21 Oct 2025

ARIDO Award: 65 King Street East

Written by: Anthony Orasi, ARIDO

Google’s new Toronto workplace is centered on creating a dynamic vertical environment that unifies people, celebrates culture, and supports innovation.

Category: WORK

Interior Designer: Anthony Orasi, ARIDO
Design Firm: iN STUDIO
Design Team: Clancy Snook, ARIDO; Katie Ferrier, ARIDO; Weronika Iwanek, Intern ARIDO; Lisa Nguyen, Intern ARIDO; Amanda Kavanaugh, ARIDO; Katy Krause, ARIDO; Deanna Hayko, ARIDO

Photographer: Christian Lalonde

Conceived as a “Home for Makers”, the space integrates Canadian artwork, Indigenous storytelling, and cutting-edge technology to reflect values of diversity, creativity, and sustainability.

Winding staircase with perforated panels for a continuous railing. Custom wallpaper with wavy black and white pattern

Elevator lobby with wood panelled walls, and an intricate colourful mosaic like ceiling featuring indigenous motifs

large common lounge/work area with lounge seating in dark blue and green, lit by numerous round pendant lights arranged in linear pattern leading the eye toward the back of the interior

Open zones, modular spaces, and plug-and-play infrastructure allow the workplace to respond fluidly to change.
Rather than dictate how space should be used, users are empowered, supporting work, connection, and discovery in equal measure.

Private work pods and large tall desks are found within the common work area, separated by a wood dowel privacy screen

Every element, from spatial rhythm and acoustic strategy to materiality and curated graphics, was considered through the lens of adaptability, belonging, and purpose. The result is a future-forward workplace rooted in Canadian identity and designed for transformation.

Canadian artwork as a mural in this space with seating booths placed along the mural wall and the adjacent floor to ceiling window. In the middle of the pace is a large table on wheels with chairs