National Post

The University of Toronto today revealed the three competing designs for its law school expansion to be built south of the ROM on Queen’s Park Circle. The $60-million project will add 100,000 square feet of classrooms, lecture halls and faculty offices to the historic buildings, something the dean said is sorely needed. “The reputation of the faculty is good so we have no trouble getting faculty but when they get here we don’t know how to house them, especially with senior scholars who always ask where their office is going to be,” said dean Mayo Moran, who added that the lack of office space has led to begging faculty on sabbatical to let other staff use their office and for faculty members to share offices. Three Canadian designs have been narrowed down from the original shortlist of six in July; the firms are to present their ideas to the faculty’s alumni, representatives from the city of Toronto, the ROM and residents of the Annex tonight in Flavelle House, one of U of T’s two law buildings on Queen’s Park Circle.