After an exciting period of voting over the holidays, the results of UrbanToronto’s 9th annual Year-End Reader’s Poll — brought to you this year by MEP DESIGN: Landscape Architects — are in! Much like the year 2022 itself, the class of construction projects completed over the last 12 months certainly showed some flashes of greatness, but could be more generally described as a mixed bag that was, in the end, rather average (so… right on brand for Toronto!). After a record breaking year in 2021 that saw a total of 72 projects listed as eligible for best-of-the-year honours, respondents had a much slimmer selection this year, despite expanding to include GTA projects beyond the 416 this year. Nevertheless, votes were cast, and champions were crowned! Here are the winners of the 2022 Year-End Reader’s Poll.

10-19 Storeys (15 Entries):

Despite being pitted against the largest group of projects, the winner of the 10-19 storey secured the victory with almost four times the votes of the nearest runner up. The Ace Hotel, designed by Shim-Sutcliffe, was probably the predictable winner of the group the start, with an impressive and formally complex lobby bar providing just enough flair for an otherwise minimal tower, but with the Waterworks building in the group as well, the votes could have gone either way. It looks like we will have to wait for the opening of the food hall to fully experience what the Waterworks has to offer.

Source: Urban Toronto