The school of hard Knox

Posted on January 2nd, 2018 by Nicole Sakr

Posted under: _Daniels Building, Press

“Toronto has squandered much of its architectural heritage. Dozens of grand old buildings fell to the wrecker’s ball in the postwar rush to modernize and renew the city. so when a building that somehow survived the years of careless destruction gets a makeover, and a brilliant one at that, the only thing to do is stand up and cheer.”

Marcus Gee from Toronto’s The Globe and Mail writes on the revitalization of the Knox College building at One Spadina Crescent and the new home of the Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design. Read the full article HERE.

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The Daniels Building in ID’s ‘Best of Year’ Issue

Posted on December 29th, 2017 by Nicole Sakr

Posted under: _Daniels Building, Awards

“The space is a signal to the larger city: This is the kind of school we are.”

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

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SHELLS AND HOLES: MIT SITE 4 UPDATE!

Posted on December 21st, 2017 by Nicole Sakr

Posted under: _MIT Site 4, construction

Office site visit: December 13, 2017, much going on including slurry walls, seacant piles, LBEs, driven piles, and sheet piling!

individual slurry wall hole

slurry wall system in use

 foundations for tower

elevator pit that will go from ground level retail down to the garage

bracing for E39

E38 stripped down

future skylight at E38

 

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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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