Renaissance Royal Ontario

Glass and facade construction

Glass / aluminum facade with spatial steel girder grid as substructure

Location
Toronto, Canada
Service phases
HOAI § 51 Structural design SPH 3 - SPH 4
Principal
City of Toronto
Architect
Daniel Libeskind, New York
Service period
2005 - 2007

Renovation and extension of a museum building in Toronto.

  • Building envelope consisting of a load-bearing steel structure with attached glass frames, aluminium cladding and a profile façade in front of it
  • Complex geometries and connection situations and extreme snow loads
  • High demands on the building tolerances to be adhered to.