[architects—Alliance - Tower Automotive Building Adaptive Re-Use/Museum of Contemporary Art_Toronto - COVER IMG] As the tallest building within the Lower Junction, the Tower Automotive Building remains a beacon, as it has for the past 100 years. Credit: A-Frame Studio
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Tower Automotive Building Adaptive Re-Use/Museum of Contemporary Art_Toronto

Firm LocationToronto, Canada
Project locationToronto, Canada
Companyarchitects—Alliance
Lead ArchitectPeter Clewes
Design TeamAdam Feldmann, Project Manager; Helen Tran, Design Architect; Edward Yu, Project Architect
ClientMuseum of Contemporary Art_Toronto; Castlepont Greybrook Sterling Inc.

The Tower Automotive Building, a heritage-designated warehouse in Toronto’s Lower Junction Triangle, has been transformed into a new cultural hub anchored by the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), Canada’s newest public gallery dedicated to international contemporary art. As a new creative engine in the heart of Toronto’s old manufacturing district, MOCA stands at the conjunction of art and culture, performance and community-building. The key to the revival of this significant urban artifact was a series of unobtrusive interventions that revealed the bones of this extraordinary building.