The building frame, including the underground garage, is poured in place using reinforced concrete. The masonry elements are supported on Fero Fast adjustable steel angles at each slab edge and tied to an engineered steel stud substrate which provided the minimization of thermal breaks at the slab edges and a rapid enclosure of the building shell. This allowed for an earlier installation of window units and the commencement of interior finish and building systems.
Designed to be Belleville’s premier retirement residence, it incorporates a manufactured stone base and window surrounds integrated into a field of warm burnt clay brick. The architectural design highlights include a sun-drenched lobby and sidewalk café at the main entrance, a main dining room and solarium spilling onto a recreational deck and generously landscaped garden, a therapeutic pool, and other resident amenities including a medical clinic, personal care facilities, exercise and games rooms, a chapel, and a library.
Designed as Kingston’s premier condominium residence, the building displays a heavily rusticated 2 storey stone base surmounted by 15 storeys of tan coloured brick. Building entrances on the North and South sides are emphasized by finely detailed steel and glass canopy structures supported on stone clad columns.There is something innately timeless in masonry’s display of human labour and ingenuity as manifested in subtle textures and patterns. The building frame, including the underground garage, is poured in place reinforced concrete. Stone and brick masonry is supported on Fero Fast adjustable steel angles at each slab edge and tied to an engineered steel stud substrate.
