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When you mention Europe to someone from Toronto, Düsseldorf is not a city that most people would recognize – a place in a Harry Potter book perhaps? Düsseldorf is on the west side of Germany at about the midpoint of the country; it is very close to Belgium and Holland....

It has been a busy summer at GBSA. The new Men’s Homeless Shelter for the City of Toronto is currently out to construction tender. There is certainly a high need for this facility, which is located at 705 Progress Avenue in Scarborough. The project involves a major ren...

The summer of 2018 is shaping up to be a busy one at GBSA. Preliminary design work is underway with 705 Progress Avenue, which is a new homeless shelter for men located in Scarborough. The $ 6m project will be an extensive renovation of an existing 30,000 sf building....

Spring has arrived and several projects are at various stages of development at GBSA! Major renovations to the “student street” at MacCorry Hall, Queen’s University will begin construction in June. The work includes numerous upgrades to the Geography department offices...

 It's been a busy start to 2016 at GBSA. Numerous projects have continued from 2015 and just as many new projects have recently begun. Updates on the happenings at the studio:

The tender for the new 60,000 sf St. Simon Catholic School in Toronto closes March 31. More i...

Construction is well underway for our Bloor West Village rooftop landscape project. Featuring a new deck, natural stone promenade, custom planter-bench furniture, living wall, and water feature, this once unused space will soon be a feature element at the Grenadier Ret...

We are pleased to announce that Mirko Zupancic of G. Bruce Stratton Architects has been selected as 1 of 15 winners out of over 70 submissions worldwide for this year's IIDEXCanada 3rd Annual Woodshop. Mr. Zupancic's ash wood light pendant prototype will be on full dis...

     The future of the Gardiner is not the only major planning issue that Torontonians should be questioning. The city core has changed drastically since the condominium boom. Many smaller buildings have been razed to make way for inhospitable residential towers. Condo...

On Thursday June 4, 2015 the Ontario Library Association (OLA) announced the recipients of its triennial Library Building Award for Library Architectural and Design Transformation. GBSA was one of only four winners, receiving the prestigious award for Mount Dennis Publ...