Adamson Associates

Adamson Associates is a Toronto-based architectural firm founded in 1934. It also has affiliated offices in Vancouver, Los Angeles (Adamson Associates, Inc.), New York (AAI Architects, P.C.) and London (Adamson Associates [International] Limited).

Gordon Sinclair Adamson (1904-1986) started the firm in 1934 after working for a number of other architects (F. Hilton Wilkes and Edwin Kay), as well as noted Henry Sproatt and Ernest Ross Rolph. He worked briefly with Earle Morgan, but most of his practice was on his own or with associates. His practice was mainly residential, commercial, and industrial projects in Ontario. Adamson retired in 1971.

Since 1934 the firm has operated under several names, including G.S. Adamson, Adamson and Morgan (briefly, in the 1940s), then as Gordon S. Adamson & Associates. Today it is known as Adamson Associates.

The firm's main offices in Toronto are located at 401 Wellington Street West, formerly McGregor Socks factory.

Projects

This is a partial list of works that Adamson Associates Architects and its affiliates have contributed to.

Project name Location Design Architect Status
2 Finsbury Ave London, UK 3XN In Progress
2 World Trade Center New York, NY Foster + Partners In Progress
Canary Wharf Estate Canary Wharf, London, UK Pelli Clarke Pelli, Troughton McAslan, Kohn Pedersen Fox, Studio U+A, Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners, Foster + Partners In Progress
Forma Toronto, ON Gehry Partners In Progress
The Hub Toronto, ON Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners In Progress
London School of Economics Firoz Lalji Global Hub London, UK David Chipperfield Architects In Progress
Oakridge Park Vancouver, BC Henriquez Partners Design Architect, Diamond Schmitt Architects AOR Residential, IBI Group AOR Interiors, Lissoni & Partners Design Interiors Suites, McFarlane Biggar AOR Interiors, Revery Architecture Designer Mall Interiors. In Progress
One Beverly Hills Los Angeles, CA Foster + Partners, Kerry Hill Architects In Progress
Wood Wharf Master Plan Canary Wharf, London, UK Allies and Morrison In Progress
One Leadenhall Street London, UK Make Architects Complete 2026
270 Park Avenue New York, NY Foster + Partners Complete 2025
St. Lawrence Market North Toronto, ON Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners Complete 2025
St. John's Terminal New York, NY COOKFOX Architects Complete 2024
50 Hudson Yards New York, NY Foster + Partners Complete 2023
550 Madison Avenue Redevelopment New York, NY Snøhetta Complete 2023
Battersea Power Station London, UK Gehry Partners Complete 2023
Google Gradient Canopy Mountain View, CA Heatherwick Studio, BIG Complete 2023
The Spiral New York, NY BIG Complete 2023
425 Park Avenue New York, NY Foster + Partners Complete 2022
Central Park Tower New York, NY Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture Complete 2022
Google Bay View Mountain View, CA Heatherwick Studio, BIG Complete 2022
One Park Drive Canary Wharf, London, UK Herzog & de Meuron Complete 2022
CIBC Square Toronto, ON WilkinsonEyre Complete 2021 (81 Bay Street); In Progress (141 Bay Street)
53W53 New York, NY Ateliers Jean Nouvel Complete 2021
Newfoundland Tower Canary Wharf, London, UK Horden Cherry Lee Complete 2021
One Manhattan Square New York, NY AAI Architects, P.C. Complete 2019
Bay Adelaide Centre East Tower and North Tower Toronto, ON KPMB Architects Complete 2018 (East Tower); Complete 2022 (North Tower)
Jack's Urban Meeting Place Boise, ID Adamson Associates, Inc. Complete 2018
151 North Franklin Chicago, IL John Ronan Architects Complete 2018
3 World Trade Center New York, NY Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners Complete 2018
Salesforce Transit Center San Francisco, CA Pelli Clarke Pelli Complete 2018
5 Manhattan West Renovation New York, NY REX Complete 2017
John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape and Design Toronto, ON NADAAA Complete 2017
Joseph Brant Hospital Burlington, ON Parkin Architects Limited and Adamson Associates Architects Complete 2017
Providence Care Kingston, ON Parkin Architects Limited and Adamson Associates Architects Complete 2017
Vaughan Metropolitan Centre Station Toronto, ON Arup Canada, Grimshaw Architects Complete 2017
York University Station Toronto, ON Arup Canada, Foster + Partners Complete 2017
Crossrail Place Canary Wharf, London, UK Foster + Partners Complete 2015
Oakville Trafalgar Memorial Hospital Oakville, ON Parkin Architects Limited and Adamson Associates Architects Complete 2015
20 Fenchurch Street London, UK Rafael Viñoly Architects Complete 2014
National September 11 Memorial & Museum New York, NY Snøhetta Complete 2014
51 Astor Place New York, NY Maki and Associates Complete 2013
The News Building London, UK Renzo Piano Building Workshop Complete 2013
UniCredit Headquarters/Porta Nuova Garibaldi Milan, Italy Pelli Clarke Pelli Complete 2013
4 World Trade Center New York, NY Maki and Associates Complete 2013
The Shard at London Bridge London, UK Renzo Piano Building Workshop Complete 2013
Weston Family Learning Centre Toronto, ON Hariri Pontarini Architects Complete 2011
200 West Street New York, NY Pei Cobb Freed & Partners Complete 2010
Guggenheim Abu Dhabi (design development only) Abu Dhabi, UAE Gehry Partners Complete 2010
Bank of America Tower (Manhattan) New York, NY COOKFOX Architects Complete 2009
MGM CityCenter Block C Las Vegas, NV Studio Daniel Libeskind, Murphy/Jahn Architects, Kohn Pedersen Fox, Rockwell Group Complete 2009
Stephen Sondheim Theatre New York, NY COOKFOX Architects Complete 2009
The Shops at Crystals Las Vegas, NV Studio Daniel Libeskind Complete 2009
Veer Towers Las Vegas, NV Murphy/Jahn Architects Complete 2009
Waldorf Astoria Las Vegas Las Vegas, NV Kohn Pedersen Fox Complete 2009
Telus House Toronto, ON Sweeny&Co Architects Inc. and Adamson Associate Architects Complete 2009
Transformation AGO Toronto, ON Gehry Partners Complete 2008
World Trade Center Master Plan New York, NY Studio Daniel Libeskind, Foster + Partners, Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners, Maki and Associates Complete 2008
Brampton Civic Hospital Brampton, ON Parkin Architects Limited and Adamson Associates Architects Complete 2007
IAC Building New York, NY Gehry Partners Complete 2007
Toronto Pearson International Airport New Terminal Development Mississauga, ON Airport Architects Canada (Skidmore, Owings & Merrill International Ltd., Moshe Safdie Associates Ltd., and Adamson Associates Architects) Complete 2007
Hearst Tower New York, NY Foster + Partners Complete 2006
MaRS Centre Toronto, ON Adamson Associates Architects Complete 2005
30 Hudson Street Jersey City, NJ Pelli Clarke Pelli Complete 2004
40 Bank Street Canary Wharf, London, UK Pelli Clarke Pelli Complete 2003
International Finance Centre (Hong Kong) Cladding Hong Kong, China Pelli Clarke Pelli Complete 1998 (Southwest Tower); 2003 (Northeast Tower)
25 Bank Street Canary Wharf, London, UK Pelli Clarke Pelli Complete 2002
25 Canada Square Canary Wharf, London, UK Pelli Clarke Pelli Complete 2002
Petronas Philharmonic Hall Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Pelli Clarke Pelli Complete 1998
The Petronas Towers Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Pelli Clarke Pelli Complete 1998
One Canada Square Canary Wharf, London, UK Pelli Clarke Pelli Complete 1992
Canary Wharf DLR station Canary Wharf, London, UK Pelli Clarke Pelli Complete 1991
Cabot Square Canary Wharf, London, UK Pelli Clarke Pelli Complete 1990
World Financial Center and Winter Garden Atrium New York, NY Pelli Clarke Pelli Complete 1988; Restored 2002
C. D. Howe Building Ottawa, ON Adamson Associates Architects Complete 1978

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