Architectural Index for Ontario


Information on Architect: Kuwabara Payne McKenna, Blumberg (firm)


Biography
Notes Kuwabara Payne McKenna Blumberg Architects was founded in 1987 by the four partners, Bruce Kuwabara, Thomas Payne, Marianne McKenna and Shirley Blumberg.


Address: 0 Bathurst Quay
Type of Building: Grain Elevators
Name of Building: Canada Malting
Notes: Used by the Canada Malting Co. to store hops, barley and soya. Designated as historical by the Toronto Historical Board. The tower of the other Canada Malting Co. silo complex at Parliament and Lakeshore Boulevard East was demoloished in April 1998. This site is being proposed for a redevelopment as a music centre known as "Metronome Canada". SEE ALSO under building name: METRONOME.

Dates
Design conceived c1998

Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
AZURE 1998 Mar/Apr 20
Canadian Architect 1994 Dec. 22-23
Globe & Mail 2000 Nov. R4 Wed. 8th
Insite 1994 May 21
Perspectives: Newsletter of the Ontario Assn of Ar 2000 WInter 14 8 4
Toronto Star 1998 Ju;y B3 Wed. 29th
Toronto Star 1993 Aug. C12 Sat. 21st
Toronto Star 1987 Oct. A1+ Sun. 4th

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Address: 0 Bathurst Quay
Type of Building: Exhibition Buildings
Name of Building: Metronome
Notes: Proposed music museum. SEE ALSO: under building name: CANADA MALTING.


Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Building 2002 Feb/Mar 6 52 1
Globe & Mail 1999 Feb. A5 Mon. 15th
Globe & Mail 2000 June A19 9th
National Post 2000 Nov. F1-F8 Sat. 18th
National Post 2002 May A18 Wed 1st
Toronto Star 2002 March F2 Wed 13th
Toronto Star 2000 June B7 6th
Toronto Star 2002 Mar. F2 Wed. 13th

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Address: 40 Bay Street
Type of Building: Stadiums
Name of Building: Air Canada Centre
Notes: SEE ALSO: Postal Delivery Building under a Building Name search.

Dates
Building completed 1997

Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Award Magazine 1999 Feb. 45-52 13 1
Award Magazine 1998 Dec. 31-41 12 6
Building 1997 Apr/May 6- 47 2
Canadian Interiors 1999 Mar/Apr 35-37 36 2
Globe & Mail 1999 Feb. C1-C3 Wed. 17th
Globe & Mail 1999 Feb. C17 13th
HCN : Heavy Construction News 1998 Jan. 26-28 42 1
HCN : Heavy Construction News 1998 June 28-29 42 6
National Post 1999 Feb. D6 Mon. 15th
Toronto Contruction News 1999 Mar. 10++ 17 1
Toronto Life 1997 Dec. 67-80 31 17
Toronto Star 1999 Feb. S1-S7 Fri. 19th
Toronto Star 2000 Aug. N9 Sat. 19th
Toronto Star 1999 Dec. ? Mon. 20th
Toronto Star 1997 Oct. J2 Thur 30th
Toronto Star 1998 Oct. B4 27th
Toronto Star 1998 Dec. C1,C4 Wed. 2nd
Toronto Star 1998 Dec. L4 26th
Toronto Star 1998 June B1,B4 5th
Toronto Star 1998 May M3 Sat. 2nd
Toronto Star 1998 July B1,B5 20th

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Address: 181 Bay Street
Type of Building: Office Buildings
Name of Building: Gluskin Sheff + Associates
Notes: Situated on the 46th floor of the Bay-Wellington Tower.

Dates
Building completed 1995

Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Kuwabara Payne McKenna Blumberg 1998 n/a 120-7

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Address: 234 Bay Street
Type of Building: Design Centres
Name of Building: Design Exchange
Notes: Originally the Toronto Stock Exchange, b.1937, which moved to First Canadian Place in 1983. Forms the base of the Ernst & Young Tower (no.222 Bay Street), which is considered the fifth tower in the Toronto Dominion Centre.

Dates
Officially opened March 1937

Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
ACORN 2001 Fall 17 26 4
AZURE 1994 Nov/Dec 23-24
Architectural Record 1995 Septemb 86-89
Architecture Canada: the Governor General's awards 1997 n/a 114+
Canadian Architect 1995 April 34-37
Canadian Architect 1996 June 20 42 6
Canadian Architect 1994 August 8
Canadian Art 1994 Fall 39
Canadian Forum 1983 Aug/Sep 46-47
Canadian Interiors 1988 March 13+
Designing the Exchange 1994 n/a all
International Contract 1992 June/Ju 22-23
Kuwabara Payne McKenna Blumberg 1998 n/a 50-57
Metropolitan Toronto Business Journal 1989 Nov. 35
Metropolitan Toronto Business Journal 1988 March 44
National Post 2001 May B7 Wed 30th
Perspectives: Newsletter of the Ontario Assn of Ar 1997 Summer 19 5 2
Progressive Architecture 1995 April 19
Toronto Life 1993 April 33-35 27
Toronto Life 1991 March H13
Toronto Star 1994 Jan. H2 Sat. 22nd
Toronto, Carved in Stone 1984 n/a 33

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Address: 2350 Bayview Avenue
Type of Building: Clubhouses
Name of Building: Granite Club

Dates
Building completed 1972
Altered 2001

Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Canadian Interiors 2002 Mar/Apr 46-49 39 2

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Address: 121 Bloor Street East
Type of Building: Office Buildings
Name of Building: Alliance Communications Corp
Notes: Alliance offices occupy three contiguos floors in the office building.

Dates
Building completed 1995-1996

Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Kuwabara Payne McKenna Blumberg 1998 n/a 116-9

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Address: 46 Bloor Street West
Type of Building: Department Stores
Name of Building: Creeds

Dates
Altered 1990

Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Kuwabara Payne McKenna Blumberg 1998 n/a 70-73
Marani, Lawson & Morris, architects 1932 n/a unpgd

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Address: 86 Bloor Street West
Type of Building: Clothing Stores
Name of Building: Nicolas Means Wear

Dates
Building completed 1991

Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Kuwabara Payne McKenna Blumberg 1998 n/a 74-77

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Address: 110 Bloor Street West
Type of Building: Clothing Stores
Name of Building: Marc Laurent

Dates
Building completed 1986-1995

Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Canadian Architect 1981 Februar 12 25 2
Canadian Architect 1989 Sept. 28-33 34 9
Kuwabara Payne McKenna Blumberg 1998 n/a 62-69
Perspectives: Newsletter of the Ontario Assn of Ar 1991 June 7 5 3
Toronto : le nouveau Monde 1987 n/a 36-37

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Address: 273 Bloor Street West
Type of Building: Music Schools
Name of Building: Royal Conservatory of Music
Notes: Formerly McMaster Hall, originally a Baptist seminary. Became occupied by the Royal Conservatory of Music in 1963. The auditorium, renamed the Ettore Mazzoleni Concert Hall was restored and renovated by Kuwabara Payne McKenna Blumberg (officially opened Oct. 17, 1997).

Dates
Restored 1990s.

Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
ACORN 1984 Summer 6 9 2
Annex Gleaner 2001 sept. 6
Globe & Mail 2001 Aug A19 Thur 30th
Globe & Mail 2002 June R2 Thur 27th
Globe & Mail 1997 Nov. C24 1st
Newsletter / Architectural Conservancy of Toronto 1986 August 4
Toronto Architect Edmund Burke 1995 n/a 76-81
Toronto Star 2002 Mar A1,A4 Mon 2nd
Toronto Star 2002 July B2 Mon 8th
Toronto Star 2000 May M1+ Sat. 6th
Toronto, Carved in Stone 1984 n/a 97

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Address: 300 Bremner Boulevard
Type of Building: Office Buildings
Name of Building: Dome Productions
Notes: Office situated underneath the main structure of the Skydome.

Dates
Building completed 1989

Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Kuwabara Payne McKenna Blumberg 1998 n/a 100-3

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Address: 35 Church Avenue (NY)
Type of Building: Elementary Schools
Name of Building: McKee Public School

Dates
Building completed c2001

Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Canadian Architect 2001 Aug. 17 46 8
Canadian Interiors 1999 Mar/Apr 24-25 36 22

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Address: 89 Church Avenue (NY)
Type of Building: Community Centres
Name of Building: Mitchell Field Community Centre

Dates
Building completed Sept. 1998

Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Canadian Architect 1999 July 27 44 7
Canadian Interiors 1999 Mar/Apr 26-27 36 2

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Address: 222 College Street
Type of Building: Research Buildings
Name of Building: Fields Institute

Dates
Building completed 1994-1995

Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
AZURE 1996 Mar/Apr 26-28 12 105
Canadian Architect 1996 June 24-25 41 6
Kuwabara Payne McKenna Blumberg 1998 n/a 42-45
Toronto Star 1995 Sept. H1 Sat. 30th

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Address: 1 Devonshire Place
Type of Building: Research Buildings
Name of Building: Munk Centre for International Studies
Notes: Knitted together from a series of three 1907 residences designed by Eden Smith.

Dates
Building completed 2000

Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Eden Smith, Architect, 1858-1949 : a Biography 1976 n/a 25
Toronto Star 2000 Sept. M7 Sat. 2nd

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Address: 317 Dundas Street West
Type of Building: Art Galleries
Name of Building: Art Gallery of Ontario
Notes: Reknowed architect Frank Gehry has been approached to design an addition. Plans not final.

Dates
Altered 1991

Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
AGO News / Art Gallery of Ontario 1987 April 1-4 n/a
AGO News / Art Gallery of Ontario 1991 n/a 8 13 8
Architectural Review 1993 May 38-41
Art Impressions 1993 Summer 21-24
Barton Myers 1994 n/a 60-67 n/a
Canadian Architect 1993 Sept. 23-35 38 9
Canadian Architect 1993 Jan. 6 38 1
Canadian Architect 1975 Feb. 30-39 20 2
Canadian Interiors 1978 May 22-23 15 5
Globe & Mail 2002 Mar A18 Tues 5th
Globe & Mail 2001 Jan. A19 25th
International Contract 1993 Dec/Jan 46-48 n/a
Journal / Art Gallery of Ontario 1993 Jan/Feb 21-25 1 1
Maclean's Magazine 2002 April 62 8th
Toronto 1987 July 42++ 2 4
Toronto Contruction News 1993 May/Jun 14-15 11 3
Toronto Star 2001 Oct. B2 Mon. 29th
Toronto Star 2002 Mar A1,A4 Sat 2nd
Toronto Star 2001 Jan. B3 Fri. 26th
Toronto Star 2002 July A3 Fri 12th
Toronto Star 2002 May D2 Sun 12th
Toronto Star 2002 April A1+ Wed 24th
Toronto Star 2001 March J1 Sat. 17th

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Address: 6 Garamond Drive
Type of Building: Cultural Centres
Name of Building: Japanese Cdn. Cultural Centre

Dates
Altered c2002

Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Toronto Star 2002 June J6 Sat 29th

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Address: 404 Jarvis Street
Type of Building: Private Schools
Name of Building: National Ballet School
Notes: Originally the Blaikie / Alexander house, nos.400-404 Jarvis St. Remodelled, with additions in 1987 by A.J. Diamond & Partners for the National Ballet School. Will be part of a $100 million project that will link several buildings, including the former Havergal Ladies' College at 354 Jarvis St. and "Northfield" at 372 Jarvis St. SEE ALSO: 105 Maitland Street for the National Ballet School, the R.A. Laidlaw Centre and the Betty Oliphant Theatre.


Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Building 2000 Nov/Dec 10-12 50 5
Canadian Architect 2001 feb. 7 46 2
Canadian Architect 2001 June 9
Canadian Interiors 2001 Jan/Feb 10 38 1
Globe & Mail 2000 Dec. ? Sat. 2nd
Toronto Star 2000 Dec. B3 11th

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Address: 145 King Street East
Type of Building: Office Buildings
Name of Building: King James Place

Dates
Building completed 1989-1991

Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Canadian Architect 1992 Nov. 25 37 11
Canadian Architect 1993 Dec. insrt 38 12
Canadian Architect 1990 July 6 35 7
Canadian Architect 1993 Dec. insrt
Kuwabara Payne McKenna Blumberg 1998 n/a 58-61
Progressive Architecture 1992 Oct. 96-99
Toronto Star 1991 Dec. H4 21st

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Address: 210 King Street East
Type of Building: Office Buildings
Name of Building: Alias Wavefront Inc.

Dates
Altered 1998

Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
AZURE 1998 Nov/Dec 38-39
Perspectives: Newsletter of the Ontario Assn of Ar 1999 Summer 24 7 2

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Address: 284 King Street East
Type of Building: Studios
Name of Building: Tudhope Studios
Notes: Office and Design studio of Tudhope Associates. Features a loft conversion.

Dates
Building completed 1987-1989

Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Kuwabara Payne McKenna Blumberg 1998 n/a 96-99
Progressive Architecture 1992 Oct. 96-99

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Address: 0 Morningside Avenue
Type of Building: Colleges
Name of Building: Centennial College (Morningside)


Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Canadian Architect 2001 July 6 46 7

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Address: 1081 Progress Avenue
Type of Building: Community Centres
Name of Building: Burrows Hall
Notes: Other part of this complex is the Chinese Cultural centre, located at no.5183 Sheppard Avenue East.

Dates
Foundation started c1997/1998

Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Award Magazine 1998 April 46-47 12 2

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Address: 0 Queen Street West
Type of Building: Office Towers
Name of Building: Canada Life Tower
Notes: Proposed 90-metre tower for the north side of Queen Street West, just infrom University Ave. corner.


Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Toronto Star 2002 May B4 Thur 2nd

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Address: 111 Queen's Park
Type of Building: Museums
Name of Building: George R. Gardiner Museum
Notes: George R. Gardiner Museum of Ceramic Art

Dates
Officially opened 1984

Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Building 2002 Apr/May 12 53 2
Canadian Aniques Collector 2002 May 9 47 5
Canadian Interiors 1986 April 78 23 4
City & Country Home 1983 Winter 38-44 2 4
Toronto Star 2002 Mar. B4 Mon. 25th

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Address: 470 Queens Quay West
Type of Building: Performing Arts Centres
Name of Building: National Ballet of Canada Centre
Notes: Also known as the Walter Carsen Centre. Occupies the lower levels of the King's Landing Condominiums which were designed by Arthur Erickson in 1982.

Dates
Altered 1996-97

Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Canadian Architect 1997 May 28-29 42 5
Kuwabara Payne McKenna Blumberg 1998 n/a 46-49

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Address: 500 Queens Quay West
Type of Building: Condominiums
Name of Building: 500 Queen's Quay West
Notes: Initially the busilding was to be called the "Pavilions". Construction halted in 1996, and design changes were made.

Dates
Design conceived 1996 / 1997
Foundation started 1996

Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Award Magazine 1999 June 50 13 3
Canadian Architect 1996 March 12 41 3
Toronto Contruction News 1999 June 18-19 17 2
Toronto Star 2001 May P6 Sat. 5th
Toronto Star 1997 August G1- Sat. 9th
Toronto Star 1998 Aug. P2 Sat. 1st

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Address: 99 Rathburn Road
Type of Building: Entertainment Buildings
Name of Building: Playdium
Notes: Part of the Square One shopping mall. Contains Segacity.

Dates
Building completed 1996

Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Globe & Mail 1996 Oct. C21 Sat. 5th
Globe & Mail 1996 March C2 13th
Kuwabara Payne McKenna Blumberg 1998 n/a 84-87
Toronto Star 1996 Sept. C1 4th
Toronto Star 1996 Sept. H1 12th

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Address: 99 Rathburn Road
Type of Building: Entertainment Buildings
Name of Building: Segacity
Notes: SEE: Playdium (same address) - part of Square One shopping mall.


Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
n/a n/a n/a

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Address: 145 Richmond Street West
Type of Building: Hotels
Name of Building: Hilton Hotel

Dates
Altered 2000

Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Canadian Interiors 2000 Sep/Oct 51-55 37 5
Canadian Interiors 2001 Jul/Aug 46 38 4
Globe & Mail 2000 July T3 Wed. 12th
Perspectives: Newsletter of the Ontario Assn of Ar 2001 Sum. 16 9 2

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Address: 5183 Sheppard Avenue East
Type of Building: Cultural Centres
Name of Building: Chinese Cultural Centre
Notes: Other part of the is complex is Burrows Hall, Community Centre aand Library, located at no.1081 Progress Avenue

Dates
Foundation started c1997/1998

Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Award Magazine 1998 April 46-47 12 2

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Address: 3276 St. Clair Avenue East
Type of Building: Extended Care Facilities
Name of Building: Providence Centre
Notes: Includes the 288-bed Houses of Providence, a geriatric care centre.


Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
AZURE 2000 Sep/Oct 90-95
Award Magazine 2000 Feb. 49-50 14 1
Canadian Architect 2000 Nov. 26-29 45 11

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Address: 119 St. George Street
Type of Building: Colleges
Name of Building: Woodsworth College
Notes: Originally known the "MacArthur House", a family home built for Alexander MacArthur, designed by David B. Dick in 1891-1892. Officer's Quarters for the Canadian Officer Training Corps. were erected alongside it in 1939-1941. Woodsworth College expanded in 1991-1992 and included the neighbouring houses at nos.123 and 121 St. George Street.

Dates
Design conceived 1986
Building completed 1992

Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Architectural Review 1993 May 57-61
Barton Myers 1994 n/a 82ff
Canadian Architect 1992 Nov. 22
Globe & Mail 1992 Feb C6 Sat 8th
Insite 1995 July 43
International Contract 1992 Aug/Sep 51-54
Kuwabara Payne McKenna Blumberg 1998 n/a 36-41
New Woodsworth College 1994 n/a all
Progressive Architecture 1992 Oct. 96-99
Romanesque Toronto : a photographic exhibition... 1971 n/a 24
Toronto Star 1992 Feb K6 22nd

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Address: 931 Yonge Street
Type of Building: Office Buildings
Name of Building: Cossette Office Building

Dates
Building completed c1993

Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Insite 1994 March 54-55

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Address: 2300 Yonge Street
Type of Building: Book Stores
Name of Building: Indigo Books

Dates
Officially opened Nov 1997

Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Canadian Interiors 1999 Mar/Apr 32-34 36 2