> 24-hour concierge

> Lounge library

> Party room

> Aveda at DIA spa

> Meditation room

> Steam room

> Hot tub

> Fitness room

> Yoga and pilates studio

BUILDER'S DESCRIPTION:

DIA Condominiums. Boutique Living - North York

Redefining convention, DIA brings to downtown North York - boutique style choices in a condominium community. Designed as one in utility and function, DIA is the sum of many parts. A multi-unit residential building with condominiums, lofts and townhomes designed around a grouping of courtyards, DIA condominiums set out to revitalize the generic offering of multi-unit homes that were available in the North York, Toronto market.

As with ZED, DIA's positioning was developed so that all of the project's parts were consistent throughout. Based on a spa concept, the name, the design and the project offerings were developed to be inline with the project vision. The building design pays very close attention to the neighbourhood's urban morphology and responds to its site and situation; the sitting allows for three different unit types (condo units, skip-stop units and townhomes) to be seamlessly offered in one project.

Our unique condominium tower provides the community with a a strong modern aspect. Its streamlined look and the visual edge created by the surrounding lofts, makes it the structural core of the communit. Glass faced, with extended terraces, this tower presents a majestic face to the world. Inside you'll find a variety of suite designs - one bedroom, two bedroom, and penthouses. Designed to be flexible, the DIA suites may be spatially combined - with suites connecting vertically or horizontally to create the space you desire. Regardless of their form, the majority of suites provide inside and outside living - reflecting the quality of life designed into this outstanding community. 

City of Toronto - 2009 Toronto Urban Design Awards Submission:
Around this contemplative courtyard garden, there are three types of residential formats: townhouses, lofts and a tower.

The consequent form appropriately mixes low-rise, mid-rise and hi-rise masses on one block, creating a microcosm of the ideal mixed community of which it is a part. The distribution of building mass produces a variegated array of forms, a simulacrum of the accretive aggregation of forms that constitute the physical presence of the city itself.

The unapologetically modern architectural stance of this project demonstrates the possibility of sophisticated urban modes of living in a transitional area of metropolitan Toronto.

Dia has been designed to provide distinctive types of public and private spaces. The project is conceived to form an urban courtyard that is both protected by the built form and secured for the enjoyment and use of its residents. At the same time, the courtyard is meant to express collective, community-building aspirations.

Moreover, this project contributes to the momentum for much-needed retrofitting and intensification of transitional inner ring communities. The design of Dia is intended to implant a new mid-density pedestrian oriented urban fabric in a neighbourhood of obsolete houses. The project contributes to the emerging genius loci of this transitional community. By making distinctive architecture, it makes a place.