{"id":558064,"date":"2026-03-24T18:55:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-24T18:55:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/558064\/"},"modified":"2026-03-24T18:55:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T18:55:09","slug":"dialog-transforms-downtown-torontos-only-atrium-style-lobby","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/558064\/","title":{"rendered":"Dialog Transforms Downtown Toronto\u2019s Only Atrium-style Lobby"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1774378509_512_Unknown.jpeg\" rel=\"magnific\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1003423999\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1003423999\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1774378509_512_Unknown.jpeg\" alt=\"Berczy Square lobby\" width=\"525\" height=\"700\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-1003423999\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by Scott Norsworthy, courtesy Dialog.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"https:\/\/dialogdesign.ca\/\" href=\"https:\/\/dialogdesign.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Dialog<\/a>\u2019s design teams have transformed what is reportedly Toronto\u2019s only atrium-style lobby with a contemporary town square concept and cottage-style furniture and finishings.<\/p>\n<p>The lobby at GWL Realty Advisors\u2019 Berczy Square, located at 33 Yonge Street, now features seating around trees and a reflecting pond to encourage workers to pause, connect and take calls. One of the project\u2019s goals was to foster collaboration in an otherwise underused space.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThrough design, we turned what was once a pass-through lobby into a destination,\u201d says Alison McNeil, Dialog partner and principal, who leads the firm\u2019s commercial, workplace, hospitality, retail and residential design teams. \u201cIt invites people to slow down, look up and take a moment to breathe.\u201d\u200b<\/p>\n<p>\u200bTenants and patrons are welcomed at the building\u2019s entrance by a host at a stone reception desk, flanked by wooden pillars. A deck with banquettes, communal tables and a bowl-shaped \u2018fireplace\u2019 is elevated on a wooden platform, surrounded by green carpeting and the lobby\u2019s original terrazzo flooring. The elevator core is crowned with plants. The back of the space, adjacent to Berczy Park, features more tables and seating areas.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, a 90-ft tall \u2018art feature\u2019 runs along the full spine of the building, displaying original digital art by Montreal-based multimedia entertainment studio Gentilhomme.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Photo by Scott Norsworthy, courtesy Dialog. Dialog\u2019s design teams have transformed what is reportedly Toronto\u2019s only atrium-style lobby&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":558065,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194291],"tags":[49,48,3302],"class_list":["post-558064","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-toronto","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-toronto"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/558064","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=558064"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/558064\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/558065"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=558064"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=558064"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=558064"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}