On February 23, 2023, The Honourable Elizabeth Dowdeswell, Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, and John Ecker, Chair, Board of Directors, Ontario Heritage Trust, presented the Lieutenant Governor’s Ontario Heritage Awards to those who made exceptional contributions to cultural and natural heritage conservation, environmental sustainability and biodiversity in 2022. The Massey Hall Revitalization Project was one of this year’s recipients.
Created in 2006, the Lieutenant Governor’s Ontario Heritage Awards are annual, juried awards administered by the Ontario Heritage Trust to recognize remarkable achievements in heritage conservation across the province.
Read about all of the recipients on the Ontario Heritage Trust website.
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GBCA was a proud Gold Sponsor of this year’s National Trust Conference, which took place in Toronto at the end of October. As part of the conference events, GBCA Principal, Sharon Vattay, along with Senior Designer, Paul Gagne, gave a guided tour of the National Ballet School. Joined by Mitchell Hall of KPMB and staff of the School, conference delegates were given insight into the successful integration of a number of heritage buildings (in a densely urban neighbourhood) into a modern thriving complex of studios, classrooms, offices and residences. Revisiting the school and the residences almost 20 years after completion solidified the remarkable precedent that these complexes have set for the opportunities in conservation projects.
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After a three-year pandemic hiatus, Heritage Toronto was able to host an in-person awards ceremony, celebrating excellence in the heritage sector.
Six winners were named from 44 nominees, with Massey Hall winning in the Built Heritage category. The jury called the project a skillful revitalization of a Toronto landmark, being impressed with the craftsmanship applied to the building’s original masonry, stained glass, and decorative plaster ceilings, as well as the terrazzo and marble elements of the 1930s Art Deco-style foyer. The committee also praised the spatial inventiveness; the addition bringing performance space, new bars and new circulation onto a tight and complex site.
See more about the awards on the Heritage Toronto website.
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