University of Toronto Graduate House (Toronto, Canada) : The south elevation, depicting collision of two wings

Creator:

Mayne, Thom, 1944-
Morphosis Architects, American architectural firm, founded 1975

Published/Created:

60 Harbord St, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
2000

Date Depicted:

ca. 1990's
1950 AD - 2010 AD

Materials:

concrete
glass
steel

Notes:

Graduate House at the University of Toronto is a student residence specifically for graduate students. The new facility is located on the western edge of the campus, on the north-east corner of Spadina Avenue and Harbord Street (address 60 Harbord St, Toronto, ON, M5S 3L1), near the Harbord Street streetcar stop. The building, with its large sign, marks the main western entrance to the campus. "Completed in November 2000, Graduate House was designed by Thom Maine [sic] and his team at Morphosis Architectural Firm, in conjunction with Toronto architect Stephen Teeple and his firm Teeple Architects Inc. This team won the university's design contest in 1998, no small feat given the university's budgetary constraints and the considerable demands and restrictions placed on the design by the city. The design for Graduate House earned the team a number of awards, including the Progressive Architecture Award, the Canadian Architecture Award, and the American Institure of Architects Award. Thom Maine [sic] has since won the Pritzker Prize, the top award in Architecture, for his design career. The deconstructionist design of Graduate House combines the heaviness of concrete and metal with the lightness of glass. Though it is not readily apparent from the street, Graduate House's exterior is made up of nearly 70% glass. Ribbon windows line the street-side faces, and the two-story glass and metal cantilever acts as both sign and western gate for the university.

Variant Titles:

Graduate House

Topics:

Architecture -- Canada -- 20th century -- (YVRC)

Period/Style:

Deconstructivist
Twenty-first century

Culture:

Canadian

Accession Number:

1A2-C-T-UTO-D4

Genre:

architecture (AAT)
schools: universities (buildings) (AAT)

Format:

Image

Content Type:

Sculptures, Models, & Architecture

Rights:

Copyright Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc
The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.

Access Restrictions:

Yale Community Only

Digital:

architectural exteriors; contemporary (1960 to present); Housing construction buildings; dwellings; dormitories (buildings); buildings; dwellings; multiple dwellings; apartment houses

Source Creator:

Gilchrist, Scott

Source Title:

Archivision Module Two

Source Created:

2878 Chamonix, Montreal QC
Archivision, Inc.
ca. 1990's

Source Note:

Purchase, Visual Resources Collection, May, 2011; photographer Scott Gilchrist

Yale Collection:

Visual Resources Collection

Digital Collection:

Visual Resources Collection

Local Record Number:

4152

OID:

10167252

PID:

digcoll:1810227