seashell and a colourful archway have opened in Toronto as part of the coronavirus-delayed annual Winter Stations event.
Opening late due to delays caused by a coronavirus lockdown, the Winter Stations have been built in the city rather than the usual spot of Woodbine Beach on Lake Ontario.
Four competition-winning designs have been realised around the theme of Refuge for this year s event.
Top and above: the Epitonium is shaped like a seashell
ARc de Blob is a pink arch decorated with pastel patterns of hearts and sunshine that visitors can walk through and stand underneath
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UK teams storm Toronto Winter Stations contest
1/5 ARc de Blob by Aleksandra Belitskaja, Ben James and Shaun McCallum, Austria/UK
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4/5 The Epitonium by M. Yengiabad - Shahed M. Yengiabad, Elaheh M. Yengiabad, Alemeh M. Yengiabad and Mojtaba Anoosha, Iran
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5/5 Sheridan College winner: Embrace by Colin Laplante, Grace Im, Ziyu Li, Brayden Popke, Nicole Ruiz, Reem Yunis, Bachelor of Craft and Design Program, Sheridan College
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Two UK teams are among the winners of an international design competition for a series of C$15,000 (£9,000) temporary winter installations on Toronto’s beaches
ARc de Blob by UK and Austria-based Aleksandra Belitskaja, Ben James and Shaun McCallum of mixed-reality design studio’ iheartblob, and From Small Beginnings, by UK-based brothers Jack Leather and Charlie Leather – who both studied architecture and now work in set design and at Asif Kahn Studio respectively – have been selected as winners in the contes