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Innovative Designs Shaping Toronto’s Skyline and Beyond

Try taking a streetcar ride without whizzing by one of Core Architects’s condo towers: the glitzy Cosmopolitan, Pantages and Liberty Lofts are in their portfolio; and M5V, Seventy5 Portland and Six50 King West are all currently under construction. But the mid-sized firm is no stranger to houses and institutional design, as well as interior design and urban planning around the world. One of Wallpaper* magazine’s 101 World’s Most Exciting New Architects (Canada’s only entry), the firm finds inspiration in travel and new technologies, often including the latest smart and green technology into their designs. Core Architects plan for a 10-storey condo in Regent Park, for example, combines affordable housing with LEED gold standards.

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