Construction Blog

Day 2 of moving for Flavelle House staff and visiting faculty continues under sunny skies and another hot and humid day in Toronto.

 Out of Flavelle House...

...And into the temporary Faculty of Law space for some staff and visiting faculty at 90 Wellesley St. W.

In the meantime, Bora Laskin Law Library staff, like John Papadopoulos, chief librarian, are still packing up, in anticipation of the start of their move tomorrow, July 19.

The Faculty of Law has partnered with some of Canada's foremost companies to complete its vision. Here is some background information on the construction and renewal project team:

B+H Architects, Executive Architect        

B+H is an award-winning, full-service, global design firm. With a reputation for excellence in sustainable design, technical expertise and delivery of complex, large-scale projects, B + H has gained a large portfolio of work ranging from the planning of entire regions and cities through to the shaping of public spaces, individual buildings and interiors, each requiring the coordination of talented multidisciplinary teams. The work B+H is undertaking with Hariri Pontarini Architects (HPA) is yet another example of its long track record of working collaboratively in the executive architect role in order to execute a stunning building design. B+H played a similar role in the construction of the Daniel Libeskind Group’s Michael Lee-Chin Crystal at the Royal Ontario Museum.

Summer is upon us and we wanted to update you on the construction project.  Permit approvals are making their way through the normal channels of municipal governance. Final moves of some of our staff members and our library collection will be underway this month. The last stage of the move of the Bora Laskin library collection is scheduled for mid-July and the library will close for a few days during this stage. Advance notice will be posted on the library’s blog. All library and IT staff will move to the first floor of the Birge-Carnegie Building at Victoria University at the corner of Charles Street and Queen’s Park, just across the street from the Faculty of Law. Birge-Carnegie will be the new home for the Bora Laskin Law Library as well as the main law student 'hub' during the 2013-15 transition period. In addition, some faculty (visiting and emeritus) and all staff in Flavelle House are scheduled to move later in July to temporary offices at 90 Wellesley St., near the Faculty of Law’s other building at 39 Queen’s Park. Their phone numbers remain the same.

The expansion of the Faculty of Law includes the Jackman Law Building along Queen's Park Crescent, a stunning addition to the cultural and architectural renaissance on Philosopher’s Walk. The building completes the trio of iconic structures in the neighbourhood, comprised also of the ROM’s Michael Lee-Chin Crystal and the Royal Conservatory’s Telus Centre for Performance and Learning.