BDP Quadrangle

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{{short description|Canadian architecture and interior design firm}}

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{{Infobox organization

| name = BDP Quadrangle

| logo = BDPQuadrangle-Logo-RGB-Black.png

| founded = 1986

| founders = Brian Curtner and Les Klein

| type = Architecture firm

| headquarters = Toronto, Ontario, Canada

| key_people = Anna Madeira, Caroline Robbie, Jeff Hardy, Les Klein, Richard Witt, Sami Kazemi, Sheldon Levitt and Heather Rolleston

| website = bdpquadrangle.com

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BDP Quadrangle is the North American studio of UK-based global architecture, design, and urbanism firm, BDP.Julia Gilbert, Communications Coordinator, Quadrangle, 2020.{{Cite web|date=2020-11-25|title=Quadrangle announces name change to BDP Quadrangle|url=https://www.constructioncanada.net/quadrangle-announces-name-change-to-bdp-quadrangle/|access-date=2020-11-27|website=Construction Canada|language=en-US}}

History

Quadrangle was founded in June 1986 as a merger between two firms, Klein Taylor Goldsmith and Curtner Brown Architects. The firm's four founding partners were Hugh Taylor, Philip Goldsmith, Brian Curtner, and Leslie M. Klein.Williams, P. (2011). Quadrangle architects marks 25 years of imprinting space. Daily Commercial News and Construction Record, 84(103), 1. What started as a small, closely held corporation grew into a multiple shareholder corporation over the years.

The firm gained recognition in 1987, after transforming a heritage building at 299 Queen Street West into the headquarters of the CHUM media brand. The building is now known as Bell Media Queen Street. In 2016, the building was awarded landmark designation by the Ontario Association of Architects (OAA).{{Cite web|url=https://urbantoronto.ca/news/2016/04/299-queen-west-receives-landmark-designation-oaa|title=299 Queen West Receives Landmark Designation from OAA {{!}} UrbanToronto|website=urbantoronto.ca|access-date=27 April 2020}}

In 2010, Quadrangle initiated a joint venture with the March of Dimes Canada called AccessAbility Advantage, which was established to create more accessible built environments. In 2018, Quadrangle decided to end this partnership with March of Dimes, and instead launched Human Space, a new brand that expanded its services in human centred design to include wellness and resilience in addition to accessibility.{{Cite web|url=https://www.canadianinteriors.com/2018/05/04/human-space-quadrangle-launches-social-impact-design-consultancy/|title=Human Space: Quadrangle launches social impact design consultancy|date=4 May 2018|website=Canadian Interiors|language=en-US|access-date=21 April 2020}}

In February 2019, Quadrangle joined BDP.WHAT'S NEW. (2019). The Canadian Architect, 64(3), 8–8,10.

In November 2020, the firm changed its name to BDP Quadrangle.

Specialties

Inclusivity, sustainability, and accessibility are important considerations for the firm.{{Cite news|last=Mays|first=John Bentley|date=19 September 2008|title=A clarion call for universal design|work=The Globe and Mail|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/real-estate/a-clarion-call-for-universal-design/article1061510/|access-date=4 May 2020}}

The company has, since 1999, maintained female principals, and in 2019, Principal and Design Director Heather Rolleston joined Toronto's first all-female development team, which is composed of engineers, architects and urban planners.{{Cite web|title=This new Pickering condo project is designed for people with disabilities|url=https://www.thestar.com/life/homes/2019/02/15/planning-a-game-changer.html|last=Hanes|first=Tracey|date=1 February 2019|website=thestar.com|language=en|access-date=4 May 2020}}

In 2015 the company completed 100 Broadview, a commercial building for Hullmark that integrates universal design principles. The project received a silver award from the International Association for Universal Design.{{Cite web|title=Winners announced for 2016 International Association for Universal Design Awards|url=https://www.canadianarchitect.com/quadrangle-architects-universal-design-awards/|date=1 January 2017|website=Canadian Architect|language=en-US|access-date=20 May 2020}}  

Quadrangle designed accessible, family-sized condo suites for the Daniels Corporation's Artworks Tower, as part of the developer's Accessibility Designed Program (ADP), which was created in collaboration with Quadrangle and AccessAbility Advantage.{{Cite web|title=Daniels Introduces Program For Accessible Condominium Units {{!}} UrbanToronto|url=https://urbantoronto.ca/news/2017/10/daniels-introduces-program-accessible-condominium-units|last=Mirabelli|first=Julian|date=6 October 2017|website=urbantoronto.ca|access-date=4 May 2020}}

The firm led Ontario's experimentation with mass timber, through the design and construction of 80 Atlantic.{{Cite web|last=Abarbanel-Grossman|first=Alex|date=1 January 2020|title=80 Atlantic is Toronto's first timber office building in generations|url=https://archpaper.com/2020/01/80-atlantic-toronto-timber-office-building/|access-date=27 April 2020|website=Archpaper.com|language=en-US}} In 2019, Michelle Xuereb, Director of Innovation, held a TED Talk on how architecture can help fight climate change at the 2019 TEDxToronto event held at the Evergreen Brickworks.{{Cite web|title=TEDxToronto announces lineup for 11th annual conference {{!}} Listed|url=https://dailyhive.com/toronto/tedx-toronto-evergeen-brick-works|website=dailyhive.com|date=19 August 2019 |language=en|access-date=4 May 2020}} In the same year, Quadrangle signed the Canadian Architectural Professionals Declare Planetary Health Emergency and Commit to Urgent and Sustained Action, a pledge to create and advocate for sustainable built environments.{{Cite web|title=MJMA and Quadrangle to host climate emergency workshop this Friday|url=https://www.canadianarchitect.com/mjma-and-quadrangle-to-host-climate-emergency-workshop-this-friday/|date=2 October 2019|website=Canadian Architect|language=en-US|access-date=4 May 2020}}

Housing

Quadrangle contributed significantly to Toronto's multi-unit residential housing market.{{Cite web|title=Residential|url=https://www.quadrangle.ca/servicesmarketsexpertise/residential|website=Quadrangle|language=en|access-date=25 May 2020}} In the early 90s, the firm developed an expertise in non-profit housing, with projects such as the Tatry and Pathways Non-Profit Housing complex,{{Cite news|last=Bentley Mays|first=John|date=14 December 1995|title=Co-ops raise brave new thinking|work=The Globe and Mail}} the first Canadian project to win a World Habitat Award from the United Nations.{{Cite web|title=Tatry and Arbour Mill Non-Profit Housing Complex|url=https://www.world-habitat.org/world-habitat-awards/winners-and-finalists/tatry-and-arbour-mill-non-profit-housing-complex/|website=World Habitat|access-date=25 May 2020}} For Toronto's Condominium housing market, the firm created landmark buildings including The Morgan and the St. James Condominiums for Great Gulf Homes in 1998, which were designed as homages to their historic urban contexts.{{Cite news|title=At Richmond and Spadina, a landmark not even 20 years old|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/real-estate/toronto/at-richmond-and-spadina-a-landmark-not-even-20-yearsold/article33577275/|access-date=25 May 2020}}

Quadrangle also led the wave of Toronto factory-to-residential loft conversions with the early transformation of the Ce De Candy Company into the Candy Factory Lofts (1998){{Cite news|last=Vansittart|first=Katherine|date=March 1998|title=A Loft Affair|work=Azure}} and later the conversion of Irwin Toys landmark building in Liberty Village into the Toy Factory Lofts (2007) for Lanterra Developments.{{Cite news|title=Heritage building converted to loft condominiums|work=The Globe and Mail|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/real-estate/heritage-building-converted-to-loft-condominiums/article18282845/|access-date=25 May 2020}}

130 Bloor and 36 Hazelton were early examples of additions to existing heritage buildings, which were a different take on Toronto urban infill buildings. 130 Bloor won an RAIC Innovation Award for the structural complexity required to support the additional load of nine new floors of suites on top of a 1960s office building.{{Cite web|title=RAIC 2009 Awards of Excellence|url=https://raic.org/raic/awards-excellence-%E2%80%94-2009-recipient-2|website=RAIC|access-date=25 May 2020}} 36 Hazelton tucked 21 apartments into a nine-storey addition behind the façade of the historic St. Basil's School in Yorkville.{{Cite web|title=Restored Heritage Facade Beautifully Incorporated into 36Hazelton {{!}} UrbanToronto|url=https://urbantoronto.ca/news/2015/03/restored-heritage-facade-beautifully-incorporated-36hazelton|website=urbantoronto.ca|access-date=25 May 2020}}

The firm was an early proponent of the intensification of existing "towers in the park," by adding density to underused land and providing new housing, including purpose-built rental projects at 66 Isabella Street for Park Property Management and new condominiums at Plaza Midtown for Plazacorp.{{Cite news|title=How to rejuvenate urban 'towers in the park'|work=The Globe and Mail|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/home-and-garden/architecture/how-to-rejuvenate-urban-towers-in-the-park/article624757/|access-date=25 May 2020}}

In 2010, Quadrangle co-authored the City of Toronto's Mid-rise Guidelines,{{Cite web|title=Midrise Guidelines|url=https://www.toronto.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/9039-Avenues-Mid-Rise-Buildings-Study-Part-1.pdf|website=toronto.ca}} and subsequently completed several mid-rise projects such as Duke Condos for TAS Design-Build,{{Cite news|title=Moving from a house to a condo proved to be the right choice for this Toronto couple|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/real-estate/toronto/article-moving-from-a-house-to-a-condo-proved-to-be-the-right-choice-for-this/|access-date=25 May 2020}} which won a 2019 Toronto Urban Design Award.{{Cite web|title=Urban Design Award of Merit|url=https://www.quadrangle.ca/ideas/blog/post/blog/2019/09/11/city-of-toronto-urban-design-awards---award-of-merit-2019-duke-condos|website=Quadrangle|language=en|access-date=25 May 2020}}

The studio has advocated for a shift from glass and steel towers towards more sustainable alternatives that improve energy performance by measures such as increasing the window-to-wall ratio.{{Cite web|title=All-glass condos may provide residents with a nice view, but they will send your energy bills sky high|url=https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/1579750979855|website=CBC}} The firm is presently working on Expo City 5 – CG Tower, a 551-unit condominium for the Cortel Group in the Vaughan Metropolitan area, which features a stepped brick-faced facade with a window-to-wall ratio of 43% in contrast to conventional glass-wall towers.{{Cite news|title=How to break the inefficient glass condo mould|work=The Globe and Mail|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/real-estate/toronto/article-how-to-break-the-inefficient-glass-condo-mould/|access-date=25 May 2020}}

Through its master planning work, Quadrangle is designing large residential communities for Toronto including the Fort York Neighbourhood for Plazacorp{{Cite news|title=Condo legions advance on Fort York|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/real-estate/condo-legions-advance-on-fort-york/article18437444/|access-date=25 May 2020}} and Downtown Markham for Remington Homes.{{Cite news|last=LeBlanc|first=Dave|title=Designing Downtown Markham|work=The Globe and Mail|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/real-estate/toronto/breaking-the-suburban-mould-with-downtown-markhamdevelopment/article36320297/}} These projects are establishing complete walkable communities in reclaimed industrial lands or in Suburban contexts.{{Cite web|title=Fort York Official Plan|url=https://www.toronto.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/9018-cp-official-plan-SP-13-FortYork.pdf|website=Toronto.ca}}

Notable projects

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= 299 Queen Street West (1987, 2004) =

299 Queen Street West is a neo-gothic heritage building with a terra-cotta facade that was purchased by television executive Moses Znaimer in 1985 as the headquarters of the media company CHUM.{{Cite web|url=https://www.videoageinternational.net/2020/03/13/hall-of-fame/moses-znaimer-a-new-mcluhan-but-with-a-mission-to-reinvent-television/|title=Moses Znaimer: A New McLuhan, But With a Mission To Reinvent Television|last=VideoAge|website=VideoAge International|language=en-US|access-date=27 April 2020}} It is currently the headquarters of Bell Media. Quadrangle completed restoration and renovation work on the building in 1987 and 2004, transitioning the building into an innovative broadcast hub. To encourage the public to interact with the architecture, the firm added garage doors that exposed the studios and live tapings to the sidewalk and passersby.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bisnow.com/toronto/news/neighborhood/why-ontario-architects-say-299-queen-st-w-is-a-cultural-icon-60304|title=How Redevelopment of 299 Queen St W Created A Cultural Icon|website=Bisnow|language=en|access-date=27 April 2020}} This move changed the media industry and became a model for other broadcasters in North America. Today, the building is considered a Toronto cultural landmark, having housed several local TV stations – including MuchMusic – and the Speaker's Corner video-booth.{{Cite book|title=Wallpaper* City Guide Toronto|publisher=Wallpaper|year=2017|isbn=9780714872728|pages=10–11}} A news-truck, its wheels still rolling, protrudes through the unclad east wall. As the CHUM-City Building, it was "a buzzing sentient cathedral of good vibes, good music, and good people: 'The living movie' as it came to be known".{{Cite web|url=https://www.blogto.com/music/2014/07/the_rise_and_fall_of_muchmusic_from_crucial_tv_to_bust/|title=The rise and fall of MuchMusic, from crucial TV to bust|website=blogto.com|language=en|access-date=27 April 2020}}

= BMW Toronto (2004) =

Overlooking Toronto's Don Valley Parkway, BMW Toronto is a retrofit of a 1950s office building into a car dealership completed in 2004. Led by Quadrangle architect Roland Rom Colthoff (now director at RAW Design) the building introduced a new typology for automotive showrooms. Wrapped in glass on three sides, the exterior houses BMW cars in six display windows that are visible to passing motorists on the highway.{{Cite web|url=https://www.canadianarchitect.com/roadside-attraction/|title=Roadside Attraction|date=3 August 2004|website=Canadian Architect|language=en-US|access-date=29 April 2020}} Reviewing the project, Canadian Architect editor Ian Chodikoff wrote, "the juxtaposition of an unabashedly extroverted building adjacent to a high-speed corridor collides the image of BMW as 'an ultimate driving machine' into one that has become an ultimate branding machine." The project won an Urban Design Award from the City of Toronto, a National Post Design Exchange Award, and an OAA Award of Excellence.{{Cite web|url=http://info.aia.org/aiarchitect/thisweek04/tw0604/0604pw_bmwtoronto.htm|title=AIArchitect, June 7, 2004 – Quadrangle Architects' BMW Toronto Wins Ontario Association of Architects Award of Excellence|website=info.aia.org|access-date=29 April 2020}}File:Corus Quay (38570263866).jpg

= 130 Bloor Street West (2009) =

A complex adaptive re-use project, Quadrangle was asked by KingSett Capital to both renovate and add a 7-storey condo on top of an existing 1960s 14-storey commercial building (by Bregman + Hamann, now B+H Architects) that is topped by the heritage-listed modernist Toronto Penthouse (restored and updated in 2012 by interior designer J.F. Brennan).{{Cite news|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/home-and-garden/architecture/inspiration-in-a-30-million-toronto-condo/article551613/|title=Inspiration in a $30-million Toronto condo|access-date=27 April 2020}} The penthouse was the most expensive condo in Canada in 2005.{{Cite news|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/real-estate/a-condo-in-a-class-all-its-own/article4116643/|title=A condo in a class all its own|access-date=27 April 2020}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/home-and-garden/architecture/inside-canadas-most-expensive-condo/article551610/|title=Inside Canada's most expensive condo|access-date=27 April 2020}} Sited on top of a subway line and several commercial businesses, the firm was challenged to renovate and create the addition while keeping the existing infrastructure structurally sound and allowing transit and business operations to continue.{{Cite web|url=https://www.canadianarchitect.com/130-bloor-street-west/|title=130 Bloor Street West|date=3 April 2009|website=Canadian Architect|language=en-US|access-date=27 April 2020}} Quadrangle's design for the condo apartments includes a series of syncopated "boxes" faced with limestone. The project won an RAIC Innovation in Architecture award in 2009.{{Cite web|title=RAIC Awards of Excellence 2009|url=https://raic.org/raic/awards-excellence-%E2%80%94-2009-recipient-2|website=raic.org|access-date=27 April 2020}}

= Corus Entertainment (2010) =

Corus Quay is the headquarters of Corus Entertainment, located on Toronto's waterfront. The office building was first commissioned by Toronto Port Lands Company{{Cite web|url=https://www.corusent.com/about/corus-quay/|title=Corus Quay|website=Corus Entertainment|language=en-US|access-date=24 March 2020}} which soon became a "catalyst for the revitalization of Toronto’s Eastern Bayfront area." The building was designed by Diamond Schmitt Architects and Quadrangle was in charge of repurposing the building's 500,000 square foot interior{{Cite web|url=https://www.metropolismag.com/architecture/interior-flash/|title=Interior Flash|date=1 June 2011|website=Metropolis|language=en-US|access-date=24 March 2020}} into a workplace, broadcasting and media hub. The largely open plan interior "merges high design with casual comfort" through colourful meeting rooms and cubicles, radio booths, graffiti murals spread out across boardrooms, and a spiral slide that spans three storeys. Collaborative and communal gathering spaces are emphasized to provide a fun and creative working environment. Corus Quay has received two ARIDO Awards of Excellence in 2011{{Cite web|url=http://b.arido.ca/english/awards/arido-awards-2011/arido-awards-photo-gallery-2011.html|title=ARIDO Awards Photo Gallery : 2011 – ARIDO|website=b.arido.ca|access-date=24 March 2020}} and has been "named one of the top 10 coolest places in the world to work, as well as one of the world’s most impressive offices."

= Lululemon Yorkdale (2012) =

This 3,000 square-foot Lululemon retail store located in Yorkdale Mall was a collaboration between Quadrangle, Lululemon store designer Emily Robin, and Toronto woodworkers Brothers Dressler.{{Cite web|url=https://retaildesignblog.net/2013/07/07/lululemon-yorkdale-store-by-quadrangle-architects-brothers-dressler-toronto/|title=» Lululemon Yorkdale store by Quadrangle Architects & Brothers Dressler, Toronto|website=retaildesignblog.net|language=en-US|access-date=27 April 2020}} The facade is covered in a leaf-shaped mosaic composed by the Brothers Dressler from off-cuts of reclaimed wood.{{Cite web|url=https://www.canadianinteriors.com/2014/03/01/lemon-aid/|title=Lemon aid|date=2 February 2014|website=Canadian Interiors|language=en-US|access-date=27 April 2020}} Unlike most retail stores located within malls, the wood mosaic, composed of 20 different species of wood, blocks views into the store. The design won an Ontario Wood Works! Award.{{Cite web|url=https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/ontario-wood-works-award-winners-announced-sustainable-cost-saving-wood-solutions-just-the-beginning-513237451.html|title=Ontario Wood WORKS! Award Winners Announced: Sustainable, cost-saving wood solutions just the beginning|last=WORKS!|first=Ontario Wood|website=newswire.ca|language=en|access-date=27 April 2020}}

= 60 Atlantic Avenue (2014) =

60 Atlantic Avenue is an adaptive re-use project located in Toronto's Liberty Village neighbourhood that was completed in 2014.{{Cite web|url=https://urbantoronto.ca/database/projects/60-atlantic|title=60 Atlantic {{!}} UrbanToronto|website=urbantoronto.ca|access-date=27 April 2020}} BDP Quadrangle renovated an 1898 former wine warehouse into a mixed-use commercial space for Hullmark Developments. Defined by a Corten steel and glass service core that bisects the original brick façade, the new design references the neighbourhood's industrial heritage.{{Cite web|url=https://www.canadianinteriors.com/2015/09/17/quadrangle-architects-award-winning-60-atlantic-avenue-in-toronto/|title=Quadrangle Architects' award-winning 60 Atlantic Avenue in Toronto|date=1 September 2015|website=Canadian Interiors|language=en-US|access-date=27 April 2020}} By excavating the site and adding an addition, Quadrangle created a new outdoor courtyard and walk-out lower level that could be leased by the developer to make the entire project economically feasible.{{Cite web|url=https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/11717-atlantic-avenue-by-quadrangle-architects?v=preview|title=60 Atlantic Avenue by Quadrangle Architects|website=architecturalrecord.com|language=en|access-date=27 April 2020}} 60 Atlantic received an AJ Retrofit Award from the UK for outstanding adaptive reuse, a Good Design is Good Business Award from Architectural Record in the US, and a Toronto Urban Design Award from the City of Toronto.

= Samsung Experience Store (2017) =

link=[[:File:SamsungExperienceStoreTorontoEatonCentre3.jpg|thumb|Samsung Experience Store at CF Toronto Eaton Centre, 2017]] File:Yonge Sheppard Centre.jpgCompleted in 2017, the 21,000 square foot{{Cite web|title=Projects – Portfolio|url=https://www.bdpquadrangle.com/portfolio|access-date=2020-11-24|website=BDP Quadrangle|language=en}} two-storey store in Toronto's Eaton Centre is inspired by the rounded lines of Samsung Electronic's product range, with a grand curved staircase at the centre of the space.{{Cite web|url=https://mobilesyrup.com/2018/01/04/inside-samsungs-newest-store-at-torontos-eaton-centre/|title=Inside Samsung's newest store at Toronto's Eaton Centre|date=4 January 2018|website=MobileSyrup|language=en|access-date=24 March 2020}} Unlike traditional retail stores, the Samsung Experience Store is designed to showcase the brand, rather than driving in-store sales.{{Cite news|last=Bozikovic|first=Alex|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/home-and-garden/design/samsungs-retail-showroom-adapts-a-new-brandingphilosophy/article38035060/|title=Samsung's retail 'showroom' adapts a new branding philosophy|work=The Globe and Mail|access-date=29 April 2020}} It includes a demo kitchen, interactive VR zones, as well as TV displays and customer service zones.{{Cite web|url=https://urbantoronto.ca/news/2017/04/quadrangle-designed-samsung-store-open-eaton-centre|title=Quadrangle-Designed Samsung Store to Open at Eaton Centre {{!}} UrbanToronto|website=urbantoronto.ca|access-date=29 April 2020}} The project received a 2018 ARIDO Award for its outstanding interior design.{{Cite web|url=https://arido.ca/2019/12/02/samsungs-experience-store-is-a-playground-for-techphiles-2/|title=Samsung's Experience Store is a playground for techphiles {{!}} ARIDO|date=2 December 2019 |language=en-US|access-date=29 April 2020}}

= 80 Atlantic Avenue (2019) =

80 Atlantic is Ontario's first mass timber commercial building in over a century.{{Cite web|date=2020-01-10|title=Presenting Ontario's first mass timber commercial building in over 100 years|url=https://www.constructioncanada.net/presenting-ontarios-first-mass-timber-commercial-building-in-100-years/|access-date=2020-11-27|website=Construction Canada|language=en-US}} The project was commissioned by Hullmark Developments to create a paired commercial development with 60 Atlantic.{{Cite web|title=80 Atlantic Case Study|url=https://cwc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/80-Atlantic-Case-Study-Mar-20.pdf|website=The Canadian Wood Council}} Their intention was to create a premium office that would attract tenants seeking to associate their brand with an innovative and sustainable environment.{{Cite web|title=80 Atlantic: Mass Timber Building|url=https://urbannext.net/80-atlantic/|access-date=2020-11-27|language=en-US}} The 90,000 square-foot structure features four-storeys of nail-laminated timber with glulam beams and columns above a one-storey concrete podium.{{Cite web|title=80 Atlantic Avenue an exercise in collaboration for woodrise construction – Carpenters' District Council of Ontario|url=https://thecarpentersunion.ca/news/80-atlantic-avenue-an-exercise-in-collaboration-for-woodrise-construction/|access-date=2020-11-27|language=en-CA}} The mass timber construction was studied by the industry professionals and students as a prototype for future buildings of this type in Ontario.{{Cite web|title=Hullmark Hosts Tour Through Timber-Frame 80 Atlantic {{!}} UrbanToronto|url=https://urbantoronto.ca/news/2018/10/hullmark-hosts-tour-through-timber-frame-80-atlantic|access-date=2020-11-27|website=urbantoronto.ca}}

= Yonge Sheppard Centre (2019) =

Covering a total of 8.4 acres, the new Sheppard Yonge development is a mixed-use centre, which includes retail, condo, office, and rental space.{{Cite web|url=https://urbantoronto.ca/news/2019/10/local-community-celebrates-yonge-sheppard-centre-revitalization|title=Local Community Celebrates Yonge Sheppard Centre Revitalization {{!}} UrbanToronto|website=urbantoronto.ca|access-date=24 March 2020}} The retail phase of the project was completed in 2019, while the Pivot rental tower is due for completion in 2021. Animating the streetscape with diverse retail, the new development is a huge transformation from its 1970 design that did not allow for transparency between the inside and outside. Quadrangle revitalized the outdated mall with easy street-level entrances, wide corridors, large windows, and renovated interiors that emphasize naturally-lit atriums.{{Cite news|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/industry-news/property-report/article-suburbia-goes-urban-in-rethink-of-a-toronto-mall/|title=Suburbia goes urban in rethink of a Toronto mall|access-date=24 March 2020}} Black cladding was also added on the two office towers to give the overall centre a modern aesthetic.

= Downtown Markham (Ongoing) =

Located on a greenfield site near the Rouge River Valley, Downtown Markham is a mixed-use master-planned community with an urban feel in Markham, a largely car-centric bedroom community north of Toronto.{{Cite news|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/home-and-garden/architecture/toronto-suburb-puts-the-emphasis-on-urban/article21002778/|title=Toronto suburb puts the emphasis on urban|access-date=27 April 2020}} Designed for Remington Group, the sustainable, pedestrian and transit-friendly project features a mix of residential, shopping, office space, recreation spaces, and public art installations with parks and green space leading to the Rouge River System.{{Cite news|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/real-estate/toronto/breaking-the-suburban-mould-with-downtown-markhamdevelopment/article36320297/|title=Breaking the suburban mould with 'Downtown Markham' development|access-date=27 April 2020}} The project received a BILD Award in the Best New Community (Built) category at the 2017 BILD Awards.{{Cite web|url=https://www.thestar.com/life/homes/2017/05/06/bild-awards-celebrate-building-industrys-best-brightest.html|title=BILD Awards celebrate building industry's best, brightest|date=6 May 2017|website=thestar.com|language=en|access-date=27 April 2020}}

Awards

= Ontario Association of Architects Awards – Award of Excellence, 2004 =

  • BMW Showroom, 2004{{Cite web|title=Quadrangle {{!}} Architecture and Interior Design Firm|url=https://www.quadrangle.ca/|access-date=2020-08-31|website=Quadrangle|language=en}}

= Ontario Association of Architects Awards – Landmark Award, 2016 =

= Association of Registered Interior Designers of Ontario Awards – Award of Excellence, 2011 =

  • Corus Entertainment, 2010{{Cite web|url=http://b.arido.ca/english/awards/arido-awards-2011/arido-awards-photo-gallery-2011.html|title=ARIDO Awards Photo Gallery : 2011 – ARIDO|website=b.arido.ca|access-date=24 March 2020}}

= Association of Registered Interior Designers of Ontario Awards – Award of Merit, 2015 =

  • 60 Atlantic Avenue, 2014{{Cite web|url=http://b.arido.ca/english/awards/arido-awards-2015/arido-awards-photo-gallery-2015.html|title=ARIDO Awards Photo Gallery : 2015 – ARIDO|website=b.arido.ca|access-date=24 March 2020}}

= Association of Registered Interior Designers of Ontario Awards, 2018 =

  • [Samsung Experience Store, 2017
  • The Travel Centre, 2017
  • Toronto Marriott Markham Guest Rooms, 2018

= BILD Awards – Places to Grow Community of the Year (High Rise) Award, 2012 =

  • Downtown Markham Master Plan, 2009 + Ongoing

= BILD Awards – Best New Community (Built), 2017 =

  • Downtown Markham Master Plan, 2009 + Ongoing

= AJ Retrofit Awards – International Innovation, 2015 =

  • 60 Atlantic Avenue, 2014

= Architectural Record – Good Design is Good Business, 2016 =

  • 60 Atlantic Avenue, 2014

= Toronto Urban Design Awards – Award of Excellence (Private Buildings in Context, Low-Scale Category), 2015 =

  • 60 Atlantic Avenue, 2014

= Toronto Urban Design Awards – Award of Merit, 2017 =

  • 619 Queen Street West, 2016

= Toronto Urban Design Awards – Award of Merit, 2019 =

  • Duke Condos 2803 Dundas Street West, 2017

= Wood Design and Building Awards – Citation Award, 2019 =

  • 80 Atlantic Avenue, 2020

= Wood Works! Ontario Awards – Mass Timber Wood Design Award, 2019 =

  • 80 Atlantic Avenue, 2020{{Cite web|url=http://wood-works.ca/2019-ontario-wood-works-awards-winners-announced/|title=2019 Ontario Wood Works! Awards Winners Announced! – Wood-Works|language=en-CA|access-date=24 March 2020}}

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