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Doors Open Toronto, sponsored by Great Gulf, is returning this month on Saturday, May 28 and Sunday, May 29, and the City has shared the lineup of buildings, city-wide walking tours, and special programs that will be offered as part of this year’s event. This year’s theme is Renewal which touches on the world’s awakening to deeply-rooted social, cultural, and environmental inequity, injustice, and imbalance issues. This year's participating sites and programs are guided by their interpretation of renewal.
This year, there are some new doors that will be opening for the first time, or the first time in a long time. Visitors to Toronto City Hall will gain rare access to the Mayor’s Office, for example. Also on view there will be the Council Chambers, Podium Green Roof, and the Hall of Memory.
A number of classic locations from previous years are back, ranging from heritage architectural icons to modernist landmarks. Some returning favourites for 2022 include; The Design Exchange, Elgin and Winter Garden Theatre Centre, St Lawrence Hall, Bay Lower Subway Station, and the Aga Khan Museum.
As with previous years, 2022's Doors Open will give everyone the chance to visit select architecture studios across the city. This year, attendees can take a peek into the offices of architectural firms including; SvN Architects + Planners, TACT Achitecture Inc, Taylor Hazell Architects, DTAH, Ontario Association of Architects Headquarters, and the Daniels Building – home to the studios of U of T's Architecture students.
This year’s event also features 13 walking tours ranging from one-to-two hours long, which will require mandatory registration. Tours will cover topics from the architecture, to the neighbourhoods of Toronto. Registration for these tours will open next week, on May 12th. Other features this year include talks highlighting the theme renewal through architecture, youth, and Indigenous communities, as well as film screenings and a series of talks by architects, designers, artists, and community leaders.
You can learn more about the 103 sites accessible for this year's Doors Open by visiting the event website, which continues to be updated. Photos from the event can be shared using our dedicated Doors Open Forum thread.
More information on the event will come soon, but in the meantime, you can join in on the conversation in the associated Forum thread, or leave a comment in the space provided on this page.
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