When Quadrangle Architects was commissioned to re-work what partner Brian Curtner calls a traditional office building, they saw some potential in the space, and decided to move in themselves.
Taking lessons learned from doing the
interiors of the Corus building on the eastern waterfront—whose exterior and basic structure, by
Diamond Schmitt, might also be called traditional (or just basic)—
Quadrangle was able to transform the building in general, and its new seventh-floor home there, into what
Curtner describes as "funky new offices spaces."
The new space, at 20,000 square feet, is all on one floor. Their current offices at 380 Wellington, which they will be leaving the weekend of August 10, are just 13,000 square feet, spread over two floors. Since Quadrangle has doubled its staff over the past couple of years, to a total of 105, the company certainly needed the extra room. Their current offices are also not accessible, with neither elevators nor accessible toilets.
In addition to their floor, Quadrangle renovated the building's common areas, the exterior, the building's atrium and, in Curtner's words, "fixed up" its elevators.
Curnter and
Ted Shore were the partners in charge of the project, which was managed by
Caroline Robbie and
Rob Dyson.
Writer: Bert Archer
Source: Brian Curtner
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