TD Terrace strikes a distinctive form among the towers rising in the heart of Toronto’s core
TD Terrace, the office tower at Front and Simcoe Street s in downtown Toronto, is glintingly new and yet a relic of a past age. It originated in that distant period before 2020 when our civilization still built office towers.
TD Terrace’s 240-metre height is sculpted into an odd form: a rectangular box that bulges outward in the middle and then tapers to a wedge-shaped point which holds a private amenity space. The shape recalls the old cartoon character Gumby, wrapped in tinfoil. Its large floor plates are ringed with a “sawtooth” facade; each level’s floor-to-ceiling windows tilt downward toward the street, keeping glare away from the occupants.
On the inside, the tower offers a pleasant aerie in the clouds. The Teachers office, designed by Gensler, offers a wealth of comfortable felt-lined meeting booths, copses of plants, colourful wall art and a cafeteria with good, very cheap food. There is no reason for staffers to leave the building. Which is the idea.
Times change. In the 1960s, Mies van der Rohe designed TD’s elegant Toronto headquarters with a palette of black steel, grey granite and beige travertine, with yellow daisies for accents. That was enough.
Building Office City Faade Tower Path Cadillac Street Adrian Smith Mies Van Der Rohe Ryerson University
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