Masonry Magazine January 1978 Page. 10
ONTARIO AWARDS OF MERIT
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# MISSISSAUGA TRANSIT FACILITY
Mississauga, Ontario
Architect: Moffet & Duncan
Structural Engineer: E. Gosling & Associates
General Contractor: Ellis-Don Ltd.
Mason Contractor: Key Masonry
Unit Masonry Producers: Toronto Brick Co., General Concrete Canada Ltd.
Jury Comment: Designed with a quiet competence and built with consistently good masonry work, this facility is in two main parts. The offices, dispatcher and driver lounge areas have a strong, curved geometry and crispness emphasized by the bright orange brick and the dark windows, frames and glazing.
By contrast, the vehicle areas are very large as well as the housing repair and service bays, wash and cleaning facilities, and covered parking. Here, too, the scale and detail are very good indeed. The color is most effective-the light concrete block walls, brightly painted steel, and strong graphics are entirely appropriate.
Although not a glamorous building, the overall composition, sensible landscaping, good design and fine workmanship make it an example for other so-called "mundane" projects. We should see more of this type of job.
# BURNAMTHORPE PUBLIC LIBRARY
Mississauga, Ontario
Architect: Raymond Moriyama
Structural Engineer: Robert Halsall & Associates Ltd.
General Contractor: Charles Nolan Co.
Mason Contractor: Lavalp Construction Co. Ltd.
Unit Masonry Producer: Domtar Construction Materials
Jury Comment: A major addition to a well-known small building by Raymond Moriyama must pose several interesting questions to the architect: should I match the earlier style or should I design in marked contrast to that style?
Jerome Markson chose a halfway course and in the process designed an elegant and successful building. Wisely he chose to continue the use of the natural cut stone laid up on the same random scale and texture, thereby establishing the necessary rapport with the earlier building-a case of architectural good manners too seldom seen today.
In contrast to the heavy, weathered wood trim of the Moriyama building, we now have large areas of sloping, greenhouse-style glazing supported on an elegant, white-painted steel structure. The contrast between stone and glass is entirely suited to the function of the structure. A charming and delightful building.
Jury Comment: The success of this building stems from its imaginative plan that is expressed vertically in low, undulating rhythms of brickwork set low into the park-like site.
The architect has set out bravely to do the most difficult of all buildings-the "hollow sculpture." Instead of traveling the well-trodden paths of architectonically arranged framing, obeying all the well-established classical rules, the architect has set himself a difficult problem, and he deserves much credit for an endeavor too seldom undertaken.
The landscaping and the building undulate harmoniously together, and the well-handled brickwork exploits the decorative possibilities inherent in repeated units. The imaginative use of brickwork in tight radii, and the stepping-up-and-down pattern as relative to the ground is exemplary.
The attractive exterior culminates in a broadly welcoming entrance canopy.
# CIVIC GARDEN CENTRE
Toronto, Ontario
Architect: Jerome Markson
Structural Engineer: M. S. Yolles & Partners
General Contractor: West York Construction Ltd.
Mason Contractor: D.M.S. Construction
Unit Masonry Producers: Canada Building Materials, Betz Stone
10 MASONRY/JANUARY, 1978