People:

• Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (creator)
• Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (consulting architect)

Title:

Toronto-Dominion Centre, Toronto, Ontario (1962-1985)

Date:

1987-1999

Level of archival description:
project

Extent and medium:

• 31 photographs
  1 textual record

Scope and content:
This project series documents Mies van der Rohe work as a consultant for the Toronto-Dominion Centre bank distrinct of Toronto, Ontario. between 1962 to 1985, including the Commerce Court West Tower (built in 1972), the Commercial Union Tower (built in 1974, now TD West Tower), the First Canadian Place (built in 1975), the IBM Tower (built in 1985), the Royal Trust Tower (built in 1969), the Scotia Bank Tower, and the Toronto-Dominion Bank Tower. The material in this series was produced in between 1987 and 1999. The series contains exterior and interio views predominantly photographed by Edward Burtynsky, Giovanni Chiaramonte, Peter MacCallum, and George A. Tice, and a letter of Mies van der Rohe to John Parkin and Sidney Bregman.

Reference number:

CI007.S1.1962.PR01

Location:

Toronto Ontario Canada

Related units of description:

• Documents related to the Toronto-Dominion Centre can also be found in the John C. Parkin fonds (AP018), and the Peter Carter fonds (AP047).

Contains:

• DR2016:0004, Lettre from Mies van der Rohe to John B. Parkin and Sidney Bregman about the Toronto-Dominion Centre in Toronto, Canada, February 20, 1964
• PH1994:0279-0284, Exterior views of the Toronto-Dominion Bank Pavilion, the Toronto-Dominion Bank Tower and the Royal Trust Tower from 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m., Toronto, 26 September 1988
• PH1993:0047, Wellington Street façade of the Commercial Bank of the Midland District, looking towards the Royal Bank Plaza and the CN Tower, Toronto, Ontario, July 1987
• PH1993:0170, View of the banking district of Toronto at midday showing the Commercial Union Tower, the Royal Trust Tower, the Toronto-Dominion Bank Tower and the IBM Tower, between June 1987 and May 1988
• PH1993:0171, View of the banking district of Toronto at sunset showing the Commercial Union Tower, the Royal Trust Tower, the Toronto-Dominion Bank Tower and the IBM Tower, between June 1987 and May 1988
• PH1993:0172, View of the banking district of Toronto at twilight showing the illuminated Commercial Union Tower, the Royal Trust Tower, the Toronto-Dominion Bank Tower and the IBM Tower, between June 1987 and May 1988
• PH1993:0173, View of the banking district of Toronto at night showing the illuminated Commercial Union Tower, the Royal Trust Tower, the Toronto-Dominion Bank Tower and the IBM Tower, between June 1987 and May 1988
• PH1993:0174, View of the plaza of the Toronto-Dominion Bank through the banking pavilion windows, Toronto, between June 1987 and May 1988
• PH1993:0175, Interior view of the Toronto-Dominion Bank Pavilion showing a marble column and counter and the recessed light fixtures designed by Edison Avery Price [?], Toronto, between June 1987 and May 1988
• PH1993:0184, View of the banking district of Toronto showing the Scotia Plaza Tower under construction, the Royal Bank Plaza, the Toronto-Dominion Bank Tower, First Canadian Place, and Commerce Court West, between June 1987 and May 1988
• PH1993:0185, Atrium, banking hall, Royal Bank Plaza, Toronto, Ontario, 1987
• PH1993:0186, Investment Industry Offices, Royal Bank Plaza, Toronto, Ontario, 1987
• PH1994:0279, Exterior view of the Toronto-Dominion Bank Pavilion, the Toronto-Dominion Bank Tower and the Royal Trust Tower at 7:00 a.m., Toronto, 26 September 1988
• PH1994:0280, Exterior view of the Toronto-Dominion Bank Pavilion, the Toronto-Dominion Bank Tower and the Royal Trust Tower at 8:00 a.m., Toronto, 26 September 1988
• PH1994:0281, Exterior view of the Toronto-Dominion Bank Pavilion, the Toronto-Dominion Bank Tower and the Royal Trust Tower at 10:15 a.m., Toronto, 26 September 1988
• PH1994:0282, Exterior view of the Toronto-Dominion Bank Pavilion, the Toronto-Dominion Bank Tower and the Royal Trust Tower at 10:45 a.m., Toronto, 26 September 1988
• PH1994:0283, Exterior view of the Toronto-Dominion Bank Pavilion, the Toronto-Dominion Bank Tower and the Royal Trust Tower at 6:30 p.m., Toronto, 26 September 1988
• PH1994:0284, Exterior view of the Toronto-Dominion Bank Pavilion, the Toronto-Dominion Bank Tower and the Royal Trust Tower at 8:00 p.m., Toronto, 26 September 1988
• PH1999:0133, View from the street, Toronto-Dominion Centre, Toronto, Canada, 1999
• PH1999:0134, Exterior view from the street, Toronto-Dominion Centre, Toronto, Canada, 1999
• PH1999:0135, Exterior view, Toronto-Dominion Centre, Toronto, Canada, 1999
• PH1999:0136, Exterior view, Toronto-Dominion Centre, Toronto, Canada, 1999
• PH1999:0137, Exterior view, Toronto-Dominion Centre, Toronto, Canada, 1999
• PH1999:0138, View of hallway with wood panelled walls and clock, Toronto-Dominion Centre, Toronto, Canada, 1999
• PH1999:0139, View of hallway with wood panelled walls, Toronto-Dominion Centre, Toronto, Canada, 1999
• PH1999:0140, Marble wall with chair, Toronto-Dominion Centre, Toronto, Canada, 1999
• PH1999:0141, View of ground floor, Toronto-Dominion Centre, Toronto, Canada, 1999
• PH1999:0142, View of fifty-fourth floor with pillar, Toronto-Dominion Centre, Toronto, Canada, 1999