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Toronto Architecture Tours
Ontario Architectural Guides – Exclusive Building Walks in Southern Canada tailor made for Groups.
post updated 11 January 2024
Contact e-architect for your city walking guide in Ontario: isabelle(at)e-architect.com
Toronto Architecture Tour: Exclusive Guided Walks
Our Toronto guided tours are all tailored to suit each booking, we do not allow for bookings to be joined. Our guided tours in Ontario are all exclusive to each client.
Should you be planning a trip in Ontario please contact us.
Some recent Toronto buildings added on e-architect:
[Misfit]fit Building design by Batay-Csorba Architects:
architecture image from architects studios
7 St. Thomas in Toronto design by Hariri Pontarini Architects:
architectural image courtesy of architects offices
Toronto Walking Tours
Toronto Architecture – Introduction
Toronto is located in Ontario, in the south of Canada. The city is the largest in Canada. Situated close to the US border the city is set on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario.
York University Student Centre by Architects CannonDesign, opened January 2020, second student center for Canada’s third-largest university:
building photo © Connie Tsang
Toronto is now the fourth largest city in North America (after Mexico City, New York City and Los Angeles). This Canadian city eclipsed Chicago earlier in 2013. Toronto also has more highrises under construction – something like 170 (at time of writing, Oct 2013) – than any other city in North America.
Key new Toronto architecture added on e-architect:
Etobicoke Commons in Toronto building designed by Diamond Schmitt Architects:
building image courtesy of architects
Daniels Building, University of Toronto DFALD by NADAAA with Adamson Associates:
architecture image courtesy of architecture office
Major architecture in Toronto includes Royal Ontario Museum building and the L Tower. Key recent buildings are the Ryerson Student Learning Centre and Max Gluskin House. The city feels quite young and there are few historic or early 20th Century classics here. However there is plenty of development ongoing, especially skyscrapers in the CBD. All these buildings are possible to visit on our Toronto Architecture Tours.
Famous architects with buildings in Toronto include Studio Daniel Libeskind, Snøhetta, Diamond Schmitt Architects, Hariri Pontarini Architects and Zeidler Partnership Architects.
Key contemporary building close to the city – Stephen Hawking Centre, Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, Waterloo, Québec, designed by Teeple Architects:
architectural photo : Scott Norsworthy
Metropolitan Toronto Central YMCA Building design by Diamond Schmitt Architects:
architecture photo : Fiona Spalding-Smith
Toronto Architecture Walking Tours
Toronto Architectural Tours can focus on traditional Ontario buildings, contemporary buildings or both. e-architect can provide information on building types and geographical areas ahead of your architecture tour. For example, a group interested in Toronto office buildings could be provided with information ahead of their visit to Ontario.
Visitors can be met from their hotel or at the starting point of their Ontario walking tour.
Toronto Architecture : key buildings
Toronto Walking Tours
Contact e-architect to arrange your Ontario architecture tour: isabelle(at)e-architect.com / mobile phone +44 (0)7952 149814
Architecture Tours
Other than Toronto, e-architect organise architecture walking tours in other Canadian cities such as Montreal and Vancouver, and in other North American cities like Chicago, San Francisco, New York City and in Alaska.
Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada, North America
North American Building Tours
Vancouver Architecture Walking Tours
San Francisco Architectural Walking Tours
Major Toronto Architecture
Vaughan Metropolitan Centre Transit Station Building designed by celebrated British architects office Grimshaw, with an artwork integrated into the dome:
building photo : Shai Gil
L Tower Toronto
Architects: Studio Daniel Libeskind / Page + Steele/IBA Architects
Ryerson Image Centre Toronto
Design: Diamond Schmitt Architects
Royal Ontario Museum Building
Design: Daniel Libeskind
Ryerson Student Learning Centre (not yet built)
Design: Snøhetta / Zeidler Partnership Architects
Max Gluskin House
Design: Hariri Pontarini Architects
Canadian Buildings
University Toronto Faculty Law
University Toronto Scarborough
Comments / photos for the Toronto Building Tours – Ontario Architecture Guides by e-architect for tailored architectural city walks for pre-booked groups page welcome.
Toronto, Ontario, Canada