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The new Honey Bee Research Centre (HBRC) at the University of Guelph, Ontario College of Agriculture will be an iconic, state-of-the-art research and event centre dedicated to honey bee health. Located within the university’s botanical gardens, known as the Guelph Arboretum, the HBRC will be a living lab focused on research, education, discovery, and learning from one of nature’s greatest architects — the honey bees.
The University of Waterloo new Mathematics Building will host research institutes in vital fields such as fintech, data science, and cryptography, and will feature classrooms and collision spaces to encourage interaction. MTA worked with Two Row Architect as an Indigenous co-designer to incorporate appropriately themed elements into the architecture – weaving Indigenous stories, narratives, and design elements along with mathematical concepts.
The Port Campus of NSCAD University is undergoing a transformational revitalization that will optimize space utility, improve building accessibility and sustainability, and help create a rich, positive experience for all members of its academic community.
This highly complex addition project is a four-phase, multi-year renovation of McMaster University’s Life Science Biology (LSB) building, including the integration and addition of a new, 11,400 SF research greenhouse. This new greenhouse will seize the opportunity to reflect McMaster’s leadership in the study and research of science and natural systems in health and wellness, as well as echo its commitment to growth, health, and sustainability.
The South Facility Phase 1 project is a new police facility meant to centralize operations and replace several older facilities that will be decommissioning. The client mandate for the facility was to accommodate a variety of Front Line, Specialized Units, a Communications Centre, administrative offices and special function vehicles in a highly flexible building with 24/7 operations with extensive building services redundancy provisions.
Fathom Studio in a joint venture with Moriyama Teshima Architects, have been selected to design the Awitgati Longhouse and Cultural Centre for Under One Sky, a facility that will celebrate Indigenous peoples and culture while providing community-oriented programming in health, education, arts, culture, and events. Under One Sky is a registered non-profit organization providing programs and services, educating, advocating for, and empowering a healthy and proud Indigenous community.
Moriyama Teshima Architects with Barrie & Langille Architects are currently working together to design a new waterfront campus for the Nova Scotia Community College. The campus is being relocated from its current location to the Sydney waterfront to revitalize the downtown core and accelerate the college’s strategy to expand the physical capacity of the campus.
Moriyama Teshima Architects is the Architect of Record for the Canadian Port of Entry (POE) facilities at the Gordie Howe International Border crossing in Windsor, Ontario, leading the design effort of the consultant team for nine buildings. Once constructed, this will be the largest border crossing along the Canada-US border, and one of the largest in North America.
The purpose of the Parks Canada Collections and Curatorial Centre is to ensure the sustainable, long-term preservation and conservation of the approximately twenty-five million archaeological and historical artifacts which are currently stored in five separate sites across the country. This design, a joint venture between Moriyama Teshima Architects and NFOE Architects, will not only provide modern climate control and protection, but also feature a highly intuitive and engaging archival system for both researchers and the public at large.
The West Memorial Building project is a major rehabilitation of a Classified Federal Heritage Building located in the downtown core of Ottawa. While the long-term use of the building will be for Government of Canada offices, the short-term fit-up is for the Supreme Court of Canada and Court Administration Services. The rehabilitation includes a complete masonry restoration, structural and seismic upgrades throughout, new base building systems and tenant fit-up.
The Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation (OSSTF/FEESO) New Headquarters and Multi-Tenant Commercial Building, currently under construction along Toronto’s Don Valley ravine, is a progressive, three-storey, mass timber facility, which is a highly sustainable, financially viable, and innovative new workplace that uses net-zero carbon strategies, and targets LEED Platinum certification.
A new heart for Algoma University in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, the design of Mukwa Waakaa’igan Indigenous Centre of Cultural Excellence intends to provide a safe space, welcoming visitors from across the globe to engage with and learn from Indigenous heritage. The architectural design has been articulated through consideration of Indigenous teachings, from building form to material selection.
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Limberlost Place (previously: “The Arbour”), currently under construction at George Brown College’s waterfront campus in Toronto, will stand as a landmark, tall wood, low-carbon building, featuring ecological innovation across its entire life cycle. Already the recipient of numerous accolades and awards commending design and construction innovation, Limberlost Place is on track to achieve the highest levels of municipal targets, well in advance of the 2030 TEDI, TEUI, and GHGI reductions.
Place des Arts (PdA) is the first multidisciplinary art centre of its kinds in Northern Ontario; a cultural facility consisting of seven member organizations which stands as an influential site of excellence for Sudbury, focused on French-Canadian culture and community empowerment. Moriyama Teshima Architects and Bélanger Salach Architecture were together able to establish consensus amongst the seven strong voices to achieve a flexible design that provides services for a wide variety of uses and activities.
Overlooking the Ottawa River, Phase 1 of the Visitor Welcome Centre is the first new major addition on Parliament Hill in almost a century and creates the new front door for all visitors to the Parliamentary Precinct. The project establishes a secure public entry to the buildings on Parliament Hill and preserves the integrity and openness of the public green on Canada’s most important heritage site.
The Ismaili Centre uniquely responds to established Islamic building traditions, while incorporating contemporary architectural form, materiality, and construction methods. Designed by Moriyama Teshima Architects in association with Charles Correa Associates, the architectural language distinguishes a community that is informed by its past yet modern in its outlook.
The Aga Khan Museum is the first museum in North America devoted to Islamic art and culture. The museum is one of two buildings developed in a seventeen-acre site together with the Ismaili Centre Toronto and Aga Khan Park. The buildings are perched upon a small hillock that is visually prominent at the intersection of the Don Valley Parkway and Eglinton Avenue – two significant, heavily travelled arteries north of downtown Toronto.
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The Etihad Museum honours the 1971 signing of the document that created the United Arab Emirates and celebrates the rich culture and history of its people. The dramatic entrance pavilion rests lightly upon a reflecting pool and plaza, its undulating parabolic curves representing the parchment upon which the unification agreement was written and its tapering golden columns representing the pens with which the document was signed.
The Canadian War Museum (CWM) is one of Canada’s national museums, including both permanent and temporary galleries, as well as an extensive artifact collection, storage, and conservation spaces. The CWM is the recipient of over fifteen national and international design awards, including a Governor General award, and several accolades for sustainable design.
The Bata Shoe Museum houses one of the world’s most impressive collections of footwear, storing over 10,000 items spanning 4,500 years of history. The building is designed to pique interest at street-level and draw people inside – a two-storey transparent glass wedge breaks the limestone wall in two and spills out onto the sidewalk in a welcoming gesture that cannot be missed.
Moriyama Teshima Architects and Shimizu Corporation designed the Canadian Embassy in Tokyo as a symbol of Canada; of the country’s spaciousness and diversity, in a way that would be meaningful to the people of Japan. Despite stringent security requirements, the architectural expression of the embassy conveys a feeling of accessibility and openness, with the symbolic heart of the building being the main entrance on the fourth floor.
Sudbury’s Science North provides an exciting overview of the world of science through the main exhibit building, theatre, and underground tunnel carved through rock. The facility is sited in a fifteen-acre park with a wharf, beach, and outdoor pavilions and the design promulgates the beauty and richness of Northern Ontario’s geology, incorporating the natural forms of the two-billion-year-old Sudbury basin into the architecture.
One of Moriyama Teshima Architects’, the Toronto Reference Library (TRL) has continued to serve a broad-based multi-cultural community for over half a century. Discovery and self-directed learning were the key elements in the design of the TRL, centred on a vast tiered atrium that is bright, airy, and inviting, with a large glass skylight above. A calm and serene space to study within, various features including a small waterfall, ponds, and fountains, were incorporated to serve as a natural security barrier and dampen street noise.
In 1964, MTA received the commission to design the Ontario Science Centre (OSC), developed in celebration of the 100th anniversary of Canadian Confederation which occurred on July 1st, 1867. To maximize visitor engagement in the process of learning, the design of the museum sought to convey the excitement felt by scientists as they break through to new discovery.
With $392.00 in his bank account, Raymond Moriyama set up practice as a sole practitioner on the second floor of a semi-detached house in Toronto’s Yorkville neighbourhood. Raymond’s first project was a custom-built cottage to be constructed in Algonquin Provincial Park.
