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Heritage Toronto Awards

Two GBCA projects are nominated in the Heritage Toronto Awards programme. The awards will be presented on Monday, ...

Op-Ed in Canadian Architect

Principal, Carlos Morell, presented a paper at the 2023 National Trust Conference, a summary of which has now been ...

Progress on the National Historic Site / Camp 30

GBCA is assisting the not-for-profit Jury Lands Foundation to conserve one of the original buildings on this National ...

Massey Hall Recognized on the world stage

The revitalization of Massey Hall in Toronto has been recognized with an award from the Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of ...

Lieutenant Governor’s Ontario Heritage Awards

On February 23, 2023, The Honourable Elizabeth Dowdeswell, Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, and John Ecker, Chair, ...

Revisiting the National Ballet School – 20 years on

GBCA was a proud Gold Sponsor of this year’s National Trust Conference, which took place in Toronto at the end of ...

Heritage Toronto Awards Massey Hall the Crafts and Trades Award

After a three-year pandemic hiatus, Heritage Toronto was able to host an in-person awards ceremony, celebrating ...

City of Windsor Heritage Award

On September 22, 2022, the City of Windsor announced the Mackenzie Hall Masonry Restoration Project as one of the five ...

Congratulations to Christopher Borgal

We are delighted to share that the Architectural Conservancy of Ontario (ACO) has recognized President and Senior ...

Massey Hall nominated for Heritage Award

Heritage Toronto has announced nominations for their 2022 Built Heritage Awards and Massey Hall is among the six ...

Mackenzie Hall nominated for Heritage Award

The City of Windsor announced nominations for their 2022 Built Heritage Awards and is recognizing the work at Mackenzie ...

Eastern Avenue project progresses

Urban Toronto published an update on the work at Eastern Avenue, where the former industrial building is being ...

Church and Dundas Streets Project in the News

The Daily Commercial News recently reported on the development at the southwest corner of Dundas and Church Streets, ...

Massey Music Hall Reopens, showcasing heritage conservation

After years of construction, and even more years of careful planning that included historic research and on-site ...

Two GBCA projects awarded CAHP Awards in 2021

GBCA is pleased to be recognized by our peers at the Canadian Association of Heritage Professionals with two ...

A first look inside the rebuilt Silver Dollar Room

NOW Magazine has provided a look inside the former Silver Dollar Room - you can check out the photographs on their ...

Toronto Urban Design Award for the CF Toronto Eaton Centre

In 2015, GBCA prepared a Heritage Impact Assessment for the proposed CF Toronto Eaton Centre Bridge. Providing access ...

Montcrest School Redevelopment wins Urban Design Award

The redevelopment of Montcrest School on Broadview Avenue has won the Toronto Urban Design Award of Excellence in the ...

2021 Toronto Urban Design Awards

Some of GBCA's recent projects are among those nominated for this year's Urban Design Awards. In the category of ...

Winchester Hotel Heritage Award

The Cabbagetown Preservation Association has recognized GBCA’s recent restoration work at the Winchester Hotel on ...

Staff Announcement

GBCA Architects is pleased to announce the expansion of the firm’s management team with the appointment of Emad ...

Winchester Hotel

GBCA has been the heritage consultant for the ongoing restoration of the Winchester Hotel in Cabbagetown. Recently, ...

Massey Music Hall Revitalization Project

An update of the Massey Music Hall Revitalization Project was published recently in Award Magazine. GBCA is the lead ...

Massey Music Hall Project

Photographer Salina Kassam has won a 2020 Canadian Architect Photo Award of Excellence for an image of the Massey Music ...

We continue to work remotely to serve all our clients’ needs

In response to the Covid-19 outbreak, GBCA is following the lead of many of our colleagues and the recommendations of ...

Cabbagetown Project in the News

GBCA's contribution to the rehabilitation of two historic buildings in Cabbagetown is in the news. You can read about ...

St John Henry Newman Catholic High School Adaptive Reuse Project

Working alongside Montgomery Sisam Architects, GBCA is the heritage architect for the adaptive reuse of the former ...

65 King Street East Project in the News

Big news on the development underway at 65 King Street East. Goggle Canada has just announced that they will take over ...

City of Windsor Built Heritage Awards 2020

The City of Windsor annually recognizes excellence in the long-term stewardship and rehabilitation of heritage ...

GBCA Names New Principals

GBCA Architects is pleased to announce the expansion of the firm’s management team with the appointment of three ...

Congratulations to Eve Guinan

GBCA wants to congratulate stained glass artist Eve Guinan of for receiving the Architectural Conservancy of ...

Humber College Building G project nominated for the 2018 Heritage Toronto Awards

The rehabilitation of Humber College’s Building G has been nominated for a Heritage Toronto Award. GBCA was the ...

Ontario Heritage Conference 2018

The Ontario Heritage Conference – a joint event hosted by the Architectural Conservancy of Ontario (ACO) and the ...

Massey Music Hall’s Historic Stained Glass windows

With the Hall set to close next month, restoration has already begun on the 120 year old stained glass windows. GBCA ...

Eastern Avenue Adaptive Reuse

Interest is growing around our historic Weston Bakery Building project. Since 2016, GBCA has been working with ...

Thomas Fisher Recladding Project

GBCA's recladding project (with RJC) at the Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library on the University of Toronto campus was ...

Michael Enright interviews Chris Borgal on CBC Radio

This past Sunday (May 7, 2017), principal Chris Borgal was a guest on The Sunday Edition with Michael Enright. The ...

Sharon Vattay speaks at ACO Toronto Event

On April 22, GBCA Associate Sharon Vattay took part in a one-day symposium celebrating Canada 150. Organized by the ...

2016-2017 Holiday Hours

GBCA will be closed for the Holidays beginning on Friday December 23 at noon, reopening on Tuesday January ...

36 Hazelton Avenue project nominated for the 2016 Heritage Toronto Awards

GBCA congratulates our clients, Alterra-Zinc Limited, for their nomination at this year’s Heritage Toronto Awards. A ...

Woodcliffe Landmark Properties’ Market Street Development wins National Trust for Canada Award

Having already been recognized locally with awards from the City of Toronto, the restoration of the historic buildings ...

Heritage Toronto Awards 2015

GBCA’s technical expertise on exterior masonry repairs was among the reasons for an Honourable Mention being awarded ...

Market Street Development wins 2015 Toronto Urban Design Award

At a ceremony at the Palais Royale on September 16, 2015, the owner (Woodcliffe Landmark Properties) and team ...

Heritage Toronto released their State of Heritage Report at City Hall today

The report provides a picture of the current state of heritage in Toronto and lays out goals that Heritage Toronto ...

Massey Hall Revitalization Project

The Corporation of Massey Hall and Roy Thomson Hall celebrated Phase 1 of its seven-year Massey Hall Revitalization ...

Bay-Adelaide wins Masonry Award

The historic stone façade at the Bay Adelaide Centre was chosen as a Provincial winner in the Revitalization ...

Heritage Toronto Award of Excellence

The 2014 Heritage Toronto Awards were handed out on October 21 at Koerner Hall in the Royal Conservatory of ...

Heritage Toronto Awards, GBCA Nominated

GBCA is nominated in the category of Architectural Conservation for the Market Street Redevelopment

PEEL REGION ART GALLERY, MUSEUM + ARCHIVES IS NOMINATED FOR A BRAMPTON URBAN DESIGN AWARD

The People’s Choice Award was one of many awards handed out on Monday, May 13 at the Brampton Urban Design Awards, a ...

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