Masonry Magazine June 1967 Page. 22
Windowless Conference Room with attractive masonry wills in the new Dow Corning Silicones Building, Torento.
LONG, LOW and DIGNIFIED
Glimpsed from nearby McDonald-Cartier freeway, the long, sweeping lines of the new Dow Headquarters fit perfectly into its 20th century setting.
With the expansion of the Trans-Canada Highway the Dow Corning Silicones, Ltd., found their old office building an obstacle to this expressway system. It had to be demolished, but on the same site, set back from the roadway, sprang this attractive new structure. The form of the building-long and low-was dictated by the fact that the remaining site left by the road builders was long and narrow and that the building was to be viewed from moving vehicles.
Massive, yet graceful in lines, the 13,500 square foot headquarters was designed by Toronto architect Macy DuBois, a partner in the firm of Fairfield and DuBois. Architectural shadow lines-sculptured in appearance- (Continued on page 25)
MASONRY June, 1967