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This 19,300 SF expansion to an existing elementary school capitalized upon an unusually wide, shallow site constrained by a major traffic artery and a steeply rising, two-storey embankment. In response, Moriyama Teshima Architects embedded a long, linear classroom wing lengthwise into the slope, preserving the limited amount of play space on level ground while adding eight new classrooms, an art, science, and wood shop suite, and new daycare facilities.
Dalhousie University’s Collaborative Health Education Building (CHEB) is designed to support a truly interdisciplinary approach to health education, where students of medicine, pharmacy, nursing and related professions will “learn with, from and about one another” in collaborative healthcare teams. Facilitating this peer-to-peer learning process are interior spaces that encourage and support social interaction and informal collaboration, including a health science learning commons, clinical simulation laboratories, and active learning classrooms with movable seating for impromptu group and individual study.
The Trinity College School campus is made up of historic neo-gothic brick and stone buildings dating from the late 1800s, woven together with buildings built throughout the 1900s. Complementing this architecture, the primary goal of the Learning Commons Project was to create a space that supports and encourages multiple learning styles: social learning, individual study, group study, group projects, one-on-one guidance, and classroom instruction.
This major expansion and renovation doubled the size of the West District Library, the second-highest circulating branch in the Ottawa Public Library system, and created welcoming, engaging, light–filled and technology-enabled public spaces. The two-storey addition established a far more substantial visual presence for the library, welcoming patrons with a transparent facade of floor-to-ceiling glass and an entrance terrace with seating areas and naturalized gardens.
The Ismaili Centre uniquely responds to established Islamic building traditions, while incorporating contemporary architectural form, materiality and construction methods. The architectural language distinguishes a community that is both informed by its past and modern in its outlook, inviting peaceful faith and contemplation, intellectual discovery and public outreach.
A major expansion of the former Kaneff Centre, the Innovation Complex is a new gateway to the University of Toronto Mississauga campus, an incubator for industry partnerships and a multifunctional hub of academic, administrative, and social activity. The focal point of this dynamic synergy is the Rotunda, an open and airy circular atrium created at the heart of the building.
In joint venture with Kasian Architecture, Interior Design, and Planning, Moriyama Teshima Architects was commissioned to develop a master plan for Surrey City Centre, and design a new City Hall facility and Civic Plaza, embracing family life, recreation, and spiritual health within a seamlessly integrated landscape. Surrey City Hall and Civic Plaza form the heart and gateway of Surrey Civic Centre. Registered LEED Gold, the City Hall and Plaza invite public engagement and social interaction year round, while exemplifying Surrey’s commitment to environmental stewardship.
The Centennial Plaza Project represents the implementation of Phase 1 of the Alberta Legislature Centre Redevelopment and Capital District Master Plan. Joining forces with Kasian Architecture, Moriyama Teshima Architects led the master planning and design of the public plaza/urban park and underground parkade component of the historical Edmonton Federal Buildingʼs $350-million renovation and redesign.
The Aga Khan Museum fosters knowledge and understanding of Islamic civilization through cultural programming and an extraordinary collection of Islamic arts and artifacts, drawn from the collections of His Highness the Aga Khan, Prince and Princess Sadruddin Aga Khan and the Institute of Ismaili Studies in London.
Light being the primary inspiration for the project, the building acts as a vessel that is both animated and sculpted by light in myriad ways: casting patterns on the exterior walls of Brazilian granite, enhancing interior spaces, or illuminating the open-roofed courtyard.
Founded in Halifax in 1802, Saint Mary’s University is the second oldest English-speaking University in Canada. The Entrepreneurship Centre (then called, the “North East Campus Project”) is a landmark academic building and campus gateway; the project aims to advance a culture of collaboration and partnership for the university’s renowned institutes for business development and language training.
The location of this campus on a prominent waterfront site in Dartmouth is intended to radically revise the image of the College in the minds of government, business, and post-secondary stakeholder communities of Nova Scotia. Moriyama Teshima Architects led the master planning and design process of this complex project in close coordination with Barrie & Langille Architects.
The St. George Campus of the University of Toronto, is a uniquely rich architectural precinct, with some of the city’s most celebrated buildings, superbly sited within a complex network of stunning indoor and outdoor learning spaces. The Goldring Student Centre at Victoria University within UofT is a renovation and addition to Eric Arthur’s Wymilwood Building.
The Niagara Falls History Museum celebrates the local history and commemorates the Battle of Lundy’s Lane, a pivotal battle in the War of 1812. To support the museum’s expanded mandate as a national cultural institution, Moriyama Teshima Architects led a heritage restoration of the existing museum building, the 1874 Old Stamford Town Hall, and designed a 10,000 square-foot expansion that created much-needed new exhibition and archival spaces.
Protecting, respecting and enhancing the Rideau Canal and River is a fundamental municipal, provincial and national priority. The Carleton University Campus is quite literally framed by these two waterways – the Canal along the east and north edges, and the River to the south.
The tremendous success of Phase 1 of the New Waterfront Campus at Nova Scotia Community College led to the commission of Phase 2, which involves the Centre for the Built Environment (CBE). This building brings together engineering students, faculty, and industry partners in a collaborative and experiential environment.
Overlooking the Rideau Canal, Carleton University’s Canal Building is home to some of the school’s most distinguished engineering programs. Supporting the university’s education, research, and partnership objectives are advanced laboratory facilities. Appropriate to its high-tech mandate, the Canal Building is certified 5/5 Green Globes, equivalent to LEED Platinum sustainability level, and has been lauded by Carleton Engineering Dean as one of the smartest buildings in North America.
The major renovation and expansion of the Toronto French School integrates an all-new athletics complex, event space, and student lounge into a sensitive heritage rehabilitation of the 1923 Sir Clifford Sifton estate. Stepping down a dramatic slope overlooking the forested Don Valley Ravine, the Athletics Complex includes a 25-metre pool for competitive swimming in addition to a divisible double gymnasium with retractable bleachers, a multipurpose exercise and dance studio, and facilities for aerobic and weight training.
Cape Breton University’s Verschuren Centre for Sustainability in Energy and the Environment is a commercially focused contractible research, development and demonstration service provider for Clean Tech Solutions. The Centre was established to find innovative and sustainable solutions to energy and environmental issues and is uniquely positioned to address these challenges.
Set at the crossroads of two historic transportation routes, the Waterloo Region Museum celebrates the area’s pioneering past and technology-driven present in an iconic landmark building. The museum’s iconic “quilt wall” of glass panels is based upon the vivid hues of quilts woven by early Mennonite settlers, expressed through a high-tech system of computer hexadecimal code resulting in 16 stunning colours.
The 4-year phased redevelopment occurred without interruption of traffic at one of the busiest Canada-U.S. border crossings. The goal was to improve services and security for commercial and private vehicles while establishing a welcoming gateway between the two nations. This intervention introduced improvements to plaza infrastructure, toll collection, and means of circulation.
To create the Guelph Civic Administration Complex, Moriyama Teshima Architects and heritage architects Goldsmith Borgal renovated and physically integrated two important historical structures: the 1856 Guelph City Hall, a national historic site expanded as the City’s courthouse, and the 1900 Winter Fair Building, incorporated into the new Civic Administration Centre and council chambers. The City Hall is a National Historic Site and a provincially-designated heritage property, and was designed in the Renaissance Revival style by William Thomas, architect of Toronto’s first City Hall.
The first building on Lakehead University’s new 85-acre Orillia LEED Platinum Campus, the Academic Building set a strong precedent for all future development. A focus on “Future Proof” design, the integration of architecture, landscape, and building systems, and achieving high sustainability metrics is what guided this project. The central Learning Commons is an open, airy, and welcoming space which attracts students and promotes social interaction and collaboration.
