Please join us for a presentation on Limberlost Place, a project under construction for Toronto’s George Brown College, poised to be one of the first assembly occupancy, tall, exposed mass timber, net-zero carbon emissions buildings in the world. Project lead Carol Phillips will discuss the research and innovation that went into winning the international design competition, and the significant challenges associated with navigating the regulatory and approvals processes thereafter. Carol will discuss the project’s structural design testing and code approvals, funded by both the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Natural Resources Canada, in addition to the ambitious sustainability targets set forth by Waterfront Toronto and the City’s Planning and Development Dept. Already the recipient of 8 awards for innovation and design excellence, Limberlost Place is set to open new doors for mass timber construction in Canada.
Carol Phillips is a Partner at Moriyama Teshima Architects (MTA) and a Fellow of the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada. Her portfolio includes MTA’s most ambitious, low-carbon, mass timber, LEED Platinum, and net-zero targeted projects, including Limberlost Place (a joint venture with Acton Ostry Architects) for George Brown College, and the Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation Multi-Tenant Commercial Building.
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Canadian Modern Architecture, 1967 to the Present is a comprehensive review of major work in this county. The 50-year retrospective begins with the nation’s centennial and Expo 67 in Montreal. It covers the defining of national institutions and movements, how Canadian architects interpreted major international trends, regional and Indigenous architectural tendencies.
Join co-editor Elsa Lam and chapter authors George Kapelos and Colin Ripley as they present their research for the book. The authors will also be joined by heritage specialist David Fixler for a discussion on the future of modern heritage. Books will be available for sale.
A 2-part event that will build synchronicities with Modern Heritage currencies in the Capital. Includes the official Capital Launch of the Elsa Lam & Graham Livesey book: “Canadian Modern, 1967 to Present” a 50-year retrospective of notable Canadian architecture, from High/Late Modern through to contemporary examples. Complementing this is a multi-faceted dive into how to effectively, compatibly and sustainably renew and rehab the architecture of this era, with an emphasis on Capital concerns from Industry to Federal to Academic perspectives. Special Guest at both events is: David Fixler, internationally respected Preservation Architect and Harvard Professor.
Presented by Carleton NSERC Create Engineering is a half-day workshop on April 1, 2020. More information at revisitingmodern.ca
