RADIO CITY
CONDOMINIUMS

Radio City is one of two components in a complex residential/institutional development that has been integrated into an historic neighbourhood in Toronto’s downtown core.

Its design was deeply influenced by the placement and unique qualities of the existing heritage buildings surrounding 19th century residential streets, and works to create a clear relationship between the residential and institutional elements of the program.

Two slender point towers, 25- and 30-storeys respectively, are set at right angles to a row of three-storey townhouses that create a new streetwall along Mutual Street. The slenderness of the towers, their transparency and their siting – stepped back from the street – minimizes their apparent bulk. The townhouses echo the roofline and form of adjacent Victorian rowhouses. The arrangement of buildings creates a mid-block connection between Mutual and Jarvis, and two landscaped courtyards that link the towers and townhouses with the new National Ballet School, its partner in this innovative revitalization scheme.

CONTEXT DEVELOPMENT
TORONTO, CANADA
2006
$50 MILLION
32,515 m2