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Architect:Renzo Piano Building Workshop
Location: Toronto, Ontario
Completion Date: 2023
Renzo Piano Building Workshop (RPBW) has announced the completion of a new facility for the Ontario Court of Justice. The largest courthouse in Ontario will consolidate the court’s various offices and functions previously housed across separate facilities. For the facade of the complex, RPBW has repeated a fairly standard architectural metaphor: the use of glazing as a symbol of institutional transparency.
The 800,000-square foot building is located within Toronto’s civic center, sharing space with several architecturally significant courthouses designed in the 19th century. For example, its neighbor, Osgoode Hall, is a sprawling neoclassical
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