Giannone Petricone Associates Inc. Architects
462 Wellington Street West, Suite 501 M5V1E3 Toronto, ON, Canada

Congratulations to GPAIA's Leon Lai! Together with his teammate’s their submission "Oil Silo House" won third prize for the Dow Solar Design to Zero Competition and was featured to day on MSNBC. http://video.msnbc.msn.com/msnbc.com/46604879#46604879

You are invited to an evening of wine, cheese, and book signing to celebrate the launch of Concrete Ideas: Material to Shape a City, edited by Pina Petricone. Date: January 25, 2012 Time: 6:00 - 8:00 PM Location: Larry Wayne Richards Gallery, John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design, 230 College Street... Concrete Ideas: Material to Shape a City is about possibilities in concrete architecture. It visually speculates, through a series of montages, drawings and photographs, about concrete architecture’s capacity as an urban catalyst, its potential for defining cities and for virtuosity in urban renewal. It asks; given the now mainstream nanotechnologies that transform the performance of materials at the molecular level without fundamentally changing the material aesthetic, can we anticipate and provoke a change in its inherent authority, perception and aesthetic culture? It represents a series of recognizable brutalist examples from around the world to be read alongside contemporary ‘new concrete’ constructions, to ultimately render their ‘generation’ undistinguishable. The work uses the case of Toronto with its predominant 60s and 70s brutalist stock, and unique minus 30 to plus 30 Canadian climate, to test these speculations with building projects that challenge the limits of concrete performance. With contributions from architects and thinkers such as Mark West, George Baird, Will Bruder, and Charles Waldheim, among others, Concrete Ideas offers a seductive argument for the reconsideration of this age-old building material as supple, light, and instrumental in the re-presentation of existing concrete ‘citizens’.

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is looking for an Intermediate Designer... you have a sound design sense and exceptional skills in the production and co-ordination of contract documents and must be comfortable working in a team environment. You must be able to demonstrate experience ranging from concept design through to contract administration. You will have experience working on both building shell and interior design. Once you join our team you will need to liaise with clients effectively, to produce dra...wings that are accurate and to respond creatively to constructive feedback. Professional Experience: 7-10 years Computer Capabilities: AutoCAD 2008, MS Office, Adobe Creative Suite 3. If interested please send a PDF of your covering letter to our HR at [email protected].