The expanded and restored Toronto Royal Conservatory of Music was not only the venue for this year’s Heritage Toronto Awards, but also a recipient of a William Greer Architectural Conservation and Craftsmanship Award. Kuwabara Payne McKenna Blumberg Architects, along with GBCA and Clifford Restoration, were recognized for this landmark project.

The conservation/restoration of McMaster Hall (1881), now Ihnatowycz Hall, and Castle Memorial Hall (1901), now Mazzoleni Hall, was part of a long term expansion project for the Royal Conservatory of Music that has provided additional academic and performance spaces, the Koerner concert hall and new entrances. Conservation work included cleaning and repairing the exterior brick and stone masonry, replacing missing exterior features such as the spire, as well as refurbishing the interior building fabric and details throughout the original building.

For more on the Heritage Toronto awards, see:

http://www.heritagetoronto.org/news/story/2010/09/21/2010-heritage-toronto-awards-nominees