The Roundhouse London, Ontario



Two landmark London heritage buildings have won provincial heritage awards from the Architectural Conservancy of Ontario (ACO).

 

The London Roundhouse in SoHo and the Chisholm Building on Dundas Street have each been awarded the 2015 Paul Oberman Award for Adaptive Re-Use (Corporate).

Maggie Whalley, president of ACO London, said in a statement, "Both projects demonstrate what imagination, commitment, historic research, and design flair can achieve in the adaptive re-purposing of heritage buildings."


The Roundhouse was built in 1887 as a locomotive repair shop for Michigan Central Railroad, and later became the Sansone Fruit Company for 45 years and then the Great West Steak House restaurant for over thirty years.

Transformed by Nicholson Sheffield Architects and Creative Property Developments, it is now a high-tech office building that houses Ellipsis Digital and Engine SevenFour.


Source: CTV National News, London