Step inside KPMB at Doors Open Toronto

May 20, 2026

As part of Doors Open Toronto, KPMB will welcome the public to explore our office in the King East Design District on Saturday, May 23.

Since 2018, KPMB has occupied the 12^th floor of The Globe and Mail Centre, several floors below the newspaper’s multi-level headquarters and event space designed by KPMB in 2017.

When embarking on the design of our new office, the project team focused on a defining quality of our practice — a commitment to designing buildings that actively engage their streets, neighbourhoods, and cities — as a guiding principle.

The office translates this urbanist ethos into a floor plan organized around a series of “neighbourhoods.” Four open work zones are connected by a continuous perimeter that ensures democratic access to natural light and exterior views. Intersecting north-south and east-west circulation “streets” converge at a wood-lined pavilion housing communal meeting and gathering spaces.

Several other KPMB-designed projects are also participating in Doors Open, including notable examples of our approach to adaptive reuse and architectural heritage. Near The Globe and Mail Centre, the Young Centre for the Performing Arts — which repurposed two historic tank houses in the Distillery District, along with the space between them — will welcome the public. The Historic Don Jail at Hennick Bridgepoint Hospital will also open its doors.

Also participating in the weekend-long event are the Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre, the TIFF Lightbox, and CAMH (Centre for Addiction and Mental Health). Since 2002, KPMB has collaborated with CAMH to transform the hospital from a walled-off institution into an inclusive urban campus — and our latest contribution, the Temerty Discovery Centre, is rising fast.

Event details:

Event: Doors Open Toronto
Date & Time: May 23, 10 AM – 4 PM
Location: KPMB Architects, 351 King Street East, #1200, Toronto, Ontario

Learn more at Doors Open.

(KPMB Architects image: Maris Mezulis)