{"id":470550,"date":"2022-07-04T18:20:06","date_gmt":"2022-07-04T15:20:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/this-landmark-skyscraper-was-redesigned-for-the-future\/"},"modified":"2022-07-04T18:20:06","modified_gmt":"2022-07-04T15:20:06","slug":"this-landmark-skyscraper-was-redesigned-for-the-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/this-landmark-skyscraper-was-redesigned-for-the-future\/","title":{"rendered":"#This landmark skyscraper was redesigned for the future"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2f27ca10ece\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2f27ca10ece\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/this-landmark-skyscraper-was-redesigned-for-the-future\/#%E2%80%9CThis_landmark_skyscraper_was_redesigned_for_the_future%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;This landmark skyscraper was redesigned for the future&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CThis_landmark_skyscraper_was_redesigned_for_the_future%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;This landmark skyscraper was redesigned for the future&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n                            When the square is finished in 2024, the complex will feature two towers\u201450 and 49 storeys, respectively\u2014and more than three million square feet of floor space\n                        <\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">When British architect Dominic Bettison<\/span><span class=\"s2\"> visited Toronto for the first time in 2013, he saw a whole lot of Mies: Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, that is. The mid-century master\u2019s rectangular glass-and-steel designs have held an outsized influence over the city\u2019s skyline for generations. The banking district\u2014which is home to Mies van der Rohe\u2019s black TD Centre towers\u2014is no exception.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s2\">Bettison had a different exterior aesthetic in mind when his London-based firm, WilkinsonEyre, was t<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ed to design CIBC\u2019s new downtown headquarters in 2013. \u201cI wanted to create something that reflected the environment around it in a dynamic way,\u201d Bettison says. Among the imposing, featureless facades is now a lighter, more expressive effort: CIBC Square.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1237907\" style=\"width: 3743px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-sizes=\"auto\" class=\"wp-image-1237907 size-full lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/www.macleans.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/996_N181_EDIT_Yellow.jpg\" alt=\"The south building\u2019s lobby features 75-foot ceilings, plenty of travertine limestone and an original work of art by Toronto artist Steve Driscoll. The piece\u2019s glass panels depict super-saturated images of tall Canadian tree canopies.\" width=\"3733\" height=\"5600\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">The south building\u2019s lobby features 75-foot ceilings, plenty of travertine limestone and an original work of art by Toronto artist Steve Driscoll. The piece\u2019s glass panels depict super-saturated images of tall Canadian tree canopies.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"p2\">When it\u2019s finished in 2024, the complex will feature two towers\u201450 and 49 storeys, respectively\u2014and more than three million square feet of floor space. The shorter south tower, completed last year, is already an architectural departure for the downtown core: the diamond-shaped cuts of blue glass on its exterior reflect sunlight in colours that change depending on the time of day. Older banking buildings outwardly resemble the fortifications of finance\u2014enormous and inward-facing\u2014but CIBC Square will open itself to the city. Its public amenities include an expansive ground-floor plaza, an upscale restaurant, a food hall and a caf\u00e9.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1237908\" style=\"width: 4042px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-sizes=\"auto\" class=\"wp-image-1237908 size-full lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/www.macleans.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Legacy-Room-1.jpg\" alt=\"This oak-adorned space is allocated for activities that support reconciliation with Indigenous communities. Its layout was created with the Indigenous Design Studio at Toronto architecture firm Brook McIlroy and is inspired by Anishinaabe teaching lodges.\" width=\"4032\" height=\"3024\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">This oak-adorned space is allocated for activities that support reconciliation with Indigenous communities. Its layout was created with the Indigenous Design Studio at Toronto architecture firm Brook McIlroy and is inspired by Anishinaabe teaching lodges.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s2\">Of course, this is still an office building. Recently, more than 19,000 CIBC employees\u2014once spread across 18 locations\u2014started spending their nine-to-five and hybrid working lives here. \u201cIt\u2019s no longer just about the desks and chairs,\u201d says Veni Iozzo, an executive vice-president with CIBC, of the Square\u2019s non-hierarchical layout.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">And that means no offices. Workspaces are instead divided into three-storey ecosystems joined by staircases and filled with meeting rooms and plenty of natural, non-fluorescent light. For workers in need of quiet time, each ecosystem has its own library floor for silent work, with adjustable privacy panels and dimmable lighting.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s2\">\u201cBefore, our team went to the office by default,\u201d Iozzo says.<\/span> <span class=\"s3\">\u201cNow, we\u2019re going to the office for activities best done in person, like coaching and <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">social<\/a> connection. This space is de<\/span>signed for our new, untethered world of work.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p><em>This article appears in print in the\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/canadianmags.ca\/products\/macleans-july-2022\">July 2022<\/a>\u00a0issue of<\/em>\u00a0Maclean\u2019s\u00a0<em>magazine. 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