Contemporary Canadian Architecture

I find that there are so many great architectural projects going on in Canada yet many of us have not heard of it. I for one only visited the Quebec and Canadian Urban forum and so for me and many others like me; this thread should be a place to show all the Architectural projects in Canada. Not just any project though, we should try to show projects that are very very distinct and unique; not repetitive hi-rise design that can be found anywhere ;-)

So I will do the honors and start by showing a design that people will either like or hate it.

The Sharp Centre for Design, Ontario College of Art and Design - Located in Toronto, Ontario

http://www.thecityreview.com/asbuilt1.jpg

Kitchener City Hall
A national architectural competition attracting 153 entries from across Canada was held in 1989. The winning design was created by Toronto architect, Bruce Kuwabara; of Kuwabara, Payne, McKenna and Blumberg (KPMB).

Kitchener's City Hall opened in September 1993. The facility was awarded the Governor General Gold Medal for Architecture for excellence in architecture design in 1994. It includes municipal and government offices, public meeting rooms, a three storey rotunda suitable for large events, Williams Coffee Pub, a public art gallery, a reflecting pool in Civic Square which doubles as a skating rink in winter, and the Reflecting Studio, home of the city's summertime artist-in-residence.

Distinctive construction features of the building and its site include the use of many types of stone: Canadian granite, green slate from Wales and red sandstone from India. The building is configured with entrances at King Street, Young Street, and Duke Street. A central, two-storey circular public area houses the Council Chamber. Two main wings flow from this core: the Berlin Tower and the Ebytown Wing. Construction costs for the City Hall project were approximately $65 million. The land alone, consisting of an entire city block, cost just over $10 million.

Exterior:

http://www.fineart.utoronto.ca/canarch/ontario/11-6.jpg

http://www.fineart.utoronto.ca/canarch/ontario/11-7.jpg

http://www.fineart.utoronto.ca/canarch/ontario/11-8.jpg

Interior:

http://www.fineart.utoronto.ca/canarch/ontario/11-9.jpg

http://www.fineart.utoronto.ca/canarch/ontario/11-10.jpg

Examples of Public Usage (which a well designed City Hall helps foster):

Tooney Tuesdays (Kid's Event) - July 24, 2007
http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/aa262/AndrewEH/TooneyTuesdays-July242007-1.jpg

Kitchener Blues Festival - August 11, 2007
http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/aa262/AndrewEH/KitchenerBluesFestival-August112-33.jpg

Christkindl Market - Canada's Original German Christmas and a Top 50 FEO
http://www.christkindlcanada.com/photo_gallery/opening_procession/images/002072_jpg.jpg

http://www.christkindlcanada.com/photo_gallery/opening_procession/images/004459_jpg.jpg

http://www.christkindlcanada.com/photo_gallery/opening_procession/images/004461_jpg.jpg

http://www.christkindlcanada.com/photo_gallery/food_and_shopping/images/002098_jpg.jpg

Btw, cool idea. :okay: I have other submissions, but instead of just bombarding the thread, I'll spread them out a bit.

How recent must these projects be? Based on the last two projects I'll assume something completed a couple years ago is alright to post.

BC Cancer Research Centre in Vancouver. LEED Gold. Completed 2005. Designed by local architects - IBI Group w/ Henriquez Partners

http://www.dereklepper.com/arch-comm-exterior/02.jpg

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g296/raggedy13/bc_cancerresearchcenter2_lge.jpg

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g296/raggedy13/bc_cancerresearchcenter3_lge.jpg

Photos courtesy of... www.dereklepper.com

Waterfall Building in Vancouver. Completed 2001. Local architects - Arthur Erickson w/ Nick Milkovich Architects

http://www.architecture.uwaterloo.ca/faculty_projects/terri/gallery/waterfall/DSCN1541_resize.JPG

http://www.lestwarog.com/waterfall/images/waterfall.jpg

http://www.architecture.uwaterloo.ca/faculty_projects/terri/gallery/waterfall/DSCN1552_resize.JPG

http://www.architecture.uwaterloo.ca/faculty_projects/terri/gallery/waterfall/DSCN1549_resize.JPG

http://www.lestwarog.com/waterfall/images/atrium_north.jpg

http://www.architecture.uwaterloo.ca/faculty_projects/terri/gallery/waterfall/DSCN1582_resize.JPG

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g296/raggedy13/P10100057.jpg

pics from... www.architecture.uwaterloo.ca & www.lestwarog.com & www.dailyphotovancouver.blogspot.com

Scoatiabank Dance Centre in Vancouver. Completed 2001. Local architects - Arthur Erickson w/ Architectura

http://www.dereklepper.com/arch-comm-exterior/14.jpg

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g296/raggedy13/scotiadance_day_lge.jpg

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g296/raggedy13/scotiadancesouth_lge.jpg

http://www.canadianarchitect.com/common_scripts/xtq_images/133420-56474.jpg

http://www.canadianarchitect.com/common_scripts/xtq_images/133420-56481.jpg

Photos from... www.canadianarchitect.com & www.dereklepper.com

Sunset Community Centre in Vancouver. LEED Gold. Completed(?) 2007. Local architect - Bing Thom.

http://www.bingthomarchitects.com/admin/uploadedImages/1115166404.3585.jpg

http://www.bingthomarchitects.com/admin/uploadedImages/1115166440.7482.jpg

http://www.bingthomarchitects.com/admin/uploadedImages/1115166617.7608.jpg

Construction:
http://www.mysunset.net/images/newcentre1.jpg

Photos from... www.bingthomarchitects.com & www.mysunset.net

great post WaterlooInvestor, raggedy13 :cheers:

Cité Multimédia - Phase 8 - Montreal Quebec

Cité Multimédia is a major urban redevelopment initiative in Montreal’s Faubourg des Récollets district. Located west of the city’s old town and immediately north of the now-restored Lachine Canal

http://archrecord.construction.com/projects/bts/archives/offices/03_Cite/images/2_lg.jpg

http://archrecord.construction.com/projects/bts/archives/offices/03_Cite/images/3_lg.jpg

http://archrecord.construction.com/projects/bts/archives/offices/03_Cite/images/1_lg.jpg

Yours is good too.: ^^

Aberdeen Centre - Richmond BC. North America's largest Asian mall.
http://www.urbanphoto.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/03/aberdeen01.jpg
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/archive/e/e3/20060503024335!Aberdeen_Centre_interior.jpg
http://www.advancedglazing.com/skyl_aberdeen.jpg

^Couple more pics for good measure...

http://www.urbanphoto.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/03/aberdeen02.JPG

http://www.aberdeencentre.com/pics/activities/archive/Image/200704/0415_5.jpg

And upcoming expansion...
(pics courtesy of mr.x)

http://www.bingthomarchitects.com/admin/uploadedImages/1179433221.7958.jpg

http://www.bingthomarchitects.com/admin/uploadedImages/1179433468.2317.jpg

Some of the exciting architecture going up at the University of Toronto. The Terrence Donnelly Centre for Cellular and Biomolecular Research:

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/Autumn%202007/IMGP0068i.jpg

and Norman Foster's Leslie L. Dan Pharmacy Building.

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/Autumn%202007/IMGP0063i.jpg

these pods are lecture halls:

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/Autumn%202007/IMGP0065i.jpg

the new Umbra shop on Queen Street:

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/Summer%20Part%20Two/IMGP7029.jpg

It is a pretty "happening" time for new architecture locally... some more examples from this past summer:

the environmentally planned SAS building on King Street East:

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/Autumn%202007/IMGP3406i.jpg

and from the amazing rooftop patio for its employees:

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/Autumn%202007/IMGP3379i.jpg

my personal new favourite, the Royal Ontario Museum expansion:

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/Autumn%202007/IMGP3690i.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/Autumn%202007/IMGP3706.jpg

what it looks like inside:

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/Autumn%202007/IMGP3867i.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/Autumn%202007/IMGP3531May30Luminato.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/Autumn%202007/IMGP3538May3007Luminatoi.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/Autumn%202007/IMGP3579i.jpg

a new condo in a retro Art Deco style by New York architect Robert Stern:

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/Autumn%202007/IMGP3807.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/Autumn%202007/IMGP3720.jpg

the new Canadian Opera House:

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/Autumn%202007/IMGP7142.jpg

the new National Ballet School on Jarvis Street:

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/Autumn%202007/IMGP4509.jpg

a photo taken of this building earlier this evening:

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/Autumn%202007/985dd770.jpg

and that gorgeous, perfect little museum, the Gardiner Ceramics Museum, across from the ROM:

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/Autumn%202007/IMGP9748.jpg

there are more, but I have run out of time hunting through my photos!

did the ROM's new extension open to the public ?

No... it is not open yet. It opened briefly for Luminato to show the public the new space, but the galleries are being installed now... will be open in winter or early spring!! :)

cool! I can not wait to check it out!

Me too.... I am dying to see the finished product. The space inside is BREATHTAKINGLY beautiful...

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/Autumn%202007/e672c472.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/Autumn%202007/fceae529.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/Autumn%202007/c2c983ed.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/Autumn%202007/39959588.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/Autumn%202007/8de99744.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/Autumn%202007/9a680a2e.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/Autumn%202007/61b2d035.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/Autumn%202007/235c8620.jpg

and a glimpse of the original that has been so beautifully protected and respected by this expansion!

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/Autumn%202007/9773a0ca.jpg