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Headford Business Park Design Guidelines

Published by City of Richmond Hill

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Type: Guide
Published by: City of Richmond Hill
Date: February 2007
For: designer
Building types: All building types
Pages: 27

Overview

Urban design guidelines for Phase 3 of the Headford Business Park in Richmond Hill, dated February 2007 and prepared by The MBTW Group and Watchorn Architect Inc., completing the lands within OPA 38 after the 1989 and 2004 guidelines for Phases 1 and 2. They set out the park's structure, entries, edges, pedestrian circulation and transit stops, architectural guidelines for site planning and building design, and landscape guidelines, then a design review process run by Watchorn Architect Inc. as design control architect ahead of Site Plan approval.

What it covers

1.0 Executive Summary
1.1 Introduction
1.2 Purpose of Guidelines
1.3 Scope and Intent
1.4 Goals and Objectives
2.0 Urban Design Guidelines
2.1 Business Park Structure
2.2 Business Park Entries
2.3 Business Park Edges
2.4 Pedestrian Circulation
2.5 Transit Stops
3.0 Architecture Design Guidelines
3.1 Site Planning
3.2 Building Design
3.2.4 Materials and Colours
3.2.6 Signage
4.0 Landscape Design Guidelines
4.2 Landscape Priorities
5.0 Design Review Process
5.1 Site Plan Approval
5.4 Orientation Meeting
5.6 Site Review

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