Teeple Architects is an architecture firm based 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 populous city in Canada and the fourth most populous city in North America. The city is the ancho ...

founded by Stephen Teeple, in the year 1989. The firm is known to design several buildings in

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Selected projects

Teeple’s works include 60 Richmond Street East Housing Co-operative in Toronto, completed in 2010. Writing about the project in ''No Mean City'', Canadian architecture critic Alex Bozikovic remarks, “It has the gutsy but practical spirit of Toronto's best architecture: It's green, hardy, and very inexpensive, and provides 85 large and comfortable apartments for

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tenants.” In 2015, the studio completed the Philip J. Currie Dinosaur Museum, which features an unusual geometric form resembling a dinosaur with skin and bones in

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. In 2018, Stephen Teeple received an Honorary Degree from

Trent University Trent University is a public liberal arts university in Peterborough, Ontario, with a satellite campus in Oshawa, which serves the Regional Municipality of Durham. Trent is known for its Oxbridge college system and small class sizes.

for adding four buildings to Symons Campus, including the triangular, 34,000-square-foot Student Centre.

Education

University of Toronto Graduate House Graduate House at the University of Toronto is a student residence specifically for graduate students, designed by Thom Mayne of Morphosis Architects in Los Angeles together with Toronto's Teeple Architects. It is located at 60 Harbord Street, Tor ...

(with

Thom Mayne Thom Mayne (born January 19, 1944) is an American architect. He is based in Los Angeles. In 1972, Mayne helped found the Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-Arc), where he is a trustee and the coordinator of the Design of Cities p ...

), Toronto, Ontario, 2000 *Albert Thornbrough Engineering Building, College of Physical and Engineering Science (CPES),

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, Guelph, Ontario, 2000 *North Campus Building,

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(with aTRM Architects), London, Ontario, 2000 *

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, Toronto, Ontario, 2003 *Arnie Lowenberger Residence,

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, St. Catharines, Ontario, 2003 *Chemical Science Building,

, Peterborough, Ontario, 2004 *Langara College Library and Classroom Building (with Hancock Bruckner Eng + Wright Architect), Vancouver, British Columbia, 2007 *Langara Student Union Building and Academic Building C (with IBI-HB Architects), Vancouver, British Columbia, 2008 *Durham College Student Services Expansion, Oshawa, Ontario, 2010 *Sadlon Centre for Health and Wellness (with aTRM Architects, Ted Handy and Associates), Georgian College, Barrie, Ontario, 2011 * Stephen Hawking Centre at Perimeter Institute,

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, 2011 *Concert hall at

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– Humber Bay Library renovation,

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, Ontario, 1996 *Toronto Public Library – Bendale Library renovation, Toronto, Ontario, 1999 *Toronto Public Library – Eatonville Library reconstruction, Toronto, Ontario, 2001 *Ajax Main Central Library, Ajax, Ontario, 2002 *Beausoleil First Nation Community Centre, Christian Island, Ontario, 2006 *Montrose Cultural Centre (with Kasian Architecture), Grand Prairie, Alberta, 2009 *

Sherbourne Common Sherbourne Common,''http://urbantoronto.ca/database/projects/sherbourne-common-canadas-sugar-beach-and-waters-edge-promenade Map and the article from Urban Toronto website devoted to development and construction in the GTA and the leading source fo ...

Pavilion, Toronto, Ontario, 2011 *John M. Harper Library and Stork Family

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, Waterloo, Ontario, 2011 *GO Pedestrian Bridge, Pickering, Ontario, 2012 *Art Gallery of Grand Prairie, Grand Prairie, Alberta, 2012 * Philip J. Currie Dinosaur Museum (with ATB Architects, Reich+Petch), Wembley, Alberta, 2012 *Clareview Recreation Centre and Branch Library, Edmonton, Alberta, 2013

Religious

*Scarborough Chinese Baptist Church, Toronto, Ontario, 2007 *Sisters of St. Joseph Motherhouse, Peterborough, Ontario, 2009

Residential

*Heathdale House, Toronto, Ontario, 2004 * Pachter Residence, Toronto, Ontario, 2005 *60 Richmond Street East, Toronto, Ontario 2010 *Nobu residences, Toronto, Ontario 2017

Commercial

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Wellington, Toronto, Ontario, 2002

Awards

Queen's Diamond Jubilee Medal

For outstanding contribution to Canadian culture and service to the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts

Canadian Governor General’s Awards for Architecture

*1994, Trent University Childcare Centre *1997, Burt Matthews Hall Addition, University of Waterloo *2002, College of Engineering and Physical Science (addition to Albert Thornborough Building), University of Guelph *2008, Chemical Science Complex, Trent University *2008, Scarborough Chinese Baptist Church *2014, 60 Richmond East Housing Co-operative

Canadian Architect's Award

*1996, Centre for Environmental Science & Engineering, University of Guelph *1997, ESE Building, University of Waterloo *1999, Graduate Residence, University of Toronto *2004, New Academic Science Complex, Trent University *2005, Library and Classroom Building, Langara College *2007, 60 Richmond St. East Housing Development *2009, Sherbourne Common Pavilion

Canadian Wood Council Awards

*1998, Squirrel`s Nest Childcare Centre

Alberta Architect's Association Awards

*2010, Montrose Cultural Centre

Ontario Architect's Association Awards

*1994, Trent University Childcare Centre *1997, Burt Matthews Hall Addition, University of Waterloo *2001, Honour Court and Entrance Gate, York University *2002, Graduate Residence, University of Toronto *2002, Eatonville Public Library (Honourable Mention) *2005, Early Learning Centre, University of Toronto (Bronze) *2005, Heathdale House (Honourable Mention) *2006, Chemical Science Complex, Trent University (Honourable Mention) *2007, Pachter Residence *2008, Scarborough Chinese Baptist Church *2010, 60 Richmond St. East Housing Development (Gold Standing) *2012, Sisters of St. Joseph Motherhouse *2012, Stephen Hawking Centre at the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics *2014, County of Simcoe Administration Centre

City of Cambridge Urban Design Awards

*2003, Preston Branch Library

City of Toronto Urban Design Awards

*2000, Eglinton Spectrum Public School (Honourable Mention) *2003, Eatonville Public Library *2011, 60 Richmond St. East Housing Development *2011, Sherbourne Common Pavilion (Honourable Mention) *2021, SQ2 Condos & POPS

City of North York Urban Design Awards

*1997, Glen Long Community Centre

City of Mississauga Urban Design Awards

*1997, Mississauga Sailing Club *2009, Sherbourne Common Pavilion *2009, Mississauga Plastic Surgery Clinic

City of Scarborough Urban Design Awards

*1995, Squirrel`s Nest Childcare Centre

Progressive Architecture Award

*1999, Graduate Residence, University of Toronto

Holcim Awards

*2005, Library and Classroom Building, Langara College

Plachta Prize for Architecture

*1994, Trent University Childcare Centre *2001, Honour Court and Entrance Gate, York University *2007, Pachter Residence

SAB Award

*2008, Langara College Library + Classroom Building *2010, 60 Richmond St. East Housing Development (Gold Standing) *2013, Simcoe County Administrative Building

Design Exchange Awards

*2005, Early Learning Centre, University of Toronto (Bronze) *2005, Heathdale House (Honourable Mention) *2006, St. Joseph Media *2007, Pachter Residence *2010, 60 Richmond St. East Housing Development (Gold Standing) *2010, Langara Student Union (Honourable Mention)

PUG Awards

*2010, 60 Richmond St. East Housing Development

Archdaily Building of the Year Awards

*2011, 60 Richmond St. East Housing Development

References

External links

Official site
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