The Urban Eatery at the Toronto Eaton Centre is a major highlight of its $120 million revitalization.

Toronto Eaton Centre unveils new “Urban Eatery”

With a view to redefining quick-service dining in Toronto's downtown, the Cadillac Fairview Corporation Limited has unveiled the Urban Eatery at the Toronto Eaton Centre, a major highlight of its $120 million revitalization. The 980-seat Urban Eatery features comprehensive upgrades to what was previously Toronto Eaton Centre's north food court to create a more…

September 16, 2011

The 103,500-square-foot facility contains 22 classrooms, a 200-seat auditorium, double-height library, learning labs, academic offices and a light-filled atrium that serves as a central meeting point on campus. Photo by Tom Arban.

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Diamond and Schmitt at Centennial College

A new gateway building for the flagship campus of Centennial College opened today to meet the needs of an expanding student population in the digital age. The state-of-the-art Library and Academic Facility designed by Diamond and Schmitt Architects combines a wide range of learning and study spaces and is targeting LEED Gold designation for energy…

August 29, 2011

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Local designer launches community-based product incubator

ideacious is a product design incubator created to enable the product ideas of designers and non-designers alike. Where the process of getting an idea to market has always been expensive, uncertain, and intimidating, ideacious aims to solve these issues by bringing together creators, buyers, and service-providers within one low-risk, rewarding community. "Like all…

August 9, 2011

The three-storey, 56,000-square-foot library serves as a new gateway to the shared Nipissing and Canadore campus and doubles the size of existing collection space and student user space.

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In the library with Diamond and Schmitt

Nipissing University and Canadore College in North Bay, Ontario, recently opened the Harris Learning Library, ushering a new era of academic study in northern Ontario. "The students, faculty, staff and members of our community can access the world of knowledge and understanding in a building that is truly beautiful," says Nipissing University president Lesley…

July 4, 2011

Conference room. Photo by Jesse Colin Jackson.

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Architects revitalize Hamilton City Hall

This revitalization project was a collaborative effort between three architectural firms: Garwood-Jones & Hanham Architects as the lead architect and designer of the building envelope; in association with McCallum Sather Architects Inc., responsible for the design of all the interiors and finishes. +VG Architects was the heritage architecture specialist relating to the conservation of…

June 28, 2011

Diamond & Schmitt Architects' Automotive Centre of Excellence combines teaching, research and commercial testing.

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Diamond & Schmitt Architects’ one-of-a-kind automotive centre

The Automotive Centre of Excellence is by any measure a unique building - perhaps one-of- a-kind in Canada. It was inaugurated this week at the University of Ontario Institute of Technology in Oshawa. The new facility designed by Diamond and Schmitt Architects is a rare combination of industrial research and educational programming co-existing under…

June 16, 2011

The Private Residences' suite designs and finishes have been created by Brian Gluckstein Design Planning.

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Penthouse at Four Seasons Hotel and Private Residences sells for $28 million, a Canadian record

An international buyer has purchased the West Penthouse of the new Four Seasons Hotel and Private Residences in Toronto's tony Yorkville neighbourhood, currently under construction, for $28 million, making it the most expensive condominium residence sold in Canadian history. The penthouse residence occupies the top floor of the 55-storey West Residence building, and…

June 1, 2011

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Big news for B.C.’s Thompson Rivers University

The mountainous setting of Thompson Rivers University in Kamloops, British Columbia, provided inspiration for the winning design to revitalize a building at the heart of the campus. The university selected a joint venture between Diamond and Schmitt Architects and Stantec to create a vibrant centre for student life that will also house the first…

May 27, 2011

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HCMA’s way with maternity

Vancouver-based Hughes Condon Marler Architects (HCMA) recently completed its renovation of the Arch Hospital Maternity Unit - located in White Rock, B.C. - for Fraser Health Authority. This project comprises eight new Labour Delivery Recovery Antepartum (LDRP) rooms, support service area upgrades (including a common family room), and a new doctor sleep room. …

May 25, 2011

TOP (FROM LEFT): PARTNERS Bruce Kuwabara, Marianne McKenna, Thomas Payne, Shirley Blumberg; PRINCIPALS Christopher Couse, Luigi LaRocca, Mitchell Hall, Goran Milosevic; DIRECTORS Amanda Sebris (Marketing), Phyllis Crawford (Finance), Philip Marjeram (Technology); SENIOR ASSOCIATES Andrew Dyke, David Jesson, Judith Taylor, Robert Sims. BOTTOM (FROM LEFT): ASSOCIATES Kevin Thomas, Kael Opie, Carolyn Lee, Dave Smythe, Matthew Wilson, Mark Jaffar, Brent Wagler, Bruno Weber, John Peterson, Steven Casey, Paulo Rocha, Meika McCunn, Glenn MacMullin, Kevin Bridgman.

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The new KPMB

The founding partners of Kuwabara Payne McKenna Blumberg Architects (KPMB) -- Bruce Kuwabara, Thomas Payne, Marianne McKenna and Shirley Blumberg -- are pleased to announce the appointment of new principals, senior associates, associates and directors in the firm. The collective talent and expertise of the 25 new appointees has contributed to designing buildings and…

May 17, 2011