B+H Architects
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| Private company | |
| Industry | Architecture, Interior Design, Urban planning |
| Founded | 1953 |
| Founder | Sidney Bregman, George Frederick Hamann |
| Headquarters | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
Number of employees | 450 |
| Website | www.bharchitects.com |
B+H Architects or BH Architects (formerly known as Bregman + Hamann Architects), founded in 1953, is one of the largest architecture, interior design and urban planning firms in the world with over 450 architects, designers, planners and support teams working from offices in Toronto, Vancouver, Calgary, Seattle, Shanghai, Beijing, Hong Kong, Singapore, Ho Chi Minh City, Delhi, Doha and Dubai.
B+H's body of work spans all sectors including commercial, entertainment, healthcare, hospitality, industrial, institutional, residential, retail, sports, and transportation. The firm has also collaborated with many international architects including: Santiago Calatrava, Daniel Libeskind, and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe.
In 2014, B+H ranked among the top 50 largest architecture firms around the world by British magazine Building Design.[1]
Founders
The firm was founded by two young Canadian architects from the University of Toronto Sidney Bregman (Born in Warsaw, Poland - died February 9, 2014) - Toronto[2]) and George Frederick Hamann (June 14, 1928 in Toronto - February 9, 2013 in Newmarket, Ontario).[3] Hamann left the firm in 1987.
Current and Past Projects
North America
- Shops on Steeles and the 404, Toronto, Ontario. Originally called Markham Place. Built in 1978
- Jackman Law Building, University of Toronto Faculty of Law, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (with Hariri Pontarini Architects)[4]
- Abilities Centre, Whitby. Recipient of the International Olympic Committee Award of Distinction.[5]
- Harbinger Communications, Toronto
- RBC Centre, Toronto
- Bell Canada Creekbank — Phase 3, Mississauga
- Archives of Ontario / York Research Tower, Toronto
- University of New Brunswick — Richard J. Currie Center / Healthy Living Village, Fredericton
- University of Windsor — Centre for Engineering Innovation, Windsor
- 131 Queen Street Mixed-Use Development, Ottawa
- St. Joseph's Health Centre Renewal, Toronto
- New Niagara Health System Health-Care Complex and Walker Family Cancer Centre, St. Catharines
- Markham Stouffville Hospital — Redevelopment Master Planning and Design Consulting Services, Markham
- Birchmount Park Collegiate Institute, Scarborough/Toronto
- Brookfield Place, Toronto
- Toronto Eaton Centre, Toronto
- Canadian Broadcasting Centre, Toronto
- Toronto-Dominion Centre, Toronto
- First Canadian Place, Toronto
- Exchange Tower, Toronto
- Metro Toronto Convention Centre — South Building, Toronto
- Renaissance ROM (including Michael Lee-Chin Crystal), Toronto
- World Exchange Plaza — 100 Queen Street, Ottawa
- CN Tower Redevelopment, Toronto
- Sheridan Centre for Animation & Emerging Technologies, Oakville
- Sheridan College — Trafalgar Campus Redevelopment Master Plan, Oakville
- Skylon Tower, Niagara Falls, Ontario
- Queen's University — Beamish-Munro Hall, Kingston
- Queen's University — Queen's Centre, Kingston
- University of British Columbia — Institute of Computing, Information and Cognitive Systems, Vancouver
- Vaughan Mills, Vaughan
- Toronto Pearson International Airport — Terminal 3, Mississauga
- Toronto Pearson International Airport — Infield Development Project, Mississauga
- Toronto 2008 Olympic Bid
- GE Canada Headquarters, Mississauga
- Esso Plaza, Calgary
- First Canadian Centre, Calgary
- CIBC 750 Lawrence, Toronto
Asia
- Inter IKEA, Wuxi and Wuhan
- Gleneagles Medini Hospital, Malaysia
- Changi General Hospital, Singapore
- Sandhill Plaza, Shanghai
- YCIS International School, interior design, Shanghai
- Ordos Airport, Inner Mongolia
- Sephora Flagship Store, Shanghai
- Paul & Shark Flagship Store, Hong Kong
- New Shanghai International Tower, Shanghai
- Shanghai Hong Kong New World Tower, Shanghai
- You You International Plaza, Shanghai
- Microsoft Zizhu Campus, Shanghai
- Özdilek Centre, Istanbul
- Survam Knowledge Park, Gurgaon, Haryana, India
- Xiamen International Conference Centre, Xiamen
- Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport, Xiamen
- Haikou Meilan Airport Terminal, Haikou
- Sun Life Financial Centre, Bonifacio Global City, Taguig City, Philippines
- Changsha Huanghua International Airport Terminal, Changsha
- Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport, Hangzhou
Collaboration Projects
- Toronto Eaton Centre — worked with Eberhard Zeidler 1977–1982
- Royal Ontario Museum — with Daniel Libeskind on Michael Chin-Lee Crystal / Renaissance ROM project 2007–2010
- Toronto-Dominion Centre — worked with Mies van der Rohe 1967–1969
- Brookfield Place (formerly BCE Place) — worked with Santiago Calatrava (Galleria and Heritage Court) and Skidmore, Owings and Merrill (TD Canada Trust Tower) 1990–1991
Sources
- ↑ http://www.bharchitects.com/en/news_stories/45
- ↑ http://www.oaa.on.ca/news%20--%20events/news/detail/In-Memoriam---Sidney-Bregman--/925
- ↑ http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/thestar/obituary.aspx?pid=163028120
- ↑ "Inside U of T's new Jackman Law Building, with a three-floor atrium and some of the best views on campus". Toronto Life. October 19, 2016. Retrieved October 21, 2016.
- ↑ "Canadian architects honoured with awards for accessible sports and leisure facilities". Canadian Architect. Retrieved 31 August 2016.