{"id":819629,"date":"2026-07-22T23:29:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-22T23:29:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/819629\/"},"modified":"2026-07-22T23:29:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T23:29:08","slug":"uli-toronto-tour-of-king-toronto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/819629\/","title":{"rendered":"ULI Toronto: Tour of KING Toronto"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ULI Toronto is hosting a behind-the-scenes tour of <a href=\"https:\/\/dsai.ca\/projects\/king-toronto\/\" data-type=\"projects\" data-id=\"10277\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">KING Toronto<\/a>. As Executive Architect, Diamond Schmitt advanced the project&#8217;s architectural vision into a highly resolved, buildable, performance-driven fa\u00e7ade that features an innovative custom prefabricated cladding system that combines the aesthetic of glass block with the strength and insulation of a curtain wall.<\/p>\n<p>Designed by BIG Architects, the 16-storey mixed-use development shapes a landscape of peaks and valleys, redefining urban density along King Street West with its distinctive pixelated form, integrating residential, commercial, and public spaces.<\/p>\n<p>The tour will be led by <a href=\"https:\/\/dsai.ca\/people\/lilly-kraljevic\/\" data-type=\"people\" data-id=\"212\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lilly Kraljevic<\/a>, Senior Associate and Mat Perich, Architectural Designer, of Diamond Schmitt; Oren Jourdan, Director of Construction and Development at Allied Properties; and Milton Argotti, Construction Manager at EllisDon<\/p>\n<p>On this guided walk-through, participants will learn about the project\u2019s design and construction approach, see how the pixelated form was resolved into a constructable system, and discuss how the project integrates into the public realm and addresses sustainability.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>More about the event and how to register on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/toronto.uli.org\/events\/detail\/C5CDEF54-90BA-4823-9584-6F09C45BE884\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ULI Toronto<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ULI Toronto is hosting a behind-the-scenes tour of KING Toronto. As Executive Architect, Diamond Schmitt advanced the project&#8217;s&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":819630,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194291],"tags":[49,48,3302],"class_list":["post-819629","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\/819629","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=819629"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/819629\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/819630"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=819629"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=819629"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=819629"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}