An architect selection committee at the University of Toronto has appointed Diamond Schmitt and MVRDV to lead the design of the Temerty Faculty of Medicine’s new James and Louise Temerty Building. 

The selection follows an international, competitive request-for-proposal process to design the new building, which will replace the west wing of the Medical Sciences Building on King’s College Road and feature state-of-the-art teaching and research facilities. 

“We’re excited to work with a faculty utterly committed to excellence in training future generations of physicians, health professionals and researchers,” said Donald Schmitt, principal architect at Diamond Schmitt Architects. “It’s inspiring to contribute to spaces that will help lead to better health outcomes for people over time.” 

The project’s key elements include spaces for clinical education and collaborative, interdisciplinary research. Spaces that Schmitt describes as the building’s ‘connective tissues’ will also play an important role in encouraging faculty members, learners and staff to interact and share ideas.   

“Places where people have spontaneous opportunities to connect can become the lifeblood of the community,” Schmitt said. “The juxtaposition where various people and programs are placed and the relationships between can really make magic in a building.” 

A $100-million donation from James and Louise Temerty and the Temerty Foundation helped spearhead the project, announced as part of their transformational gift of $250-million, for which the Faculty was renamed in their honour in 2020. 

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