#Repost • @teeplearchitects Located near a busy Toronto downtown intersection, the Governor General's award-winning 60 Richmond East Housing Cooperative building seeks to provide an alternative to the local ubiquitous glass tower condominium projects. The 85-unit co-operative was designed to house tenants that required relocation due to the high-profile redevelopment of Toronto’s Regent Park neighbourhood. Employed in the hospitality industry, the residents are all members of local union: “Unite Here”. They run and operate a restaurant and training kitchen on the ground floor, while a community garden on the sixth floor terrace provides food for the restaurant and uses the organic waste generated by the kitchens as compost for the garden. This creates a self-sustaining condition called ‘urban permaculture’. - At 60 Richmond, the architecture acts as a medium to cultivate greenery, cool and cleanse the air, and absorb storm water. All roofs on the project are green surfaces, which, combined with a high-performance rain-screen envelope, help to insulate the building and limit heat island effect in the downtown core. - The year 2019 marks Teeple Architects’ 30th anniversary. To commemorate this major milestone, we’ll be sharing 30 notable projects and moments from the past three decades. Follow along with #Teeple30 . . . . #TeepleArchitects #Teeple30 #Toronto #Ontario #Canada #ResidentialArchitecture #Architectural #Design #CanadianArchitecture #CanadianDesign #ig_architecture #BuildingLovers #ContemporaryArchitecture https://www.instagram.com/p/CG2qCy3Hi38/?igshid=7cgvdtzserpz