June 2015
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garded as the birthplace of Toronto, as well
as being one of the oldest fortification sites
in Canada, going all the way back to the War
of 1812.
According to Kearns, the project was a chal-
lenge, but that's exactly the type of work Ke-
arns Mancini love to seek out.
“I would say the types of projects we like are
quite challenging,” he said. “And the Fort
York Visitor Centre is a tremendous exam-
ple of a challenge to put the building where
almost no building could go. All of those
extreme limitations tend to produce a very
unique and outstanding solution which we
feel the visitor centre became.”
Along with Kearns Mancini's collaborative
approach to working with clients to gain in-
sight on project needs, the firm also works
closely with other architecture companies to
complete their work, such as Patkau Archi-
tects.
“It was a true collaboration between Patkau
and Kearns Mancini to design and produce
the building and to maintain all the appro-
priate communications with the city and
consultants,” Kearns explained. “I must say
