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Design quality and sustainability are matters of public interest.
Now a 2026 OAA Design Excellence Awards finalist, Union Station Revitalization shows what that means in practice:
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Designed to move the public, at scale, supporting up to 130 million passengers annually
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Renewed a National Historic Site while opening up over one million square feet of new public space
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Sustainability through reuse, not replacement
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Improved how Toronto moves every day, more than tripling passenger capacity
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Dug deep, using integrated architecture and engineering to build beneath active rail lines
We think it’s a great example of what public‑minded design can do too.