Farrow Partnership Architects featured in Southern Design & Building Magazine
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TORONTO December 9, 2011... Farrow's innovative use of wood in the design for the Carlo Fidani Regional Cancer Centre at the Credit Valley Hospital in Mississauga is featured in the latest issue of Southern Design & Building Magazine. Read the article here.
Tye Farrow appointed to the University of Toronto's College of Electors
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TORONTO, December 9, 2011 - Tye Farrow, senior partner, Farrow Partnership Architects, has been appointed to the University of Toronto’s prestigious governance body, the College of Electors. The College of Electors comprises 47 members representing alumni from the University’s Faculties and Colleges. The primary role of the College is to elect the Chancellor, the head of the University, and the eight alumni members to serve on the Governing Council of the University of Toronto.
Farrow Partnership awarded new master planning project
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TORONTO, December 5, 2011 - Farrow Partnership Architects has been awarded the contract to update the master program and to develop a master plan for the Guelph General Hospital (GGH) site, an acute-care 315,000-square foot, 165-bed facility located in southern Ontario, Canada. Farrow’s master plan will address short-term, mid-term and long-term scenarios for the Hospital and will comply with the Stage 1 business case master plan capital planning requirements of the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care.
Globe and Mail Lisa Rochon Saturday November 12, 2011
In South Africa, Toronto-based Tye Farrow, an expert in hospital design, has been commissioned to create several centres of wellness – in rural, urban and township areas. The winner of a competition, decided by an 11-person jury from five continents, Farrow Partnership Architects Inc. were the design leads on a team that includes American firm Clark Nexsen and South African architects Ngonyama Okpanum.
The Globe and Mail Report on Business recognizes Farrow's planning process
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TORONTO, November 25, 2011 — A recent “Monday Morning Manager” section of the Globe and Mail profiled Farrow Partnership Architects’ (FPA’s) approach to discovering better planning and design solutions. Developed over a period of fifteen years and based on leading-edge learning principles and group dynamics, some aspects of FPA’s process can be compared to television detective Lt. Columbo’s methodology.
Farrow Partnership to design master plan for Pickering College
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TORONTO, November 18, 2011 - Farrow Partnership Architects, working in joint venture with Quadrangle Architects Limited, has been selected to design an updated master plan development for PickeringCollege, an independent school for both junior and senior school-aged children, located in Newmarket, Ontario. Working within the principles of Quaker design, including simplicity, directness and a sense of truth and purpose, the team is designing the optimum 21st century educational master plan setting that will create a lasting legacy for the College.
Farrow Partnership Team Selected for South African Ministry of Health "Centre of Influence" Projects
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TORONTO, November 7, 2011 — Aiming to dramatically improve health and reduce costs, the South African Ministry of Health has funded an international design competition to build exemplar Health Promoting Lifestyle Centres (HPLCs - see images). Jury members from five continents have selected Farrow Partnership’s team as the winner in response to an open design brief, which called for a new type of health centre. The HPLCs are planned for assessment, adaptation and construction in the rural settings, townships and cities throughout the country’s nine provinces.
TORONTO, October 27, 2011 - Two partners from Farrow Partnership Architects presented at the Design & Health International Symposium & Workshop held in Cape Town, South Africa, on 25-26 October, 2011. Senior partner Tye Farrow presented Farrow’s design for the South African Health Promoting Lifestyle Centre to the Minister of Health. Partner Nadia Tobia’s presentation was part of the session, “Health Challenges in Emerging Economies” during the first day of the event.
