100 International Architects of 2017

Posted on December 14th, 2017 by Nicole Sakr

Posted under: _Daniels Building, Awards, Events, Installations + Exhibitions

The Korean Institute of Architects named Katie and Nader among the world’s top 100 architects of 2017 with a special citation of the Daniels Building project for the University of Toronto. The project was part of an international exhibition recently held in Seoul.

 

 

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Azure: How NADAAA saved the DFALD ceiling

Posted on December 13th, 2017 by Nicole Sakr

Posted under: _Daniels Building, Academic, Press

“NADAAA’s hyperbolic paraboloid solution, says Faulkner, was significantly different from how the contractor was envisioning it. They had pictured a series of specialty metals crafted into an armature. The full-scale model proved that any framer could construct the ceiling using standard drywall, scoring it to create the curve.”

Read on HERE.

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Tanderrum Bridge wins Best in Category at the Premier’s Design Awards

Posted on December 7th, 2017 by Nicole Sakr

Posted under: _Tanderrum Bridge, Awards

NADAAA’s collaboration with John Wardle Architects, the Tanderrum Pedestrian Bridge in Melbourne Australia, has won the Best in Category at the Premier’s Design Awards, more info is HERE. See the rest of the winners HERE. There is also a short piece in Architecture AU HERE.
 

“The Premier’s Award is the latest in a string of prizes won by the architects for the bridge since its completion in January 2017, including the Australian Urban Design Award for Delivered Outcome – Small Scale and the Melbourne Prize at the Victorian Architecture Awards.”

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Shaping Young Minds: DFALD mention in Monocle

Posted on December 6th, 2017 by Nicole Sakr

Posted under: _Daniels Building, Press

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The Daniels Building wins Interior Design BOY Award

Posted on December 2nd, 2017 by Nicole Sakr

Posted under: _Daniels Building, Awards, Events

The Daniels Building wins 2017 Best Higher Education Interior! Read on HERE. And see more photos of DFALD HERE!

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Rock Creek House shortlisted for World Interior Awards

Posted on November 22nd, 2017 by Nicole Sakr

Posted under: _Rock Creek House, Awards

The Rock Creek House has been shortlisted for a World Interior News Award in the residential category. Winners will be announced in a few weeks at the WIN annual gala. More info HERE.

“The material palette used for the Rock Creek house interiors has a very calm, even and contemporary tone to it. However, what particularly drew our attention was the highly original approach to the geometry of the joinery for the staircases and balustrades.’ Lee Hallman, Head of Design, Qatari Diar

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The Daniels Building named a ‘Best of Year’ Finalist

Posted on November 21st, 2017 by Nicole Sakr

Posted under: _Daniels Building, Awards

The Daniels Building at The University of Toronto has been named a finalist in Interior Design’s Annual BOY Awards. Winners will be honored this next Friday at the IAC. See the rest of the finalists HERE.

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Daniels Building Opening Featured on Urban Toronto

Posted on November 17th, 2017 by Nicole Sakr

Posted under: _Daniels Building, Events

Read about the Daniels Building’s big opening HERE!

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The Daniels Building toured on Toronto Morning Show

Posted on November 17th, 2017 by Nicole Sakr

Posted under: _Daniels Building, Press

Watch HERE!

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The history of One Spadina laid out in The Globe and Mail

Posted on November 16th, 2017 by Nicole Sakr

Posted under: _Daniels Building, Press

 

Globe and Mail writer Dave Leblanc discusses the history of the circle where the new Daniels Building sits with Dean Sommer.

“So it’s a kind of witness to the transformation of the city but also this didactic or pedagogical lesson in architecture as something that starts out as uptight, British, a cloister for enlightenment, then becomes a laboratory, and now, let’s say, something creative,” Dean Sommer offers.

Read the Full Story HERE.

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