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Ted Handy and Associates Architectural Digest

Ted Handy & Associates is honoured to be the recipient of a 2014 OAA Design Excellence Award for the County of Simcoe Administration Centre expansion. The award recognizes the best in architectural design and innovation among Ontario Architecture firms based on the criteria of creativity, context, sustainability, good design/good business and the legacy of the project. Designed in partnership with Teeple Architects of Toronto, the County of Simcoe Administration Centre expansion was intended to resolve the complex access to the existing building and to take advantage of a natural site. Public access to 22 different departments was improved though the design of an external ring which connects existing spaces and new areas of the building. Along with much needed public space, the design also includes a new cafeteria and lounge area for staff. The expansion was carefully sited to minimize the impact to the site. The new work to the building...Read More

We're proud to have received a 2013 Canadian Green Building Award for the County of Simcoe Administrative Centre expansion. Designed in partnership with Teeple Architects of Toronto, the expansion is intended to resolve the complex access to the existing building and to take advantage of a natural site. Public access to 22 different departments are improved though the design of an external ring, which connects existing spaces and new areas of the building. Along with much needed public space, the design also includes a new cafeteria and lounge area for staff. The expansion was carefully sited to minimize the impact to the site. The new addition is LEED Gold certified. The Canadian Green Building Awards recognize excellence in the design and execution of Canadian buildings, houses and interiors based on the criteria of sustainable design, architectural merit and technical innovation. The 2013 award winners were announced on June 4, 2013, at...Read More

Mundys Bay Public School Main Entrance At Night

Mundy’s Bay Public School was recently featured in SAB Magazine as part of a Concrete Council of Canada supplement. Designed by Ted Handy and Associates, Mundy’s Bay was named the most energy efficient school in North America in an assessment of over 500 schools. Click here to read more about how the use of concrete results in energy consumption well below the industry...Read More

Mundys Bay Public Atrium

We’re pleased to announce that Mundy’s Bay Public School, designed by Ted Handy & Associates, has been named the most energy efficient school in North America in an assessment of the energy performance of over 500 schools. The assessment was done by Sustainable Schools, whose mission is to provide benchmarking, performance monitoring and best practices training to assist school boards in setting and keeping energy conservation goals. Mundy’s Bay, which opened in Midland in 2008, has a total energy consumption of $0.53 per square foot or 32 KBTU per square foot/year. It achieved LEED Gold certification in 2009 and was one of the first sustainable education projects in Canada. Some of the energy-efficient aspects of this project are as follows: Solar orientation and wind patterns were reviewed and the academic wing of the school was rotated to take maximum advantage of natural ventilation and the midday sun, which is easiest to control. Detailed...Read More

Emmanuel Baptist Church Main Entrance

Emmanuel Baptist ChurchAcknowledged our excellence in innovation through the use of steel. “Ted Handy and his firm did an outstanding job of guiding us through the design process and the construction of the building. We are thrilled with the building and have been so blessed to partner with such quality and gifted people. Ted has an incredible gift of listening and assessing the needs of his client and then creatively designing solutions that are both beautiful and functional.” -Pastor Rick Buck, Emmanuel Baptist Church Places of worship have historically provided iconic structures in neighbourhoods and have often set the character of communities. Church design has been a focus of the firm for several years and it is our intent with each related project to understand and reflect a sense of space in each area of a church building. We understand the many elements to be considered when designing a place of worship, including...Read More