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Tall Building Design Guidelines
Published by City of Toronto
This is the City of Toronto’s document, as published on its website on 20 October 2026. The municipality may have changed it since: check the current version at the source. Legal notice
- Type
- Guide
- Published by
- City of Toronto
- Date
- May 2013
- For
- designer
- Building types
- All building types
- Pages
- 92
Overview
Tall Building Design Guidelines, a 92-page City of Toronto urban design document adopted by Toronto City Council in May 2013. It sets city-wide guidelines for tall building proposals in four parts: site context, site organization, tall building design (base building, middle tower and tower top) and the pedestrian realm, followed by a glossary, references, submission requirements and appendices. It is used with the Downtown Tall Buildings Vision and Supplementary Design Guidelines and Toronto's other built-form guidelines.
What it covers
- Introduction
- Evolution of Tall Buildings in Toronto
- Defining Tall Buildings
- Guiding Principles
- Organization of the Guidelines
- How and Where the Guidelines Apply
- Site Context
- Context Analysis
- Master Plan for Larger Sites
- Fit and Transition in Scale
- Sunlight and Sky View
- Site Organization
- Building Placement
- Publicly Accessible Open Space
- Public Art
- Tall Building Design
- Base Building
- Middle (Tower)
- Tower Top
- Pedestrian Realm
- Pedestrian Level Wind Effects
- Glossary
- List of References
- Submission Requirements
- Appendices
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