# @aridontario on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DU8Now_FEkG
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/56982475-aridontario-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2026-02-19T13:16:30.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** ARIDO (@ARIDOntario) — https://gondola.cc/ARIDOntario

## Caption

This Heritage Week, we're celebrating a powerful example of adaptive reuse in Toronto's Financial District and how interior designers can shape contemporary spaces by honouring the character, the craft, and the history.

The design team at Arcadis transformed a 1917, historic 14-storey banking landmark into a contemporary co-working destination not by sidelining its history, but by placing it at the centre of the design.

From the restored Banking Hall now reimagined as a hospitality-inspired social club to the careful preservation of original stone, marble, metalwork, decorative Art Deco detailing and plaster ceilings, every intervention respects the building's architectural integrity while supporting today's workplace needs.

"Heritage finishes such as stone, marble, and metalwork are celebrated as authentic traces of the building's legacy, while new elements are introduced with clarity and purpose, reinforcing the dialogue between past and present." said Mahsa Saeedi, ARIDO, Manager, Workplace Interior Design, Arcadis

Read more about this project via the link in our profile (look in the ARIDO News tab!)

Project: iQ Offices at 302 Bay Street

Interior Design team: 
Mahsa Saeedi, ARIDO
Heidi Rose
Queenny Bambose
Erin Martinez

Design firm: Arcadis arcadisnorthamerica arcadisarchitecture
Photography: Indigo Visual

#ARIDOAwareness #HeritageWeek #HeritageArchitecture

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heritageweek, aridoawareness, heritagearchitecture

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