Moriyama Teshima Architects

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 were previously stored in five separate sites across the country. This design, a joint venture between Moriyama Teshima Architects and NFOE Architects, not only provides modern climate control and protection, but also features a highly intuitive and engaging archival system for both researchers and the public at large.

The Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation (OSSTF/FEESO) New Headquarters and Multi-Tenant Commercial Building, situated 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.

“The new Rouge National Urban Park (RNUP) Visitor, Learning, and Community Centre, a collaboration between Moriyama Teshima Architects, Six Nations of the Grand River-based Two Row Architect, and Ian Grey Studio, will serve as the park’s primary welcome facility where visitors can learn about Rouge’s natural, cultural, agricultural, and Indigenous heritage. This building will feature an environmentally sustainable design, enhanced accessibility, and significant collaboration with the RNUP First Nations Advisory Circle and community partners.”

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.

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 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.

Moriyama Teshima Architects in association with Barrie & Langille Architects executed the Brian Mulroney Institute of Governance, Mulroney Hall. This institute is dedicated to the study of government, Canada-U.S. relations, and global affairs for undergraduates.

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.

Together with Architecttura Inc., Moriyama Teshima Architects delivered a beautiful building to the City of Windsor that is efficient, transparent, functional, customer service oriented, sustainable, and cost-effective. Standing in the parking lot directly behind the existing City Hall and adjacent to the waterfront park, the 107,000 SF City Hall is central to the new civic square which will additionally include development from the University of Windsor, St. Clair College, as well as cultural and recreational facilities. 

Certified LEED Gold, Canon Canada’s new headquarters in Brampton, Ontario, demonstrates a creative approach to sustainability and design while promoting employees’ healthy lifestyle. The strategic placement of the building on the site was key to ensuring the client’s vision for a “building within a park”, allowing generous views and connections to nature. The building’s interiors balance privacy and collegiality in an open and serene environment.

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. 

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 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. 

Prominently sited on Ottawa’s ceremonial Sussex Drive, the Delegation of the Ismaili Imamat was conceived by the Aga Khan as a secular sanctuary for peace, diplomacy and global pluralism. Moriyama Teshima Architects collaborated with the Pritzker Prize-winning architect Fumihiko Maki to design and deliver this technically rigorous building.

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.