Maple Leaf Square is a bold and energetic 24 hour sports, entertainment and residential precinct in downtown Toronto. Situated between the Toronto Financial District and Harbourfront, and anchored by the adjacent Air Canada Centre, the new complex consolidates the area into a vital sports and entertainment district in the city. The design integrates two slender residential towers with a mixed use podium comprising retail, entertainment, hotel, daycare, and office space. The podium is distinguished by a frit glass ‘wrapper’ floating above the retail base that carries large-scale signage visible from the Gardiner Expressway. The glass wraps continuously around the podium, interrupted only at the northwest and southeast by stone corners. The roof of the podium is landscaped into a series of courtyards and terraces for hotel, daycare and residential uses.
