Teeple Architects
Teeple Architects is an architecture firm based in Toronto founded by Stephen Teeple, in the year 1989. The firm is known to design several buildings in Canada, that focus on urban development, and sustainable design.
Stephan Teeple established the firm in Toronto in 1989 and has completed numerous large-scale projects relating to university campus residences and student centres. The firm also has an extended background in various works recognized in institutional, commercial, and residential buildings throughout the Toronto area and beyond the Canadian border. Projects from Teeple Architects are often praised for their creative and successful design responses to the surrounding site, such as reducing carbon emissions within their materials and designs to positively impact the climate, to bringing awareness to social-cultural issues whilst being restricted to tight budgets. On a local, national, and international scale, the work of Teeple Architects has received recognition for design excellence and sustainability. These accolades include six Governor General's Medals for Architecture, Canada's highest architectural honour, the Holcim Award for sustainable innovation, and more than 28 LEED awards.
Selected projects
Teeple's works include 60 Richmond Street East Housing Co-operative in Toronto, completed in 2010. Writing about the project in No Mean City, Canadian architecture critic Alex Bozikovic remarks, "It has the gutsy but practical spirit of Toronto's best architecture: It's green, hardy, and very inexpensive, and provides 85 large and comfortable apartments for Toronto Community Housing tenants." In 2015, the studio completed the Philip J. Currie Dinosaur Museum, which features an unusual geometric form resembling a dinosaur with skin and bones in Wembley, Alberta. In 2018, Stephen Teeple received an Honorary Degree from Trent University for adding four buildings to Symons Campus, including the triangular, 34,000-square-foot Student Centre.Education
- University of Toronto Graduate House, Toronto, Ontario, 2000
- Albert Thornbrough Engineering Building, College of Physical and Engineering Science (CPES), University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, 2000
- North Campus Building, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, 2000
- Early Learning Centre, Toronto, Ontario, 2003
- Arnie Lowenberger Residence, Brock University, St. Catharines, Ontario, 2003
- Chemical Science Building, Trent University, Peterborough, Ontario, 2004
- Langara College Library and Classroom Building, Vancouver, British Columbia, 2007
- Langara Student Union Building and Academic Building C, Vancouver, British Columbia, 2008
- Durham College Student Services Expansion, Oshawa, Ontario, 2010
- Sadlon Centre for Health and Wellness, Georgian College, Barrie, Ontario, 2011
- Stephen Hawking Centre at Perimeter Institute, Waterloo, Ontario, 2011
- Concert hall at University of Manitoba
- Morgan State University Calvin and Tina Tyler Hall, Baltimore, Maryland, 2020
Civic
- Toronto Public Library – Humber Bay Library renovation, Toronto, Ontario, 1996
- Toronto Public Library – Bendale Library renovation, Toronto, Ontario, 1999
- Toronto Public Library – Eatonville Library reconstruction, Toronto, Ontario, 2001
- Ajax Main Central Library, Ajax, Ontario, 2002
- Beausoleil First Nation Community Centre, Christian Island, Ontario, 2006
- Montrose Cultural Centre, Grand Prairie, Alberta, 2009
- Sherbourne Common Pavilion, Toronto, Ontario, 2011
- John M. Harper Library and Stork Family YMCA, Waterloo, Ontario, 2011
- GO Pedestrian Bridge, Pickering, Ontario, 2012
- Art Gallery of Grand Prairie, Grand Prairie, Alberta, 2012
- Philip J. Currie Dinosaur Museum, Wembley, Alberta, 2012
- Clareview Recreation Centre and Branch Library, Edmonton, Alberta, 2013
Religious
- Scarborough Chinese Baptist Church, Toronto, Ontario, 2007
- Sisters of St. Joseph Motherhouse, Peterborough, Ontario, 2009
Residential
- Heathdale House, Toronto, Ontario, 2004
- Pachter Residence, Toronto, Ontario, 2005
- 60 Richmond Street East, Toronto, Ontario 2010
- Nobu residences, Toronto, Ontario 2017
Commercial
- Bensimon Byrne Wellington, Toronto, Ontario, 2002
Awards
Queen's Diamond Jubilee Medal
For outstanding contribution to Canadian culture and service to the Royal Canadian Academy of ArtsCanadian Governor General's Awards for Architecture
- 1994, Trent University Childcare Centre
- 1997, Burt Matthews Hall Addition, University of Waterloo
- 2002, College of Engineering and Physical Science, University of Guelph
- 2008, Chemical Science Complex, Trent University
- 2008, Scarborough Chinese Baptist Church
- 2014, 60 Richmond East Housing Co-operative
Canadian Architect's Award
- 1996, Centre for Environmental Science & Engineering, University of Guelph
- 1997, ESE Building, University of Waterloo
- 1999, Graduate Residence, University of Toronto
- 2004, New Academic Science Complex, Trent University
- 2005, Library and Classroom Building, Langara College
- 2007, 60 Richmond St. East Housing Development
- 2009, Sherbourne Common Pavilion
Canadian Wood Council Awards
- 1998, Squirrel`s Nest Childcare Centre
Alberta Architect's Association Awards
- 2010, Montrose Cultural Centre
Ontario Architect's Association Awards
- 1994, Trent University Childcare Centre
- 1997, Burt Matthews Hall Addition, University of Waterloo
- 2001, Honour Court and Entrance Gate, York University
- 2002, Graduate Residence, University of Toronto
- 2002, Eatonville Public Library
- 2005, Early Learning Centre, University of Toronto
- 2005, Heathdale House
- 2006, Chemical Science Complex, Trent University
- 2007, Pachter Residence
- 2008, Scarborough Chinese Baptist Church
- 2010, 60 Richmond St. East Housing Development
- 2012, Sisters of St. Joseph Motherhouse
- 2012, Stephen Hawking Centre at the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics
- 2014, County of Simcoe Administration Centre
City of Cambridge Urban Design Awards
- 2003, Preston Branch Library
City of Toronto Urban Design Awards
- 2000, Eglinton Spectrum Public School
- 2003, Eatonville Public Library
- 2011, 60 Richmond St. East Housing Development
- 2011, Sherbourne Common Pavilion
- 2021, SQ2 Condos & POPS
City of North York Urban Design Awards
- 1997, Glen Long Community Centre
City of Mississauga Urban Design Awards
- 1997, Mississauga Sailing Club
- 2009, Sherbourne Common Pavilion
- 2009, Mississauga Plastic Surgery Clinic
City of Scarborough Urban Design Awards
- 1995, Squirrel`s Nest Childcare Centre
Progressive Architecture Award
- 1999, Graduate Residence, University of Toronto
Holcim Awards
- 2005, Library and Classroom Building, Langara College
Plachta Prize for Architecture
- 1994, Trent University Childcare Centre
- 2001, Honour Court and Entrance Gate, York University
- 2007, Pachter Residence
SAB Award
- 2008, Langara College Library + Classroom Building
- 2010, 60 Richmond St. East Housing Development
- 2013, Simcoe County Administrative Building
Design Exchange Awards
- 2005, Early Learning Centre, University of Toronto
- 2005, Heathdale House
- 2006, St. Joseph Media
- 2007, Pachter Residence
- 2010, 60 Richmond St. East Housing Development
- 2010, Langara Student Union
PUG Awards
- 2010, 60 Richmond St. East Housing Development
Archdaily Building of the Year Awards
- 2011, 60 Richmond St. East Housing Development