Downsview Framework Plan
Location
Toronto, Ontario
Client
Northcrest and Canada Lands Company
Architects
Design Team: Henning Larsen (Urban Design); KPMB Architects (Architecture); SLA Architects (Landscape); Urban Strategies (Planning)
Completion
2020 (ongoing)
Size
520 acres
Project Type
Master Plan
KPMB Team
Kevin Bridgman (partner, team lead), Shirley Blumberg (founding partner), Bruce Kuwabara (founding partner), Geoffrey Turnbull (KPMB LAB), Laurence Holland, Sahana Dharmaraj, Jonathan Graham (KPMB LAB), Nellie Jalal-Zadeh, Andy Barat
Consultants
BA Group (transportation), Arup (municipal infrastructure), Transsolar (energy), Ramboll (sustainability), Purpose Building (sustainability), Third Party Public (public engagement), Department of Words and Deeds (public engagement), Nbisiing Consulting Inc. (Indigenous engagement), Monumental Projects Inc. (equity advisors), StrategyCorp (communications and design), Future Simple Studio (communications and design)
Awards
2024 AZURE AZ Awards – People’s Choice honoree
2024 National Urban Design Awards – Urban Design Plans category
2023 Toronto Urban Design Awards – Vision and Masterplan category
2022 WAFX Award – Future Project: Masterplanning
2022 WAF Award – Future Project: Masterplanning
Press
The Wall Street Journal, August 2024
Fast Company, July 2024
Archinect, December 2022
Surface, September 2022
Dezeen, September 2022
Domus, September 2022
Head Topics, October 2021
GRANTHSHALA NEWS, October 2021
The Globe and Mail, October 2021