We are immensely proud to welcome the faculty, students and parents of the Dr. Eric Jackman Institute of Child Study (JICS) at the University of Toronto (OISE), to their new school.
The new 27,000 square foot, three storey addition, connects the two old houses that previously accommodated the JICS. The new building features a multi-purpose gymnasium/auditorium with retractable seating, new classroom and amenity spaces for the Laboratory School, and study and lecture spaces for the Institute’s graduate program. Advanced teaching technology is incorporated into all classroom spaces.
The new entrance from Spadina Road is through a landscaped forecourt. Projecting out from the second floor over the entry, the new Lab School lunch/drama room presents a dramatic façade incorporating a deep bay window that can be “inhabited” inside by the children. The new entry lobby leads to a wood beamed hallway that looks out on one side into a linear woodland garden and on the other down into the gymnasium/auditorium below. Circulation is defined by colourful floor patterns, combined with a palette of oak millwork.
Established in 1925, the Dr. Eric Jackman Institute of Child Study (JICS) was the first multidisciplinary institute at the University of Toronto. Its tripartite mission consists of three fully integrated components: a graduate teach education program, the Dr. R.G.N Laidlaw Research Centre, and the JICS Laboratory School (Nursery to Grade 6) for 200 students.
Learn more about the project here.
Taylor Smyth and William Fulghum Design Associates worked together on the redesign and modernization of an ultra-traditional house in the heart of Forest Hill. The interior was completely gutted and reorganized to provide a series of generous rooms for living and entertaining, incorporating the highest level of craftsmanship and attention to detail. (more…)
The Mayor of Toronto joined the councillor for Ward 10 York Centre, members of the community and City staff to celebrate the official reopening of Earl Bales Community Centre at a ribbon-cutting ceremony. (more…)
“Homes not only provide a backdrop for our lives, but often embody our desires and experiences. When closely examined, each one’s design and decoration tells of who lives inside and how they spend their days…romantic abodes can be large or small, simple or sumptuous, new or old, but they always capture the tenderness shared by the inhabitants…”Â
…writes Matthew Hague, for the Globe & Mail/Globe Style.
He recently visited the home of our partner, Michael Taylor and his husband, James O’Connor; the Armstrong Avenue Residence, designed by Taylor Smyth Architects.
Read the full article: Globe Style – Love Nests (web, PDF) and learn more about the award winning Armstrong Avenue Residence project by clicking here.
Our transformation of Market Street was finally revealed to the public and written in The Globe and Mail by Wallace Immen.
It’s a stunning transformation for a historic street along the west side of St. Lawrence Market that for years had been all but abandoned and considered expendable as a wave of redevelopment swept in from all sides.
Market St. Development in St. Lawrence Market District was honoured with an Award of Excellence from Heritage Toronto. Thank you Heritage Toronto for an amazing night and congrats to all the nominees and winners for their remarkable work to the city!
We are honoured to have won this year’s Best of Canada Award for West Preparatory Junior Public School! We were featured in Canadian Interiors Magazine’s Sept/Oct Issue.
Get some ideas for curb appeal from this article in Designlines Magazine featuring our award-winning Residential project, The House on the Bluffs.
On Monday afternoon, Premier Ford announced a shutdown of non-essential businesses as of midnight, Tuesday, so effective Wednesday, March 25, all our team members will begin to work remotely. (more…)
