TORONTO – Developers Great Gulf Group, Dream and Westdale Properties have announced the name unveiling of their new mixed-use, two-tower development designed by Toronto native Frank Gehry.
The Toronto development, to be known as Forma, will be the first Gehry-designed new development in Canada and will feature the tallest Gehry-designed building in the world.
Forma will be located at Toronto’s 266-284 King Street West with two residential towers, one of 73 storeys and the other 84 storeys, with a total of 2,034 condominiums. The project will also have commercial and retail spaces and a new space for OCAD University.
Gehry’s work has been recognized with numerous awards including the Pritzker Prize. A few of Gehry’s most notable projects include the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles and Fondation Louis Vuitton in Paris.
“As we continued to meet with Frank, his team and our partners, we couldn’t help but be drawn to the name, Forma,” stated Amanda Wilson Watkins, a senior vice-president with Great Gulf Group in a statement. “The ‘form,’ in true Gehry fashion, reflects, both literally and figuratively, the city of Toronto, and pays homage to where Mr. Gehry grew up.”
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