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Three new structures are now above grade at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health’s (CAMH) Queen Street West campus. Marking the final phase of the 27-acre site’s transformation in Toronto’s Trinity Bellwoods neighbourhood, the projects are all a block south of CMAH's new Queen Street buildings that were finished in the previous half dozen years, and include the Discovery Centre at Stokes and Shaw streets, the Secure Care and Recovery Building at Stokes and Lower Ossington Avenue, and the Doctor’s Association Building Expansion immediately northwest fronting Stokes Street.
Designed by KPMB Architects and TreanorHL, the seven-storey Discovery Centre will consolidate research and education programs into a wood-accented facility with a curving frontage facing Shaw Street. To the west, Diamond Schmitt Architects has designed both the seven-storey Secure Care and Recovery Building, a 200-bed forensic mental health facility, and the seven-storey Doctor’s Association Building Expansion, which includes institutional space with a multi-level parkade.
Looking northeast towards Shaw Street in April, 2025, the Discovery Centre site on the east end shows work progressing above grade after the completion of its single basement level. Staging zones and modular trailers line the perimeter. The facility will rise in two rounded volumes clad with wood-toned fins, stepping back in terraces above the streetwall, with landscaped outdoor decks and a glazed pavilion at grade.
Looking northwest in May, 2025, the Secure Care and Recovery Building's three underground levels were nearly complete, supported by a pair of cranes positioned at the south and north ends. Concrete columns and rebar are rising from the east side of the P1 level, with extensive formwork as well. The excavation perimeter displays timber lagging along the north and west elevations. Once built out, the building will feature a U-shaped massing with north and south wings. Behind to the left, the Doctor’s Association Building Expansion is proceeding with work on its fifth floor.
In this southwest view across Stokes Street in June, 2025, the Doctor’s Association Building Expansion has reached its sixth floor, with the first formwork in place for the seventh floor at the south end. The crane is positioned on the south side. Blue weatherproofing and insulation are visible on the existing Doctor’s Association Building to the right.
Looking north in August, 2025, formwork is in place for the third floor slab at the Discovery Centre, with the building’s distinctive curvilinear form now emerging along the east elevation. Temporary timber edge forms trace the flowing lines that will define the facade, while scaffolding and shoring posts support the elevated slab pours above. On the third floor deck, rebar and conduit are being set for an upcoming placement of liquid concrete.
This month, we look northwest across the campus to all three projects.
To the right, the Discovery Centre has risen to its fourth floor slab.
At the centre, the Secure Care and Recovery Building has concrete columns, walls, and formwork in place for its second floor walls, with the second-floor slab partially formed and decking in place toward the north end.
On the far left, the Doctor’s Association Building Expansion has topped out at seven storeys, its structural frame supported by shoring posts on each level and capped with blue weatherproofing across the roofline, as work transitions to the mechanical penthouse.
The three buildings' final heights will range from 23.2m to 60.3m.
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