Exercise 5 (Sheraton Centre) HB

Sheraton Centre (123 Queen St. West) is located at the intersection of Queen and York streets. It is actually a two-building complex (one faces Queen St; the shorter, 12 storey building is located behind the tower, located at Richmond and York intersection.

This building was designed by Toronto-based architect firms Searle, Wilbee, Rowland and John B. Parkin Associates. This architecture firm also designed the current Toronto city hall in joint cooperation with the Finnish architect Viljo Revell (completed in 1965), the Simpson Tower (which now houses The Bay department store) as well as other notable complexes including Toronto-Dominion Centre, headed by Mies van der Rohe from 1967 to 1969.

The construction of this hotel was completed in 1972. It is the tallest free standing hotel-only building in Canada until 2009, when it will be surpassed by Niagara Falls Hilton hotel. It is an international style building and consists of mainly concrete and glass. An elevated walkway connects the hotel, the city hall and stairwell to Nathan Phillips Square. However, it is closed due to the budget limitations.

This building is 135m tall, and has 43 floors. This building has 21 elevators, 18 of them are in the tower, one in hotel atrium and two service elevators in podium (basement). There are 1,377 guestrooms in the complex.

A single standard room costs from $200’s and upward per night (this October; source: Hotels.ca.)