BUILDING EQUALITY IN ARCHITECTURE TORONTO
We are a volunteer-run organization made up of architects, designers, leaders, and entrepreneurs creating opportunities for community-building, advocacy, networking, and mentorship. We believe that empowering women in the design community improves and enriches the practice of architecture, the quality of the built environment, and ultimately, the human experience. We are committed to creating lasting systemic and transformational change with purpose-driven action, openness, compassion, and respect for diverse perspectives.
INITIATIVES & ENGAGEMENT
Join BEA Toronto for a tour of midtown foodie destination Stock T.C—a “raw to refined” showcase of gastronomy. Then stay for your choice of happy-hour bites or a full dinner with the architect.
Your guide is Pina Petricone, founding principal of Giannone Petricone Associates. Petricone and her team restored and repurposed the landmark Canada Postal Station ‘K’ Building into a theatre of food, with a ground floor market, 200-seat bistro, and upper-level garden room event space. "Just as bountiful shelves and counters display raw ingredients and comestibles and the restaurant serves artful plates, we introduced materials and architectural elements that we interpreted in degrees of “unrefined to refined’,” write the architects.
There are two options for joining us:
Option 1: Tour + Happy Hour
This $25 ticket includes glass of bubbly and small bites following the tour: 5-6 pm.
Option 2: Tour + Seated Dinner
This $100 ticket includes glass of bubbly and a full three-course meal following the tour: 6:30-9 pm.
Ticket prices include food, tax and gratuity; additional drinks not included in either option.
Join us for an exclusive tour of Reina, led by four women whose contributions were central to the design and delivery of this residential project.
Located on The Queensway in Toronto’s Queensway Village, Reina is Canada’s first condominium designed and developed by an all-women project team, with women leading project management, architecture, engineering, urban planning, construction management, and sales.
BEAT organizes and delivers a range of initiatives and events designed to support women in architecture and related fields. These events address the needs of women at various career stages, from students and recent graduates to mid-career professionals and seasoned architects. They create valuable opportunities for networking and knowledge-sharing, fostering a collaborative and supportive environment that encourages professional growth. While highlighting the experience and perspectives of women, BEAT events are open to everyone and most are free of charge, ensuring accessibility for all participants.
beat in the news
BEAT X: Celebrating 10 Years of Building Equality in Architecture!
In April, Building Equality in Architecture Toronto (BEAT) marks its 10th anniversary, celebrating a decade of empowering women in architecture and design! This is milestone event reflected on our journey of impact, highlighting the voices, achievements, and progress of women in the field while looking ahead to the future of equality in architecture.
Story captured by Make Good Projects Inc.
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Helmut Schenker / Underwater Current / courtesy of Epidemic Sound.
BEAToronot is very appreciative of the support of our sponsors. All funds raised allow for continued development of programming that encourages equity within the architecture industry. For more information on how to support BEAToronto, please email supporters@beatoronto.com.
PLATINUM | Arcadis IBI Group, Blackwell
GOLD | Akb, BDP Quadrangle, CS&P Architects, DIALOG, Giannone Petricone Associates, KPMB Architects, Moriyama Teshima Architects, Studio JCI, Vaughan Build
SILVER | Diamond Schmitt, LGA Architectural Partners, Mulvey & Banani, OG | Omar Gandhi Architects, Shim-Sutcliffe Architects, WZMH
BRONZE | Barbora Vokac Taylor Architect, Dubbeldam Architecture + Design, Entro, Gow Hastings Architects, mcCallumSather, Place of Work, Shimmerman Penn LLP, Williamson Williamson