Bridgepoint Hospital wins top Toronto design awards
Published 03 July 2014TORONTO, ONTARIO - Plenary Group’s Bridgepoint Active Healthcare facility has taken home two prizes at the 2014 Pug Awards.
The annual online public voting program recognizes the city’s best in architecture and planning.
The 680,000 ft2, 472-bed, state-of-the-art facility won Best Commercial/Institutional Building of 2014 and received the Paul Oberman Award for Adaptive Reuse and Heritage Restoration.
Bridgepoint Hospital was designed and built for the treatment of complex chronic diseases. The $622 million hospital also includes the Christine Sinclair Ambulatory Care Center and is a Center of Excellence for complex care.
A special feature of this Plenary Health project was the restoration and adaptive reuse of the old Don Jail, a 5-level, 84,000 sq. ft. architectural landmark and heritage site in the heart of Toronto, which now houses the hospital's new administrative building, as well as education, and support facilities.
The project’s award winning design team included:
- Plenary Group;
- Innisfree;
- PCL Constructors Canada;
- HDR Architecture / Diamond Schmitt Architects;
- Johnson Controls; and
- Ventin Group Ltd. & E.R.A. Architects Inc.
“The environmentally responsible and sustainable Bridgepoint Hospital is an architectural gem in Toronto’s urban landscape,” said Mike Marasco, CEO of Plenary Concessions.
“It is particularly humbling for the facility to be recognized by the very people for which it was envisaged, designed and ultimately delivered.”
The new hospital officially opened its doors in March 2013.