55 Yonge

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In the heart of Toronto’s financial district, 55 Yonge is a landmark 70-storey purpose-built residential apartment tower designed by collaborating architects BDP Quadrangle and PARTISANS for H&R REIT. The building will include nearly 500 new residential rental units that will respond to Toronto’s rapid growth. The facade of 55 Yonge blends the podium and tower into a single sinuous gesture, by treating the facade as a fabric—a delicate lace that drapes over the structure. It adapts to and modulates solar gain implementing larger fenestrations in cooler areas. The panels are thick, angled, and cast shadows on the glass during peak sunshine hours on the south and west elevations. The building’s façade effectually touches the ground-level with dynamic, impressive columns that frame large expanses of glass, allowing the street to extend into the grand lobby for retail, visitors, and passers-by. 55 Yonge’s surrounding context houses some of the most important heritage towers in Toronto. In building a “future heritage,” 55 Yonge will tell a new story that emphasizes the possibility of an architecture that exhibits high quality, high performance, and a presence different than the current vernacular approaches to high-rises across the city of Toronto.