Today, Deputy Mayor Joe Pantalone and Councillor Pam McConnell officially unveiled the five short-listed competing designs in the St. Lawrence Market North Building Design Competition. In February 2010, five design teams were selected from a field of 30 to compete in Stage 2 of the competition and develop full architectural building designs.

The five short-listed teams that are presenting design concepts for this competition are:
Adamson Associates Architects and Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners
Cohos Evamy + Hotson Bakker Boniface Haden Architects
Kuwabara Payne McKenna Blumberg Architects
NORR Limited, Architects Engineers Planners
Taylor Hazell Architects and Montgomery Sisam

In mid-May, a jury of seven distinguished members will evaluate the five short-listed submissions and choose a winning design. The competition winner will be announced on June 7, and until then, each of the designs are anonymous, identified only by a designated colour to ensure fairness and equity in judging.

The panel of jury members include:
Christine Couvelier, President of Culinary Concierge
Dr. Ron Dembo, Founder and CEO of Zerofootprint
William N. Greer, B.Arch., FRAIC, CAHP, Professional Heritage Consultant
Andrea P. Leers, FAIA, Principal at Leers Weinzapfel Associates
Peter Ortved, B.Arch., OAA, FRAIC, Principal of CS&P Architects
Russell Smith, Canadian Novelist and Newspaper Columnist
Claire Weisz, Founding Partner of WXY Architecture

The public is invited to view the short-listed designs in the Great Hall of St. Lawrence Hall, located at 157 King St. E. (at Jarvis), 3rd floor, at the following times:

Friday, May 7: 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Saturday, May 8: 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Sunday, May 9: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Visit http://www.toronto.ca/stlawrence_market/design to view and provide feedback on the five competing architectural designs, and for more information.