Living On A Mountaintop
Each peak overlooks a different part of the city and rises above the diverse public space at the ground level. Atop each of the four mountains, the two-storey penthouse levels form floating sanctuaries, set high above the urban neighborhood of King Street West.
Homes by Bjarke Ingels
We created KING Toronto as a direct response to a unique site that our partner Allied spent over a decade assembling, in one of Canada’s truly great neighbourhoods. We were attempting to create an architectural typology that could complement and celebrate the heritage buildings on the site, bring nature into the city and create an extensive, diverse public realm. At the core of our design we hoped to answer the question, how can architecture create community? We thought of this project as a way to demonstrate how architecture can meet some of society’s challenges.
