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Bay-Adelaide Centre
Bay-Adelaide Centre West Tower
Building
Completed
2010
Office
Concrete-Steel Composite
LEED Gold
214.7 m / 704 ft
52
5
1015
32
7.11 m/s
125,844 m² / 1,354,574 ft²
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Completed
Usually involved in the front end design, with a "typical" condition being that of a leadership role through either Schematic Design or Design Development, and then a monitoring role through the CD and CA phases.
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Usually involved in the front end design, with a "typical" condition being that of a leadership role through either Schematic Design or Design Development, and then a monitoring role through the CD and CA phases.
The Design Engineer is usually involved in the front end design, typically taking the leadership role in the Schematic Design and Design Development, and then a monitoring role through the CD and CA phases.
The Design Engineer is usually involved in the front end design, typically taking the leadership role in the Schematic Design and Design Development, and then a monitoring role through the CD and CA phases.
The main contractor is the supervisory contractor of all construction work on a project, management of sub-contractors and vendors, etc. May be referred to as "Construction Manager," however, for consistency CTBUH uses the term "Main Contractor" exclusively.
Other Consultant refers to other organizations which provided significant consultation services for a building project (e.g. wind consultants, environmental consultants, fire and life safety consultants, etc).
Material Supplier refers to organizations which supplied significant systems/materials for a building project (e.g. elevator suppliers, facade suppliers, etc).
29 January 2015 - Event
22 August 2014 - Event
06 November 2014
CTBUH Research
Without big dreams, there would be no tall buildings. Conceiving, financing, designing, and constructing a skyscraper is no simple feat, even under the best of...
Bay Adelaide Centre is the first phase in a multi-tower master plan in downtown Toronto. The tower is distinguished by its elemental, modernist form—a refined rectangular plan—and a prism-like skin of clear vision and fritted glass that make it one of the downtown core’s most transparent towers. At the top of the tower, the extension of the glass skin beyond the rooftop gives the building profile a distinctive identity.
The highly transparent tower base incorporates the historic façade of the National Building on Bay Street (Chapman and Oxley, 1926). The old façades maintain the street presence and roofline of the original building while greatly contrasting with the sleek all-glass façade of the new tower, which seemingly grew in behind it. The lobby features a major integrated public art project by the world-renowned artist James Turrell. The project also features a half-acre landscaped urban plaza with Gingko trees contributing a much-needed public open space to the central business district.
29 January 2015
The new CTBUH Urban Habitat / Urban Design Committee organized a highly successful Winter Spaces Walking Tour in seven cities around the world.
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