Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts
Canadian Opera Company
Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Client: Canadian Opera Company
Completion: June 11th, 2006
The Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts was designed with the overriding principles of creating an exceptional auditory and theatrical experience for patrons as well as a democratic, open and engaging space within the city. The opera house is designed to make accessible an art form that has long been considered elitist. By revealing the procession and activity associated with attending a performance, a new audience is cultivated and a new relationship formed between the patron and the city.
The Four Seasons Centre is a building in harmony with its context and innovative in design. It has excelled in providing audience interest and comfort, has created operational efficiencies and achieved an acoustic and theatrical experience among the very best in the world.
Services
Architectural Services
Feasibility Studies
Functional Programming
Interior Design
Master Planning & Urban Design
Awards
2010
- The Ontario Masonry Contractors’ Association, Ontario Masonry Design Awards - Architectural Design Award of Excellence, Commercial Buildings
2009
- Royal Architectural Institute of Canada, RAIC Awards of Excellence - Innovation in Architecture, Honourable Mention
2008
- The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design - International Architecture Award
- Royal Architectural Institute of Canada / Canadian Institute of Planners / Canadian Society of Landscape Architects, National Urban Design Awards - Urban Architecture, Certificate of Merit
2007
- BusinessWeek / Architectural Record, Good Design is Good Business Awards - Citation for Excellence
- Design Exchange, DX Awards - Commercial Architecture, Silver
- Canadian Wood Council, Wood Works! Awards - Interior Design Award
- Wood Design and Building Magazine / Canadian Wood Council, North American Program of Architectural Excellence - Honor Award
- City of Toronto, Toronto Urban Design Awards - Public Buildings in Context, Award of Excellence
- Building Magazine, Outside the Box Awards - Architecturally Innovative Design
- Ontario Association of Architects - Award of Excellence
2006
- The Architectural Woodwork Manufacturers Association of Canada, Ontario Chapter - Architectural Woodwork Award
- Ontario Concrete Awards - Structural Design Innovation Award
- The Brick Industry Association, Brick in Architecture Awards - Best in Class
2004
- American Society of Architectural Illustrators - Award of Excellence
Photography: Tim Griffith, Tom Arban, Richard Johnson, Elizabeth Gyde
The Team
- A.J. Diamond
ajd@dsai.ca - Gary McCluskie
gmccluskie@dsai.ca - Michael Treacy
mtreacy@dsai.ca - Matthew Lella
mlella@dsai.ca - Martin Davidson
mdavidson@dsai.ca - Branka Gazibara
bgazibara@dsai.ca - Ana Maria Llanos
allanos@dsai.ca - Sarah Low
slow@dsai.ca - Michael Lukasik
mlukasik@dsai.ca - Donald Schmitt
dschmitt@dsai.ca - Jon Soules
jsoules@dsai.ca - Sybil Wa
swa@dsai.ca
- Jessie Waese