ARIDO Awards 2021
-
ARIDO Award Winner: Smart City Sandbox
The Sandbox was a result of firm-wide technology pivot that focused on developing new technology platforms to embrace the creation of the Smart City of the Future. This transformation required a rethi ...
-
ARIDO Award Winner: Red Bull Canada
Creating a space that uniquely brings to life what a brand represents – energy, pushing boundaries, and going beyond the ordinary – without explicit over-branding was our latest challenge with ...
-
ARIDO Award Winner: Culture Develops Community (First Gulf Head Office)
Quality, confidence and attention to detail is the bedrock of real estate developers and landlords reputation. As builders of communities, conveying a high level of professionalism and stability is cr ...
-
ARIDO Award Winner: The Co-operators Regina
By moving away from the traditional office environment to a nimbler workplace, The Co-operators started their move westward Canadian headquarters in Regina. They endeavoured to create a healthy and hu ...
-
ARIDO Award Winner: Innovation Hub
The project was a renovation to an existing brick and beam building in downtown Toronto. Sobeys was looking to move their team to a space that would allow employees to collaborate in an agile and mobi ...
-
ARIDO Award Winner: Richardson Wealth
We were approached by Richardson Wealth to help with the fit-up of their new space during a business and cultural shift within their organization. The wealth management firm sought a space that could ...
-
ARIDO Award Winner: Uber Canada Headquarters
Inspired by the theme of movement, both literally and figuratively, the interior design for the new corporate headquarters of Uber Canada evokes a sense of forward momentum. The elements of rhythm, re ...
-
ARIDO Award Winner: Spin Master (7th Floor)
As a business unit within a large Canadian toy company, the client wanted a space to attract top talent and convey refined talent of the artists, writers, actors, and producers that their business emp ...
-
ARIDO Award Winner: McMichael Canadian Art Collection Cafe
Growing up in the surrounding region, we have fond memories of visiting the McMichael Canadian Art Collection on school trips. My great grandfather studied painting under Group of Seven artist A.J. Ca ...
-
ARIDO Award Winner: OPG Workplace Transformation
In 2017 Ontario Power Generation created their new One OPG mandate of refined business practices and a culture more closely connected to their purpose and values. They were committed to redefining the ...
-
Impact Award Winner: DS-09 Subway Station Design Standard
The DS-09 Subway Design Standard designed for the Metrolinx Ontario Line was purposely built on a future forward mindset, starting from the development of the Customer Journey Map which distilled the ...
-
ARIDO Award Winner: St. Francis Xavier University – Brian Mulroney Institute of Government
The new Brian Mulroney Institute of Government is a dynamic nexus of academic and social life on the highly picturesque St. Francis Xavier University campus. The 88,460 SF building features flexible a ...
-
ARIDO Award Winner: McCrum’s Office Furnishings
Balancing the needs of “Our People” with the reality of client sales and customer needs presented an interesting design challenge. From early collaboration with McCrum’s, the project focus was ...
-
ARIDO Award Winner: Fleming College A-Wing, Sutherland Campus
On the western edge of Peterborough, an hour and a half east of Toronto, Fleming College’s Sutherland Campus was established in 1973 with a collection of buildings designed by Ron Thom in collaborat ...
-
ARIDO Award Winner: Sculpting An Expression Of Movement Together
The first residential building leading a new phase of Church St. in Toronto, the interior design for 411 Church brings an upscale brand experience to the bustling Church and Wellesley neighbourhood. T ...
-
ARIDO Award Winner: Niagara College Welland Student Commons
Surrounded by the natural beauty of Ontario’s escarpment, Niagara College is a rural community college focused on applied arts and technology. Our firm was asked to augment the college’s 1970s-era ...
-
ARIDO Award Winner: Nando’s Woodmore Towne Centre
Located in an endcap of a busy shopping centre in Lanham, Maryland the Nando’s Woodmore location was a great location to place what would become a busy restaurant and takeout spot. The design brief ...
-
ARIDO Award Winner: Centre for Innovation, Technology, and Entrepreneurship
Centre for Innovation, Technology and Entrepreneurship (CITE) showcases Seneca’s commitment to entrepreneurial innovation as well as a sustainable vision for the future inspired by an Indigenous wor ...
-
ARIDO Award Winner: The Selby – Still Light
Still Light, the custom ceiling sculpture suspended in the lobby of The Selby is intended to remind residents of the storied history of the site and the presence of the historic Gooderham home. One of ...
-
ARIDO Award Winner: Spin Master (Floor 1-6)
In order to create a customized home for Spin Master that is a reflection their brand and culture, our strategy began by chiseling away as much of this corporate office tower interior as possible. The ...