The new campus for Canada's National Ballet School in Toronto captures the history, elegance and spirit of dance through its thoughtful and innovative design. Conceived by Toronto's Kuwabara Payne McKenna Blumberg (KPMB) in a joint venture with coordinating architect Goldsmith, Borgal & Co., the new design considers the past, present and future and combines them in a fluid and rhythmic way.

Sitting at the center of the campus is Northfield, a Georgian-style house built for statesman Sir Oliver Mowat in 1856. A U-shaped complex of delicately detailed glass-and-steel structures gracefully wraps around the house. Hidden behind, a gently sloped bridge links their internal programs, totaling 180,000 square feet, at a three-story, socializing atrium.

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