Client

Waterfront Toronto

Urban Capital

Redquartz Developments

Building Size

21,877 sq.m / 235,482 sq.ft (Phase 2)

Location

Toronto, ON

River City is a master planned residential development that brings a unique, bold response to a former brownfield site along Toronto’s Don River.  It successfully engages the city, linking a public realm of pedestrian friendly streets and exceptional parks with an architecture inspired by flow, movement and continuity.

Phase 1 & 2 are interpreted through faceted building forms, a stark black and white colour palette, and a combination of aluminum panels, various glass systems and board formed concrete.  It’s playful and sculptural modernism is an excellent example of mid-rise architecture and unique suite types that achieves an urban development balance.

Unlike the dark exteriors of Phase 1 and 3, the sleek white design of Phase 2 stands out as a luminescent jewel against the industrial feel of the buildings surrounding it. Three glass mini-towers are connected on each floor with fully glazed passageways; units are constructed to look likes boxes jutting in and out and pivoting left and right. The use of translucent and white materials gives the structure an undeniable appeal that’s airy, modern and completely sophisticated

Saucier + Perrotte Architectes / ZAS Architects Inc., in joint venture