The Toronto Public Library system is the largest in North America and one of the most used per capita in the world. The new Fort York Branch has become an important community centre in a highly diverse, rapidly evolving neighbourhood in downtown Toronto.

© James Brittain

Architects: KPMB Architects

Location: Toronto, ON, Canada

Architect In Charge: KPMB Architects

Project Year: 2014

Photographs: James Brittain , Tom Arban , Maris Mezulis

Project Team: Shirley Blumberg (Partner-in-Charge and Design Partner), Andrew Dyke (associate-in-charge), Richard Unterthiner (project architect), Sanaz Shirshekar, Lynn Pilon (project manager), Dave Smythe (contract administration), David Poloway, Carolyn Lee, Rachel Cyr
Engineers And Specialty Consultants: ERA Architects (heritage architectural services), MMM Group Limited (civil engineering), Janet Rosenberg + Associates (landscape architect), Larden Muniak (building code compliance), Turner & Townsend cm2r Inc (quantity surveying), HIDI RAE Consulting Engineers (mechanical, electrical, fire protection, communications), Read Jones Christoffersen (structural engineering), Aercoustics (acoustical engineering), Soberman Engineering Inc (vertical transportation engineering)

Builder: Bondfield Construction Company Ltd.

© Maris Mezulis
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