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Sweeny &Co Architects Inc. (formerly known as Sweeny Sterling Finlayson &Co Architects Inc.) is a Canadian Architecture Firm founded in 1988. The firm is based in Toronto, Canada in which many of its work is found.

Sweeny &Co Architects Inc.
Founded by Architect Dermot Sweeny, Sweeny &Co Architects Inc. is a Canadian Architecture Firm mainly active within the Greater Toronto Area (GTA). The firm has a wide variety of projects ranging from Commercial Office Towers, Residential Buildings, Retail and Hospitality Interiors, Institutional Buildings to Mixed-Use Developments. The firm is one of Toronto's leading experts in heritage and adaptive reuse and sustainable architecture. Sweeny &Co Architects Inc. is an award-winning practice with multiple recognition for various projects such as the OAA Award of Excellence for Queen Richmond Centre West, OAA Award Design Excellence for TELUS House Toronto, and the Ontario Concrete Award Structural Design Innovation for AeroCentre V.

Founding Principal
Dermot Sweeny is the Founding Principal and current president of Sweeny &Co Architects Inc. He graduated from the University of Waterloo with a Bachelor’s Degree in Environmental Studies (BES ‘83) and Bachelor's Degree in Architecture (BArch ‘83) in 1983. In 1988, Sweeny began his own practice in Toronto, Canada the Sweeny Sterling Finlayson &Co. Architects Inc. which later changed to its current name, Sweeny &Co. Architects Inc. Sweeny also served his alma mater as the president and vice-president of the University of Waterloo Advisory Council as well as Campaign Waterloo’s Cabinet Member.

Queen Richmond Centre West
The Queen Richmond Centre West, completed in 2015, is a commercial building located at the intersection of Richmond Street West and Peter Street in Toronto, Ontario. Developed by Allied Properties Real Estate Investment Trust and designed by Sweeny &Co Architects Inc. the concept aims to preserve the existing brick buildings adjacent to each other while adding a new 12-story office tower perched at the top creating the iconic 24m tall L-shaped atrium. In order to achieve this feat, the team designed a massive table top structure supported by three giant  “delta frame” steel columns which came down through the atrium with an additional of 8 concrete columns hidden within one of the existing brick buildings. The delta frame, which consists of four angled tubular columns connected at the midpoints, was an innovative design approach which provided the lateral stability needed to support the complex large structure.

The Queen Richmond Centre West is LEED Gold Certified and has a strong list of sustainable features such as pressurized raised-floor system for improved indoor air quality, operable windows, automated light shelves to control light and heat gain, indirect lighting reducing glare to workstations, and individual temperature and ventilation controls. The combination of innovative design approach and sustainable features allowed the Queen Richmond Centre West to garner various awards including the Canadian Green Building Award (2017), Ontario Builder Award (2017), OAA Award of Excellence (2017), RAIC National Urban Design Award (2016), and the CISC Ontario Steel Design Award Engineering Award of Excellence (2015) amongst many others.

TELUS House Toronto
Located at the heart of downtown Toronto within the Financial District, the TELUS House Toronto, is a 30-story commercial glass tower which was completed in October of 2009. The development team of the projects includes managing partners Menkes Development Ltd., Alcion Ventures and HOOPP Realty Inc., with the collaboration of two architecture firms Sweeny &Co Architects Inc. and Adamson Associates as lead architects. The TELUS House Toronto has achieved the LEED Canada Platinum certification for Existing Buildings: Operations and Maintenance. Some of its sustainable features include advanced heating and cooling delivery through raised floor, deep-lake water cooling system, perimeter radiant panels as well as built-in blinds. The design of the building also focused on ensuring the wellness and comfort of its users by offering better access to natural light through the 11-foot floor-to-ceiling glass windows as well as individual workstation and airflow and temperature controls. The TELUS House Toronto have received multiple awards such as DC Award Bronze (2010), Toronto Urban Design Award (2011), OAA Award Design Excellence (2011), BOMA Earth Award Office Building (2012), and more.

Completed

 * 642 King Street West (Toronto, 2019)
 * MEC Store (Toronto, 2019)
 * One York and Harbour Plaza Residences (Toronto, 2016)
 * Queen Richmond Centre West (Toronto, 2015)
 * Red Stone Winery (Beamsville, 2015)
 * Downtown Condos - Wellington Place (Toronto, 2014)
 * 83 Redpath (Toronto, 2010)
 * AeroCentre V (Mississauga, 2010)
 * Glenmore Professional Centre (Calgary, 2009)
 * RBC Centre (Toronto, 2009)
 * Twenty Gothic (Toronto, 2009)
 * TELUS Hosting + Innovation Centre - Interiors (Toronto, 2009)
 * TELUS House Toronto (Toronto, 2009)
 * 294 Richmond East (Toronto, 2008)
 * 180 Duncan Mill (Toronto, 2002)
 * Derby Building (Toronto, 1990)
 * 100 Lower Ossington (Toronto)
 * Allied REIT (Toronto)
 * BMW Group Canada Headquarters (Richmond Hill)
 * Loblaw Companies Ltd. Headquarters (Brampton)
 * NWHP Interiors at 180 Dundas (Toronto)
 * PC Financial Offices - Interiors (Toronto)
 * Spectrum Square (Mississauga)
 * Sweeny and Co Architects Inc. - Interiors (Toronto)
 * WeWork (Toronto)

Ongoing / Under Construction

 * Chartwell Headquarters (Mississauga, Fall 2019)
 * 11 Yorkville (Toronto)
 * 123 Portland (Toronto)
 * 25 Ontario (Toronto)
 * 49 Spadina (Toronto)
 * Portland Commons (Toronto)
 * Waterfront Innovation Centre (Toronto)