Stephen Teeple

Stephen Teeple, OAA, RAIC, RCA (born April 17, 1954) is a Canadian architect based in Toronto, Ontario. According to critic Ian Chodikoff, "He is known for his skill in producing work that is typified by strong linearity and expressive compositions containing a rich and highly detailed palette of materials such as brick, stone and wood". In 1980, Teeple graduated with a Bachelor of Architecture.

Style and methodology Teeple's work follows Kenneth Frampton's teachings on modern architecture having as much value on structure and construction as space and form.

Notable projects

Stephen Hawking Centre Located in Waterloo, Ontario, The Stephen Hawking Centre is an expansion of the existing Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics research facility. The 55,000 square feet project completed construction in 2012, and received the OAA Design Excellence Award in the same year. As a result of the site constraints regarding an adjacent flood plain surrounding the building, the massing of the extension was raised on stilts, which creates a hovering effect above an existing reflecting pool. The building extension emphasizes collectiveness, as well as transparency between programs "that encourages interaction among the various disciplines of physics." located in Toronto, Canada. Completed in 2010, "this project explores ideas for the future of urbanism in the North American city, and it seeks to understand and express the notion that urban form can simultaneously be environmental form." The LEED Gold cooperative housing project was awarded the Ontario Association of Architects Design Excellence Award in 2010 and the Canadian Architect Award of Excellence in 2007. The project design aims to tell a narrative of the Pipestone Creek Dinosaur Bonebed's discovery and excavation. Sequence and circulation define a narrative for experiencing the museum. The museum features a dinosaur skeleton display in an excavated exhibition space four meters below grade. A secondary gallery is located further below grade with a sloping floor that directs the visitors through the space. The building form emulates the prairie landscape and the angular roof structure alludes to the Rocky Mountains to the south-west.

Other projects of significance

Clareview Community Recreation Centre & Branch Library, Edmonton, Alberta (2014)

Nunavut Arctic College Expansion, Nunatta Campus (2018)

Langara College Library (2007)

Langara College Science & Technology Building (2016)

Trent University Student Centre (2017)

Sherbourne Common Pavilion, Toronto (2012)

University of Toronto Graduate House, University of Toronto (completed with Morphosis Architects) (2000)