Restoration, Revitalization & Renovation
'New ideas must use old buildings' - jane jacobs
Bringing new life and purpose to old buildings is a challenging and rewarding task, not to mention a fundamental pursuit of sustainable design. We have uncovered soaring wood-beam ceilings in a college library, transformed a derelict brick factory into a centre for sustainable cities and are repurposing a textile mill into a Fine Arts faculty. By reinterpreting buildings for contemporary purposes, we keep alive a vital link with the past and blend new and old in the fabric of urban life.
“The architects, design team and builders have created something that is of the highest quality and has improved the visual impression of the building from the outside as well as the inside. Our recruiting efforts to attract the next generation of scientists (faculty and students) has been made so much easier and our graduate program has never been healthier.”
Mr. Mark Lautens
Astra Zeneca Professor of Organic Synthesis
Department of Chemistry, Davenport Research Laboratories - University of Toronto
Heritage Awards
- Grand Theatre, Kingston, Ontario; Frontenac Heritage Foundation, Certificate of Commendation
- Gerstein Reading Room, University of Toronto, Ontario; Heritage Toronto, The William Greer Prize, Honourable Mention
- Burns Building, Calgary, Alberta; Heritage Canada Foundation, Credit Foncier Award
- Berkeley Castle, Toronto, Ontario; Heritage Canada Foundation, National Award of Honour