David Pontarini, OAA, AAA, FRAIC, AIA is a

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architect and founding partner of

Hariri Pontarini Architects Hariri Pontarini Architects is a Toronto-based architectural practice founded by Siamak Hariri and David Pontarini. Established in 1994, HPA’s first critically acclaimed project was for McKinsey & Company's Toronto headquarters, which became ...

in 1994, alongside

Siamak Hariri Siamak Hariri, OAA, AAA, AIBC, FRAIC, RCA, Intl. Assoc. AIA (born 1958) is a Canadian architect and a founding partner of Hariri Pontarini Architects, a full-service architectural and interior design practice based in Toronto, Canada. Born in ...

. Pontarini is a former member of the

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’s Design Review Panel, the City of Toronto’s Preservation Board, a visiting lecturer at the

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, and a former member of the OAA Council, representing Toronto Centre from 1992 to 2002.

Honours

* Royal Architecture Institute of Canada's (RAIC) 2013 Architectural Firm Award

Work in Progress

Pinnacle One Yonge Pinnacle One Yonge is a mixed-use development currently under construction in Toronto, Ontario Toronto ( ; or ) is the capital city of the Canadian province of Ontario. With a recorded population of 2,794,356 in 2021, it is the most p ...

, Toronto, Ontario, Canada *The Well, Toronto, Ontario, Canada *19 Duncan Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada *PJ Condos, Toronto, Ontario, Canada *Edmonton

Ice District Ice District is a $2.5 billion mixed-use sports and entertainment district being developed on of land in Downtown Edmonton and a portion of the neighbourhood of Central McDougall. Its main attraction is Rogers Place, the home arena of the Edmonto ...

, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Buildings of Note

*2019: Massey Tower, Toronto, Ontario, Canada *2019: King Portland Centre and Kingly Condos, Toronto, Ontario, Canada *2018:

One Bloor One Bloor, previously One Bloor East and Number One Bloor, is a mixed-use skyscraper at the intersection of Bloor Street and Yonge Street in downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The project was initially launched by developer Bazis International ...

, Toronto, Ontario, Canada *2018: 7 St. Thomas, Toronto, Ontario, Canada *2017: FIVE: Condos at 5 St. Joseph, Toronto, Ontario, Canada *2016: Pinnacle on Adelaide, Toronto, Ontario, Canada *2013:

Shangri-La Toronto Shangri-La Toronto is a luxury hotel and residential condominium building in downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It was designed by James K. M. Cheng and built by Westbank Projects Corp.; they also designed and built the Living Shangri-La in Van ...

, Ontario, Canada *1999:

McKinsey & Co McKinsey & Company is a global management consulting firm founded in 1926 by University of Chicago professor James O. McKinsey, that offers professional services to corporations, governments, and other organizations. McKinsey is the oldest and ...

. Toronto, Ontario, Canada *1998: Robertson House Crisis Care Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Publications

*2005: "Yorkville Condo Has Historic Link." Toronto Star 23 July 2005 *2006: Ogilvie, Megan. "New VÜ for ‘Old Town’." Toronto Star 20 May 2006 *2007: Hume, Christopher. " Some Causes for Concern in Condo Design." Toronto Star 21 April 2007 *2010: Topping, David, Let’s Gape at One Bloor, Shall we?", Torontoist, April 2010 *2010: Van de Ven, Lisa, "One Bloor", National Post, April 2010 *2010
Daily Commercial News, “Work Continues on Shangri-la Toronto hotel and residences.” Construction Overview, June 2010
*2011
Pontarini talks One Bloor design in Urbantoronto.ca

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