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photo credit, courtesy of Bob Krawczyk

AT RISK INFORMATION

At risk status

This building is at Risk

Information:

Premier Ford announced in April 2023 that the government intends to close and demolish the Ontario Science Centre and relocate the collection to a proposed new 500,000 s.f. facility at Ontario Place. Public opinion has been strongly against this decision.

BUILDING INFORMATION

Name & Location:

Ontario Science Centre
770 Don Mills Road
Toronto
Flemingdon Park

Year Completed:

1969

OTHER IDENTIFICATION

Awards:

1970: Massey Medal for Architecture

Finalist.

Alternate Name:

Centennial Centre of Science & Technology

Notes:

This building consists of an entry and administrative wing at street level, and several levels that descend the side of a ravine, designed by Raymond Moriyama early in his career.

It was a Finalist in the Massey Medals for Architecture of 1970.

In 1996, the IMAX Dome Theatre was added by Zeidler Roberts Partnership. It remains as Ontario's only IMAX Dome theatre. Renovations at this time also reconfigured the reception hall.

Status:

Completed

Map:

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Companies:

The following companies are associated with this building

Architect - Moriyama and Teshima Architects <-- More buildings by this architect.
Architect - Zeidler Partnership Architects <-- More buildings by this architect.
Electrical engineer - Mulvey Engineering Ltd.
Landscape architect - Bon W. Mueller
Mechanical engineer - Nicholas Fodor & Assoc. Ltd.
Soils consultant - William Trow Associates Ltd.
Structural engineer - M.S. Yolles & Associates

BUILDING DATA

Building Type:

Mid-rise

Current Use:

Cultural

Heritage Status:

Listed

Main Style:

Brutalist <-- More buildings in this style.

Sources:

Click to see 7 Source(s)

Canadian Architect
Date - September 1969
Page - 38-53
Concrete Toronto: A guidebook to concrete architecture from the fifties to the seventies
Author - Michael McClelland and Graeme Stewart
Page - 252-255
Notes - Essay by Raymond Moriyama with Kathryn Seymour
Inventory of Heritage Properties
Author - City of Toronto
More information
North York's Modernist Architecture
Author - City of North York Planning Department
Page - 31
Toronto Society of Architects Guide Map 1953-2003
Who We Are: Major Moments
Author - Ontario Science Centre
More information
OMNIMAX Cinema, Ontario Science Centre
Author - Zeidler Roberts Partnership Architects
Notes - Project description of 1996 additions and renovations
More information

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