Heaslip House
Heaslip House is home to The G. Raymond Chang School of Continuing Education. It opened in the fall of 2005 and is one of the newer buildings to join Ryerson University. It is located at 297 Victoria Street, Toronto. Originally called the O’Keefe House, the four storey building was designed by Toronto architect Alfred H. Chapman in 1938-1939 for tycoon E.P. Taylor's Canadian Breweries Limited head office.
When it was acquired by Ryerson, it housed the school's radio station CRJT. The building was renamed for Bill and Nona (Macdonald) Heaslip. The Continuing Education School is named for Jamaican-Chinese Canadian Raymond Chang, founder of CI Financial.
The new 7 storey addition is designed by Rounthwaite Dick & Hadley Architects.
The construction of the Heaslip House preserves the façade of the former O’Keefe Brewery allowing it to keep its historical significance. The building is made mostly of glass panels and copper sheets. The older buildings façade was built of sandstone cladding. On this façade are elaborate carvings located above the entrance with the revolving door. The building stands seven storeys high and hangs over Lake Devonshire.During winter seasons the lake becomes a skating rink for recreational use by the general public and students. The building uses repetitive rectangular shapes on its facades and uses bold lines that give it a certain elegance and simplicity. It is a building that unites historical and contemporary architecture into one form.
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Coordinates: 43°39′32″N 79°22′52″W / 43.658939°N 79.381027°W
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