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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Principal of Claude Cormier and associates, Montreal, Quebec
Cormier’s internationally recognized practice extends far beyond conventional landscape design to forge bridges between urban design, public art, and architecture. His landscapes celebrate the artificial and surreptitiously alter reality. His work is distinguished for its inventiveness and its tenacious optimism in the power of design. Based in Montreal,
in 2009 Cormier became a knight of L’Ordre National du Québec, the highest distinction for individuals who have contributed to the development and leadership of Québec. He was also selected as an Emerging Voice for North America by the Architectural League of New York. Recently he was invited by Phaidon Press to be featured in an upcoming publication as one of the top 30 worldwide Landscape architects in the world.
Les réalisations de Claude Cormier débordent du cadre traditionnel de l’architecture de paysage pour tisser des liens entre design urbain, art public et architecture. Tout sauf conventionnels, ses paysages exaltent l’artifice et mêlent subrepticement réalité et surréalité. Son approche est caractérisée par une attitude à la fois irrévérente et rigoureuse envers l’histoire et par une foi inébranlable en la puissance du design. La firme CLAUDE CORMIER+ASSOCIÉS a remporté plus de 75 prix et mentions. En 2016, la firme est sélectionnée par les éditions Phaidon Press pour une publication réunissant 30 architectes paysagistes reconnus mondialement pour le caractère innovant de leur pratique. En 2010, la Graduate School of Design de l’Université Harvard a présenté une exposition exclusive de l’ensemble de son œuvre. En 2009, il est reçu chevalier de l’Ordre national du Québec.
