Ontario – Toronto GTA – Downtown Toronto
Corporation
www.brookmcilroy.com
Ontario
Toronto GTA
Downtown Toronto
Corporation
active
Operating name: Brook McIlroy Inc.
Brook McIlroy is an award-winning architecture, urban design, landscape architecture and planning firm founded on the ambition to create a truly multi-disciplinary practice to address the complex and interrelated challenges of contemporary city building and design.
Projects span from large-scale urban visions and implementation strategies to the detailed design of buildings, landscapes and civic infrastructure. Each project is approached as a unique challenge focused on client engagement, community consultation and thorough place-specific research. Recognizing the profound impact our cities, buildings and landscapes have on the global environment Brook McIlroy proactively integrates sustainable development practices into all of its projects and the workplace.
Our staff and consultants include architects, planners, engineers, technologists, and landscape architects. With several areas of expertise we have the ability to fully understand each project and its challenges, and can bring creative solution to project needs.
Areas of focus include: o Academic - Institutional facilities
o Commercial Buildings
o Recreation and Sports Facilities
o Residential Design
o Campus - Site Planning
o Urban Design Strategies - Design Guidelines
o Transportation Studies, Waterfront Planning
o Downtown Revitalization
o Community Planning
Contents
Approach and Methodology
Key Staff
Selected Projects
Awards Press and Publications
References
Approach - Methodology
General Approach
User Group Participation - Authorities with Jurisdiction
Team Organization
Communications and Technology
Project Management - Contract Documentation
Budgets and Scheduling
General Approach
Each project is approached as a unique challenge involving in-depth consultation with all
stakeholders and extensive research resulting in innovative ideas and creative solutions.
Our diverse staff and consultants consisting of planners, architects, engineers, technologists, and landscape architects is committed to offering services with: · A thorough understanding of the complexities of working within a complex regulatory framework to achieve municipal and community support for each project
· A commitment to show leadership in areas of design innovation and environmentally responsible design
· Experience and understanding of technical and construction issues related to a wide range of building types
· A history of client service at all stages of projects
· The latest, most efficient design tools and methods available in the industry
User Group Participation - Authorities with Jurisdiction
The partners and senior staff have extensive experience with the client and public consultation processes involved with both urban planning and architectural projects. We have been successful in assisting our clients to establish goals and objectives within complex regulatory frameworks and satisfying the needs of user groups, municipalities, business and community groups.
Our strong emphasis on participation during the programming and design phases produces architectural and urban planning solutions that best complement owner and user needs. Clients, user groups, authorities, and the community, through interest groups, workshops, charrettes and public meetings, are continuously consulted in the determination of the design requirements.
The most rewarding and successful component of our practice has been the quality of our projects and long-term client relationships, resulting from in-depth dialogue and communication. Through our commitment to the importance of the pre-design and design stages, we have gained the trust of all
participants, and are able to ensure all parties benefit from a quality and enduring product.
Team Organization
Staff members have the ability to work on all phase of projects from inception through to completion. Continuity, and a thorough understanding throughout each project is ensured by assigning design teams which are committed for the full life of the project.
Long standing relationships with a number of consultants ensures both efficient communication and seamless integration into projects as required.
Project Management - Contract Documentation
Brook McIlroy represents over 50 years of experience in the
management of complex architectural and planning projects. We
have worked with methods of project delivery; conventional
design / tender / construction, construction management,
design / build, and build / own / transfer. We have been able
to successfully adapt to many roles ranging from owner€™s
representative to specialist advisor, prime consultant to sub-
consultant on conventional and fast-track projects.
We are able to provide services such as preparation of financial
pro-formas, informational packages, and contract documents in
support of financing, scheduling, detailing and costing.
Budgets and Scheduling
An important part of our professional services is to accurately
identify and strictly control the construction cost of the
building. Our general strategy is to focus-on, and adjust, the
design and consultant based changes, as well as Client changes,
during the pre-design and design phases to ensure costly
breakdowns in communication during the construction and
tendering phases can be avoided.
We also consult with local cost consultants and contractors to
determine regional factors that may influence schedule and costs
Cost implications of specific components may be reviewed with
the Client at any time throughout the project for life cycle
costing. Our mechanical / electrical consultants can perform
simulations for various equipment choices that can predict the
most cost effective solutions for projects.
Principals
Calvin Brook
Ann McIlroy
CALVIN BROOK
MArch, BArch, OAA, MRAIC, MCIP, RPP, LEED AP
Calvin Brook is a licensed architect and planner and a Principal of BMI/Pace. With over twenty-five years of professional practice, Calvin has extensive architectural, urban design and planning experience with projects ranging from individual buildings to comprehensive master plan for urban districts, campuses, parks and waterfronts. He has been the principal designer for over twenty-five university commissioned projects in Canada and the U.S.A., including partner-in-charge for the preparation of eleven campus plans. Calvin speaks regularly on topics of design and urbanism, and is currently a member of the City of Toronto€™s Design Review Panel. In addition to professional practice, he has taught at Harvard University, University of Toronto, Carleton University and the University of Waterloo where he held an appointment as Associate Professor of Urban Design.
Prior to establishing BMI/Pace, he was Principal of Cochrane Brook Planning and Urban Design from 1997 to 2000, and Project Director of Brisbin Brook Beynon Architects from 1987, where in addition to architectural practice he founded and led the Urban Design and Planning Division. From 1985 to 1987, he was a designer for Sasaki Associates in Boston, Massachusetts where he worked on a number of large-scale master planning projects.
ANNE McILROY
BFA, B.Arch, MRAIC, MCIP, RPP
Anne McIlroy, a Principal of BMI/Pace, graduated from the University of Toronto with a Bachelor of Fine Arts and a Bachelor of Architecture in 1987. She has over twenty years experience as an urban designer for master plans and design projects across Canada, the U.S.A. and the United Kingdom. In addition to professional practice, she has taught at York University and Waterloo University. Anne has particular expertise in the development of master plans and design standards for communities, waterfronts universities and other public institutions. She is a recognized expert in the facilitation of design workshops and public consultation forums.
Anne is the founding Chair of the Urban Design Working Group, a committee of the Ontario Provincial Planning Institute of urban design practitioners. She has been appointed to the Toronto Waterfront Revitalization Corporation€™s Design Review Panel and is Chair of the City of Mississauga Urban Design Advisory Panel. She writes and spe
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