![]() To promote staff use of bicycle transportation, racks and showers were provided. Site softening (removal of hard surface and addition of new vegetation) was implemented at the planning level. Sustainable design practices were implemented from the start of the design process of reusing this existing building and site. Transparent and translucent materials were utilized to bring light deeper into the centre of the building and to provide visual connections to the new outdoor amenity spaces.Įxisting industrial building features were retained and highlighted as features throughout the building. The use of raw natural materials with refined crafted details has been designed to provide scale and warmth to the experience. This courtyard is now the hub of the workplace it connects reception, staff cafeteria, meeting room and open office. This location would now require people to experience the new garden space that creates a buffer between the building and the roadway. This reorganization has shifted the importance of the automobile and provided valuable outdoor spaces for employees.Ī new courtyard entrance was carved out of the center of the building. Parking has been strategically located to the short sides of the site and concealed by vegetation. A new soft landscape front yard and courtyard is the face of site and entry to the building. Located on the corner of a bend in the road, this project is highly visible. 38 Lesmill now accommodates two office use tenants, Vincent Associates (head office) and Business Information Group (satellite office), owners of this magazine. It was shaped primarily by sustainable design ambitions and access to outdoor spaces. building was a complete redevelopment of the existing industrial site and structure. by Toronto-based Building Arts Architects Inc., which won an Award of Merit in the Private Buildings in Context – Low Scale category. Among them was our own building at 38 Lesmill Dr. From an impressive 125 submissions containing a variety of built projects, visions and master plans as well as student works, the jury selected 11 projects for Awards of Excellence, 16 for Awards of Merit and one for a Special Jury Award. The winners of the 2013 Toronto Urban Design Awards were announced earlier this month.
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