David Pontarini, OAA, RAIC, is a founding partner of Hariri Pontarini Architects

Hariri Pontarini Architects

Hariri Pontarini Architects is a Toronto-based architectural practice made up of Siamak Hariri and David Pontarini.Hariri Pontarini Architects was the recipient of the The Governor General's Medal for the Schulich School of Business at York University, the World Architecture News Awards for the...

 (1994), alongside Siamak Hariri

Siamak Hariri

Siamak Hariri,OAA, RAIC, RCA, is internationally recognized as one of Canada's leading architects. Born in Bonn, Germany, Siamak was educated at the University of Waterloo and Yale University...

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David Pontarini is a former member of the City of Toronto’s Design Review Panel, the City of Toronto’s Preservation Board, a visiting lecturer at the University of Toronto Faculty of Architecture, Landscape and Design

University of Toronto Faculty of Architecture, Landscape and Design

The John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape and Design, or simply the al&d, is the school of architecture, landscape architecture and urban design at the University of Toronto in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It offers a program in architecture accredited by the Canadian Architectural...

, and a former member of the OAA Council, representing Toronto Centre from 1992–2002.

Work in Progress

• One Bloor Residence, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
• Shangri-La Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
• St. Joseph + Yonge, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
• St. Thomas, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
• Sultan St. Thomas, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
• 10-14 Prince Arthur, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Publications

• 2005: "Yorkville Condo Has Historic Link." Toronto Star 23 July 2005
• 2006: Ogilvie, Megan. “New VÜ for ‘Old Town’.” Toronto Star 20 May 2006
• 2007: Hume, Christopher. “ Some Causes for Concern in Condo Design.” Toronto Star 21 April 2007
• 2010: Topping, David, Let’s Gape at One Bloor, Shall we?”, Torontoist, April 2010
• 2010: Van de Ven, Lisa, “One Bloor”, National Post, April 2010
• 2010: Daily Commercial News, “Work Continues on Shangri-la Toronto hotel and residences.” Construction Overview, June 2010
• 2011: Pontarini talks One Bloor design in Urbantoronto.ca