education spaces
-
ARIDO Award: Conestoga College Cowan Centre for Medical Sciences and Biotechnology
Designed for the Health Sciences Bachelor of Applied Biotechnology and Medical Laboratory Science Programs at Conestoga College’s Doon Campus in Kitchener, the Cowan Centre transforms existing acade ...
-
ARIDO Award: 10 Bay – McMaster Graduate Student Residence
Responding to ever growing demands for quality student housing, 10 Bay – McMaster Graduate Student Residence – fosters a thriving community in the heart of Hamilton’s evolving downtown core. Cat ...
-
A Place to Play, A Place to Grow
We had a lot of fun with this project! The LWG design team did our best to look at design of this Daycare Centre from a child’s point of view, and this design shows that perspective. T ...
-
ARIDO Award: School of Continuing Studies
Interior and exterior are in dialogue at York University’s new School of Continuing Studies building. The interiors respond to and compliment the unique exterior geometry of the building. This strat ...
-
ARIDO Award: CIBC Conference and Learning Centre
A people focused approach was the starting point for this new three floor conference and learning centre in Toronto. The client needed a space where they could host executive and employee training, as ...
-
A lesson in design from these Award winning educational spaces
To continue our celebration of the 40th ARIDO Awards, this week we are looking back at some ARIDO Award winning projects by Registered Interior Designers that inspire, empower and light the path to a ...
-
This classroom design projects the future
The Ted Rogers School of Management at TMU expanded their ability for diverse, experiential learning with the Classroom of the Future. This inventive interior was designed as a flexible, non-hierarchi ...
-
ARIDO Award: Ontario Institute for Studies in Education Lobby and Entrance
The Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE) at UofT , a leader in Indigenous Education, is a decades-old institution with a demonstrated commitment to equity, diversity, and social justice. ...
-
ARIDO Award: Deep Time Hall at the National Museum of Natural History
The design of The Smithsonian’s new permanent gallery, Deep Time Hall at the National Museum of Natural History in Washington DC expresses its central message; life flows powerfully forward, d ...
-
A lesson in bringing history and innovation together
Toronto Metropolitan University’s (formerly Ryerson University’s) Centre for Urban Innovation is a facility where science research labs, fabrication, incubation, assembly and commercial space ...
-
Interior Designers sequenced someone’s DNA for this vibrant lobby design
Toronto’s Michener Institute of Education is the only institute in Canada devoted exclusively to applied health science education. The transformation of the Michener Institute lobby was necessary to ...
-
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 ...
-
Toronto’s Albion Library turns the page on dated institutional design
With a vibrant façade and a warm, light-filled interior, this revitalized Toronto Public Library branch is one for the books. Albion Library is much more than a place to house reading material. Loca ...
-
Turning a Garage into Gallery
Established in 2004, the Nicholas Metivier Gallery has become one of Canada’s most distinguished contemporary art vendors. With business growth, the Gallery required a significantly larger display s ...
-
A space for creative ideas to thrive
Artscape Daniels Launchpad is a not-for-profit space for creatives, a marketplace of ideas, and resources where members may build connections, and launch their practices in an inspiring and dynamic en ...
-
History and progress are the inspiration for these university spaces
Ryerson University’s Podium Building, built in the 1970s, houses both the Archives – the university’s institutional memory, with records spanning 200 years – and Special Collec ...
-
Quantum mechanics inspires the redesign of this U of T Lab
The first and second floors of the McLennan Physical Laboratories were alienating, institutional spaces, harshly lit with overhead fluorescents. In the classrooms, students sat crowded along long tabl ...
-
Creative use of modular furniture earns this school office an A+
After moving into a former commercial building in North York for more than 20 years, the North Toronto Christian School is in need of a facelift on its main office. The new design solution n ...
-
Innovative thinking, collective curiosity and freewheeling experimentation are the foundation of this new building at Sheridan College
The design concept for this campus expansion was grounded in the belief that learning and creativity flourish in open and inspiring spaces that encourage investigation and collaboration beyond the tra ...
-
Flexibility is the key at this museum restaurant
Open for lunch service, the existing restaurant at the Gardiner Museum was relatively unknown, attracting mostly elderly patrons. Upon entry, spectacular city views were overshadowed by a cold, uninvi ...
-
Odeyto provides a home away from home for Indigenous students at Seneca College
Interior Designer: Valerie Gow, ARIDODesign Firm: Gow Hastings Architects with Two Row ArchitectsProject Photographer: Tom Arban Odeyto, the new home for the First Peoples @ Seneca Newnham Campus, is ...
-
This hairstyling school lets vibrant colour pop against a modern backdrop
The project converted a raw, post and beam loft into ASK Academy by Schwarzkopf Professional, a professional training facility for hairdressing trends, technical skills, and business management. The 7 ...
-
A new interior design for this business etiquette school works like a charm
Quartat Lifestyle Management provides well-heeled clients with traditional training in the art of charm and etiquette so they may advance in modern-day business. In this redesign, they sought a modern ...
-
Creating a space that invites visitors and inspires future students
As a point of entrance and departure, the University’s vision was to create a space that would entice visitors and prospective students. The success of this project was in creating value through ret ...
-
Symbolism reigns in this Dubai Museum
Situated on Dubai’s waterfront, the Etihad Museum honours the United Arab Emirates’ (UAE) conception story. Comprised of the curving Pavilion above ground and a subterranean Museum, the bu ...