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Located on George Brown College’s Waterfront Campus,
Limberlost Place was built next to the decade-old Daphne
Cockwell Centre for Health Sciences.
“Limberlost Place sets a new
standard for sustainable
construction and building systems at
the college and across Canada.”
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AFTER MORE THAN THREE YEARS of construction,
George Brown College (GBC) celebrated a major milestone when the 10-storey,
award-winning Limberlost Place reached substantial performance.
Substantial performance marks the end
of an incredible chapter in construction.
GBC dreamed big with this building. The
architectural team of Moriyama Teshima
Architects (MTA) and Acton Ostry Architects turned that dream into an award-winning and ambitious design and PCL Construction brought that design to life with
innovative building techniques.
“Limberlost Place sets a new standard for
sustainable construction and building systems
at the college and across Canada,” said GBC’s
vice president of Facilities and Sustainability
Michelle McCollum. “We are very proud to
be pioneering new ways to respond to global climate change while ensuring spaces are
designed to enhance the well-being of our
students and community members.”
Phil Silverstein, Limberlost Place project
manager and principal at MTA, said this
project was the 昀椀rst in his 昀椀rm’s history
to take sustainability, regenerative design
and low carbon design to levels MTA had
always wanted to reach but had never had
the opportunity.
“This is the unicorn project we are always
trying to chase,” Silverstein said.
“What the Limberlost Place project did,
is it really changed the way we practice and
the way we think about architecture and
design.”
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SALINA KASSAM PHOTOGRAPHY
LIMBERLOST PLACE REACHES
SUBSTANTIAL PERFORMANCE MILESTONE
