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Brookfield Place Location Toronto, Canada Size 4,498,330 ft2 | 418,060 m2 Status Completed 1990 - 1992 Client Brookfield Development Corp. Formerly known as BCE Place, this $1.2 billion development occupies an entire city block in downtown Toronto. It includes the 51-storey TD Canada Trust Tower, the 47-storey Bay-Wellington Tower and several historicallydesignated buildings which have been retained and incorporated. Linking the two tower lobbies and the enclosed courtyard behind the heritage structures is the Allen Lambert Galleria (whose design architect is Santiago Calatrava) and Sam Pollock Square, two of Toronto’s most powerful urban spaces. The Garden Court was designed by B+H and landscape elements were provided by Scott Burton (winner of the Public Art Competition).
and City of Toronto Urban Design Award of Excellence for the Galleria (1993), while the Galleria was selected by Time Magazine as one of the Ten Best Designs of 1992.
Below street level, a major retail concourse connects to Union Station and the underground pedestrian system. Underground parking for 1,200 cars is also provided. The TD Canada Trust Tower was a joint venture project with SOM. Brookfield Place has received numerous awards including a Toronto Historical Board Award of Merit (1994)
Toronto Masonry Project Design Award Competition : Industrial/Commercial Project Winner,Toronto Society of Architects/Toronto Masonry Promotion Fund
Awards IES Illumination Awards Toronto Section Building Owners and Managers Association,National Building of the Year Award Toronto Historical Board Award of Merit City of Toronto Urban Design Award of Excellence Ontario Steel Design Award
Selected by Time Magazine as one of the Best Ten Designs of 1992 Association of Registered Interior Designers of Ontario Silver Award