Residence for the Sisters of St. Joseph (2 O'Connor Dr, 4s, Shim-Sutcliffe) COMPLETE

[AlbertC]

Incredible attention to details. Every component is pin-pointed to perfection. Especially love the parts featuring a curved brick facade.

 

[alklay]

Wow, what a beautiful piece of architecture. This proves some firms in the city are able to move beyond linear lines the use of the same materials (and look) over and over again.

 

[Xray_Crystal_Junkie]

While I love this building and probably consider it the best building masterfully designed and constructed in this city in quite awhile, it's worth pointing out the cost. This modest four-storey building cost $40 million according to that Star article. It's simply not realistic to expect the same design and materials excellence in your typical residential building.

 

[AlvinofDiaspar]

Xray:

Of course - what I am interested in knowing is how much of a premium there is when compared to a residential care facility of a similar scale

AoD

 

[ChesterCopperpot]

Well - this building cost $40million and is 96,000sf - which works out to apparently $415/sf (not sure if that is construction cost or project costs).

Construction costs are approximately 75% of project costs - so if the $40million is project cost - construction is $311/sf

This is quite the premium over what happens across the rest of Long Term Care properties in Ontario (2009 numbers) - you can escalate those numbers by roughly 4% per annum

 

[ChesterCopperpot]

I took a drive by today to take a look for myself and the pictures don't do it justice - just fantastic

 

[AlvinofDiaspar]

Winner of the 2014 Governor General’s Medals in Architecture:

http://www.raic.org/honours_and_awards/awards_gg_medals/2014recipients/oconnor_e.htm

The chapel is stupendous!

AoD

 

[adHominem]

Winner of the 2014 Governor General’s Medals in Architecture:

http://www.raic.org/honours_and_awards/awards_gg_medals/2014recipients/oconnor_e.htm

The chapel is stupendous!

AoD

Just an absolute stunner.

 

[innsertnamehere]

It looks great from the DVP, too bad its hidden by the trees in the summer.

 

[Therion]

I drive by this site pretty much every day. It is a great looking building. Are there solar panels on the roof or are those glass panels something else? You can't see them from the pictures above but are visible from Broadview.

 

[someMidTowner]

Reviving an old thread to share this article featuring some beautiful photos of the project: http://urbantoronto.ca/news/2016/05...-jewel-don-valley-sisters-st-joseph-residence

 

[junctionist]

The building is spectacular and underrated. Perhaps what holds it back in terms of public opinion is the use of green. Green is a polarizing colour.