The Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (RAIC) has named Limberlost Place, George Brown College’s new mass timber net-zero carbon emissions building, the recipient of the 2023 Research & Innovation in Architecture Award. Representatives from George Brown College, along with the building’s designers Acton Ostry Architects and Moriyama Teshima Architects, were on hand to accept the award at a recent ceremony hosted by the RAIC in Calgary, Alberta.
Limberlost Place has quickly become a beacon for the mass timber movement and, upon completion, will be the first institutional building of its kind in Ontario. As the RAIC’s 2023 Research & Innovation in Architecture Award recipient, Limberlost Place is recognized and celebrated for its Innovation Through Mass Timber Construction and Prefabricated Envelope System. RAIC is a national organization committed to showcasing how design enhances quality of life while advocating for important issues of society through responsible architecture.
“Limberlost Place is an elegant example of mass timber hybrid construction and thoughtful systems integration to produce an exemplary project on the path to a more sustainable architecture,” said the RAIC jury. “The architects have skillfully demonstrated that the most aspirational environmental goals can be achieved in a building that is also inspiring for its beautiful and joyful spaces. Limberlost Place is what architecture should be in Canada.”
Currently under construction at the corner of Queens Quay East and Dockside Drive, just north of the Daphne Cockwell Centre for Health Sciences, Limberlost Place is on track to be completed by Fall 2024 and will welcome students for classes in January 2025.
To learn more, visit georgebrown.ca/limberlost.
