# New Toronto architecture bike tour

By [Brandon Donnelly](https://brandondonnelly.com) · 2018-09-01

1-bloor, 1-spadina, aqua-tower, architecture, architecture-tour, architour, bike, bike-tour, bloor-bike-lanes, bloor-street, chicago, cities, core-architects, daniels-faculty, design, detroit, river-city, saucier-perrot, spadina, toronto, uncategorized, urban-capital, urbanism

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I have a friend visiting from Detroit this weekend. We went to architecture school together at Penn. But unlike me, he decided to become a full fledged architect.

Not surprisingly, he wants to see some _new_ Toronto architecture while he’s here. I say new because he has seen the classics. So I mapped out a short bike route this morning. It’s more or less a downtown loop that starts in the St. Lawrence.

First we head west to the [Queen Richmond Centre West](http://www.sweenyandco.com/project/qrc-west/) by Allied Properties REIT (developer) and Sweeny&Co (architect). After that I’d like to show him the main drag of King West and point out two buildings by [Saucier + Perrotte Architects](http://saucierperrotte.com/en) and [CORE Architects](http://www.corearchitects.com/). I don’t think [Unzipped Toronto](http://unzippedtoronto.com/) is open yet.

Next it is north to [One Spadina Crescent](https://www.daniels.utoronto.ca/news/2017/09/09/new-daniels-building-one-spadina-crescent) – home of the Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design. This is one of if not my favorite new building in the city right now.

After that I figure we’ll cruise east along the Bloor bike lanes and look up at [1 Bloor East](https://twitter.com/donnelly_b/status/1029874058110754816). Then it is back south to check out the [River City](http://rivercitytoronto.com/) collection by [Urban Capital](http://www.urbancapital.ca/) (developer) and Saucier + Perrotte Architects (they are getting good face time on this tour).

Then we’ll do what every good new Toronto architecture bike tour should do and end with a drink on a rooftop patio somewhere. Maybe we’ll check out the Broadview Hotel. I like the neon in the lobby bar.

If I missed anything critical, let me know.

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*Originally published on [Brandon Donnelly](https://brandondonnelly.com/new-toronto-architecture-bike-tour)*