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words :: Tamara Dawkins
The Toronto-based firm of IanMacDonald
Architect Inc. has received a raft of awards
including three Governor General’s Medals and
six CanadianArchitect Awards of Excellence. The
focus of their work is site-specific architecture
with a clear idea and sense of place—the
relationship between a building and its
landscape. “It is the particularity of the site that
inspires and informs the design direction of our
work,” wrote MacDonald for a recent exhibition
at Toronto’s Harbourfront Centre. “The intent
is to create an overall sense of ‘rootedness’ or
permanence that inevitably connects a building
to its surroundings, providing a memorable
sense of place.”
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