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perspectives

places: toronto

From left: Renderings of the striking ground floor lobby and sky lobby of the Trump International Hotel & Tower, Toronto.

ﬂoors, yards of gauzy white curtains, and sliding pocket doors offset the modernity and add glamour. The showstopper 16thﬂoor rooftop terrace, complete with a pool and bar, was designed by Toronto’s own II By IV, which is also the creative force behind the Trump Hotel, due to open sometime next year. For the Trump, “What really inspired us is that while there are Trump standards we had to consider, the design is not typical Trump,” II by IV principal and partner Keith Rushbrook says. “We really looked at Toronto for inspiration—how it’s grown

into this very vibrant, international city with amazing culture and diversity.” That the ﬁrm achieved that goal is clear from the fact that Ivanka Trump “feels this will be the crown jewel of the brand,” he adds. The color scheme takes its cue from the presence of a champagne-and-caviar bar in the lobby, according to Rushbrook. “But the blacks have depth and iridescence,” he says, “and the champagnes offer all kinds of beautiful variations of cream, ivory, and white, and even some light bronze colors.”

Fox’s 53-story Ritz-Carlton, with interiors by HBA, will be the town’s newest standard for luxury. “The tower was conceived and designed with the neighboring RBC Centre. Together, these buildings represent a state-of-the-art, mixed-use complex for today’s global city, facilitating a modern and sustainable lifestyle,” says KPF’s president Paul Katz. On the site of a parking lot near Toronto’s central business district and theater district, the hotel encompasses the ﬁrst 19 ﬂoors (topped by 30 condos), with the ﬁrst ﬁve marked by a podium that separates the tower from the street consisting of meeting and event space and a spa, and the next 14 housing the 240 guestrooms. Inside, there’s a lobby clad in ivory marble adorned with inlaid bronze imprints of maple leaves, a two-story restaurant with a cheese cave, and a private dining room in the wine cellar. Throughout the hotel, extensive use is made of polished, mediumtoned African anigre wood, and guestrooms feature color schemes of crimson and beige, with marble baths and gold-beige textured wallpaper. The 22,000-square-foot spa takes up the entire ﬁfth ﬂoor, and features a pool surround of tumbled mosaic tiles, a reception-area water feature, and a skylit

Soaring Luxury
Until the Trump opens, Kohn Pedersen

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relaxation area. Also arriving this fall is the Hotel Le Germaine Maple Leaf Square, the second from Toronto’s Groupe Germain. Located in a new in-ﬁll development—a $500 million sports and entertainment complex that includes condos, shopping, and theaters near the ﬁnancial district and waterfront— the hotel features interiors by Montreal’s Lemay Michaud Architecture and Design. The brief calls for an atmosphere of “grandeur,” brought to life via an elliptical

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