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Toronto Launches Design Competition10-18-06 | News

Toronto Launches Design Competition




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Nathan Phillips Square is named for the mayor of Toronto from 1955 to 1962. A raised walkway leads from the square to city hall’s podium roof, where a green roofs demonstration project is located. In winter, the pool becomes a skating rink.


Toronto Mayor David Miller has announced an international design competition to revitalize the city’s top outdoor gathering space and landmark?EUR??,,????'?????<

Toronto invites Canadian and international architects, landscape architects, planners, engineers and other design professionals to submit design proposals. The jury will select the winning design in a two-stage competition.

The jury includes six local and international experts in the fields of architecture, landscape architecture and architectural heritage preservation, and members with artistic experience and community involvement. The landscape architect on the jury is Cornelia Hahn Oberlander, who is based in Vancouver.

Toronto has retained architect Peter Ortved of CS&P Architects Inc. as the competition?EUR??,,????'?????<

“The new design must respect the clarity of the original vision by architect Viljo Revell and reflect the energy, beauty and dignity that the citizens of Toronto value in this great public space,” Ortved said.

The city has made a $16-million commitment but seeks $24 million more.

Design competition information is available at www.toronto.ca/npsquarecompetition.

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