New Associate Appointments In recognition of their exceptional contribution to our client’s needs, their professionalism, design expertise and leadership while advancing the firm’s values we are pleased to announce the following new Senior Associate and Associate appointments. Saina Hamidi, M.Arch., OAA – Senior Associate Saina completed a Masters Degree in Architecture in 2005 from Azad University of Iran (AUI). Before joining CORE, she had extensive experience with various architectural classes internationally, including medical, industrial and hospitality. In 2013, Saina moved to Canada an ..read more

M Condos wins a Brampton Urban Design Award M Condos received an award of merit in the 2023 Brampton Urban Design Awards. The 2023 Brampton Urban Design Awards focus on new socio-economic themes alongside best practice design standards. Under the theme ‘Inclusivity – By Design’, the Awards will address themes of Active Design, Aging Population, Sustainability, Accessibility, Safety, Equity, Health and Wellbeing. M Condos is located at the corner of Sandalwood Parkway West and Veterans Drive in Brampton, Ontario. The building is primarily clad with a combination of white solid panels and clear ..read more

WAF Shortlisted Six50 King World Architecture Festival WAF shortlisted Six50 King in the Housing category. Over 2,000 architects, designers, clients, and press will converge at Moshe Safdie’s spectacular Marina Bay Sands Hotel for the world’s largest festival and live awards competition dedicated to celebrating, and sharing architectural excellence from across the globe on September 29th to October 3rd. The post WAF Shortlisted Six50 King appeared first on CORE Architects Inc ..read more

Principal Babak Eslahjou Finalist in Architizer One Photo Challenge   Babak Eslahjou, principal at CORE Architects, has been named a finalist in this year’s Architizer One Photo Challenge 2021. The One Photo Challenge celebrates architectural photography that captures the essence of a place and communicates a larger story about the meaning of home, city, or country. Babak Eslahjou was selected for his photograph titled ‘Mumbai From Above’.  “‘Mumbai from Above’ is a vivid depiction of the resilience and spontaneity of people. Countless acts of individual accommodation have transforme ..read more

The Residences of 488 University Wins CTBUH Award of Excellence 2021 The Residences of 488 University Avenue has won the CTBUH Renovation Award of Excellence 2021. The CTBUH Awards Program honors projects and individuals that have made extraordinary contributions to the advancement of tall buildings and the urban environment, and that achieve sustainability at the highest and broadest level. The Residences of 488 University Avenue is an intensification project that includes major enhancements to Global House, the existing 18-story office building built in 1968, by adding 37 additional resident ..read more

New Associate Appointments In recognition of their exceptional contribution to our client’s needs, their professionalism, design expertise and leadership while advancing the firm’s values we are pleased to announce the following new Partner, Senior Associate and Associate appointments. Dena Mousapour – Senior Associate Dena graduated from the Shahid Beheshti University in Tehran in 2007 with a Bachelor of Architecture. She has over thirteen years of project architect experience, including master-planning, recreational and sports facilities, and performing art centres. Dena joined CORE in ..read more

CORE Architects 25th Anniversary Party This year marked the twenty-fifth anniversary of CORE Architects, which was founded in 1994 by principals Babak Eshlahjou, Charles Gane and Deni Poletti. During this period CORE participated in the design of over 200 million sq.ft. of development internationally. To commemorate the achievement CORE hosted a twenty-fifth anniversary party at its offices on Queens Quay. The event was catered by Noushe Catering Kitchen and attendees were treated to a signature cocktail aptly named “Height and Density”. Over 500 attendees joined in the celebrations ..read more

The Hunny Pot The evolution of cannabis dispensaries from hard to find, unsophisticated retail environments to carefully orchestrated brand experiences will only accelerate as demand and competition increases in this growing retail segment and cannabis retail store design is a critical component of the equation. CORE has guided numerous clients through this process including Indiva and The Hunny Pot Cannabis Company which recently open Toronto’s first legal dispensary on trendy Queen Street West. At Hunny Pot, CORE was faced with an expedited time-frame to deliver a store design concept over 4 ..read more

New Associate Appointment In recognition of her exceptional contribution to our client’s needs, her professionalism, design expertise and leadership while advancing the firm’s values we are pleased to announce the following Associate appointment.   Soha Wadood – Associate Soha Wadood joined CORE in 2010 after receiving her BA in Interior Design from Ryerson University. She has nine years of experience in interior design, project management and construction supervision in retail and residential projects. She is responsible for maintaining the client relationship through the management of ..read more

CORE Office Move The move to our new offices is finally complete and we are now settling into our new 15,000 sq.ft space at 130 Queens Quay East. The Daniels Corporation which developed the property is putting the final touches on the building and the interior fit-out of the ground floor retail tenants is well underway. An entire weekend was needed along with 500 moving bins, 7 movers, 150 dollies and 1500 moving labels to complete the move. Our IT team after weeks of careful planning, preparation and deployment issues finally brought our servers online Saturday. Mission-critical equipment inc ..read more