Limberlost Place: Toronto’s timber tower aims high | Unpublished
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Author: Alex Bozikovic
Publication Date: September 20, 2025 - 07:30

Limberlost Place: Toronto’s timber tower aims high

September 20, 2025

Sometimes change is hard to spot. Limberlost Place, a new 10-storey facility for George Brown College, lands quietly on Toronto’s eastern waterfront. Its serrated, copper-hued facades rise up and slim to a peak with just a hint of bravado.

There’s no sign this is among the country’s most innovative buildings – not until you cross the threshold. The main lobby rises in a grand staircase framed by ten-tonne columns and nine-metre-long beams of black spruce.



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