Office dA Wins Progressive Architecture Award

Boston-based Office dA has won a Progressive Architecture Award for its design of the John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design at the University of Toronto. In collaboration with architect of record Adamson Associates Architects, landscape architect Coen + Partners, and others, the renovation and expansion includes many innovative solutions. A new cladding was built around the existing structure, giving the building a unified image that articulates a larger idea about the site through the way it engages its surroundings while also improving the building’s environmental performance. A public promenade is integrated through the core of the building, all the way to the terrace rooftop. By creating visual, accessible, and programmatic links between the various disciplines, the building’s interior is transformed as a place of learning, while its altered massing reconfigures the city’s skyline.