Architectural Index for Ontario


Information on Building Type: Research Buildings

Address: 0 Church Street
Type of Building: Research Buildings
Name of Building: Ryerson Centre for Computing & Engineering
Notes: Proposed site of the building extends north from Dundas St. to Gould St.. The east side of the property runs along Dalhousie St. Reknowned architect Santiago Calatrava was orginally appointed to design the building, but he walked off the job I October 2001 after his original plans for a tower were not accepted. Moriyama and Teshima were then awarded the commission.


Architects: Calatrava Santiago
Moriyama & Teshima (firm)
Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Building 2000 Jul/Aug 18 50 3
Canadian Aniques Collector 2002 Feb. 7 47 2
Canadian Architect 2000 July 7 45 7
Globe & Mail 2002 Jan. R7 Wed. 16th
Toronto Star 2001 Oct. b2 29th
Toronto Star 2000 July N17 Sat. 29th

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Address: 112 College Street
Type of Building: Research Buildings
Name of Building: Charles H. Best Institute
Notes: University of Toronto. Houses the Banting & Best Department of Medical Research.


Architects: Mathers & Haldenby (firm)
Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Architecture and Design 1959 Aug. ? 23

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Address: 150 College Street
Type of Building: Research Buildings
Name of Building: School of Hygiene

Dates
Officially opened 1927

Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Toronto Life 2002 Feb. 66-72

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Address: 200 College Street
Type of Building: Research Buildings
Name of Building: Wallberg Memorial Building
Notes: University of Toronto. Houses the Chemical Engineering Department. Street address also given as 184-200 College Street.

Dates
Building completed 1947-1948

Architects: Page & Steele (firm)
Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Architecture and Design 1959 Aug. ? 23

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

Dates
Building completed 1994-1995

Architects: Kuwabara Payne McKenna Blumberg (firm)
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

Architects: Kuwabara Payne McKenna Blumberg (firm)
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: 0 Dufferin Street
Type of Building: Research Buildings
Name of Building: Connaught Laboratories

Dates
Building completed c1917

Architects: Craig & Madill (firm)
Wilkes F. Hilton
Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Toronto Life 2002 Feb. 71
Year-Book 1933 n/a pl.40

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Address: 5 King's College Road
Type of Building: Research Buildings
Name of Building: Mechanical Engineering Bldg
Notes: University of Toronto. The rear part of the building was designed by Darling & Pearson, 1909. The new wing was added in 1947-48 by Allward & Gouinlock.

Dates
Altered 1948

Architects: Allward & Gouinlock (firm)
Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Architecture and Design 1959 Aug. ? 23
Natural cut stone for fine buildings 195? n/a unpgd
Toronto Modern: Architecture 1945-1965... 1987 n/a 46-49

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Address: 10 King's College Road
Type of Building: Research Buildings
Name of Building: Sanford Fleming Building
Notes: Originally the Physics Building, then the McLennan Laboratories.

Dates
Building completed 1907
Restored 1977

Architects: Darling & Pearson (firm)
Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Building for Beauty 194? n/a 14

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Address: 39 Queen's Park Crescent E.
Type of Building: Research Buildings
Name of Building: Centre for Culture and Tech.
Notes: Originally a coach house built around 1907, this building became the office of Marshall Mcluhan in 1968. He died there in 1980. The building was re-opened in the early 1960s as the home of the McLuhan Program in Culture and Technology - part of the University of Toronto's faculity of Information Studies. (Actual street number is 39A Queens's Park crescent East).

Dates
Building completed c1907

Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Toronto Life 1999 July 87 33

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Address: 0 Queen's Park Crescent W.
Type of Building: Research Buildings
Name of Building: Pharmacy Building

Dates
Design conceived c2002

Architects: Foster Norman
Moffat Kinoshita Assoc. (firm)
Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Canadian Architect 2002 May 9 47 5
Globe & Mail 2002 April A1 Fri 5th
Toronto Star 2002 April A19 Sat 6th

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Address: 8 Queen's Park Crescent W.
Type of Building: Research Buildings
Name of Building: Botany Building
Notes: Part of the Botany Buidling, built at the same time. Will be dismantled to make way for the Pharmacy Building.


Architects: Mathers & Haldenby (firm)
Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Natural cut stone for fine buildings 195? n/a unpgd

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Address: 0 St. George Street
Type of Building: Research Buildings
Name of Building: Bahen Centre for IT
Notes: Bahen Centre for Information Technology, University of Toronto. Includes part of the historic house at 44 St. George St.


Architects: Diamond A.J. Donald Schmitt
Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Canadian Architect 2001 June 30
Canadian Architect 1999 Sept. 9

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Address: 80 St. George Street
Type of Building: Research Buildings
Name of Building: Lash Miller Chemistry Building
Notes: Includes the added storeys of the John and Edna Davenport Chemical Research Building.

Dates
Building completed 2000
Officially opened Nov 2000

Architects: Allward & Gouinlock (firm)
Diamond A.J. Donald Schmitt
Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Award Magazine 2001 Feb. 17-18 15 1
Building 2000 Nov/Dec 29 50 5

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Address: 110 University Avenue
Type of Building: Research Buildings
Name of Building: Ontario Veterinary College

Dates
Building completed c1920?

Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Canadian Veterinary Record 1920 April 49 1 1

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Address: 25 Willcocks Street
Type of Building: Research Buildings
Name of Building: Earth Sciences Centre

Dates
Building completed 1990

Architects: Bregman + Hamann Architects
Diamond A.J. Donald Schmitt
Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Architecture Canada: the Governor General's awards 1994 n/a 118-2
Canadian Architect 2001 June 14
Insite 1995 July 42
Metropolitan Mutations 1989 n/a 175-6
Works : the architecture of A.J. Diamond... 1995 n/a 50-57