TSA BASH 2025: Limberlost Place

Tuesday, December 2, 2025

Nothing brings the architectural community together quite like a great building, and this year’s TSA BASH was no exception with 400 attendees coming together to explore, reconnect, and celebrate at the recently completed Limberlost Place!

A long-established tradition, the TSA’s annual year-end BASH is an opportunity for the GTA’s architecture and design community to come together and celebrate in unique spaces across our city. No two years are alike, with a new featured venue chosen every year and the party tailored to reflect the design stories behind the building. Great food, delicious drinks and beautiful architecture—there is really no better way to celebrate our city and those who shape it.

There was no lack of architectural highlights at this year’s venue, which holds the distinction of being Ontario’s first institutional mass-timber tall-wood building and where a deep commitment to sustainability has guided every decision: from structural systems to mechanical and finishes. To make sure everyone got to see all of these features, this year’s BASH included a self-guided tour and scavenger hunt highlighting many of the building’s landmark elements including North America’s largest and tallest mass-timber column, the clever slab bands that allow for spans without significant floor depth, and the solar chimneys which help the building breathe through passive strategies. George Brown even provided access to the 10th floor event space, an area not typically opened to the public. And if you’re wondering where all the facts in the tour come from, we have to tip our hats to the team at Moriyama Teshima and George Brown Polytechnic who led two great building tours of the project this past summer, as well as to Canadian Architect for their comprehensive article on the building earlier this fall. 

While people explored every nook and cranny of the building throughout the evening, it was on the third floor where the party was on—transforming three adjoining classrooms into one large gathering space! Just like the building’s architecture, this year’s menu paid special attention to all things local with wines from the Niagara region, mocktails incorporating native Ontario fruits like cranberries, as well as many dishes celebrating Canada and Canadian ingredients like hearty bison and three sisters chili with fried bannock and Montréal smoked meat deli sliders. Even this year’s centrepieces were a celebration of all things local, incorporating BC incense cedar, red dogwood, and Ontario white pine.  

But while the food, drinks, and architecture were all certainly memorable, it is the familiar opportunities of reconnecting with old friends and meeting new ones which continue to make the BASH such a time-honoured tradition. It is always fantastic to see how many conversations take place during this annual celebration and the many new relationships that form during the party.

We want to express our utmost gratitude to everyone who made this year’s BASH possible: from the hundreds of attendees who filled the space, to our amazing sponsors who make this and all of our initiatives possible. Thank you as well to our helpful TSA Executive and volunteers for their invaluable support running this event, our TSA staff for putting together such thoughtful elements that made this party so memorable, and the helpful team at George Brown for accommodating all our requests. And of course we can’t forget the team at Moriyama Teshima Architects who helped us secure such a spectacular venue for this year’s party. Our final thanks go to Ryan Falkenberg for volunteering his technical skills to help light this year’s venue, and to our fabulous photographer Yianni Tong for documenting the evening with such energy. 

So three cheers to another great BASH and see you next year at TSA BASH 2026! 

Want to relive some of the night’s highlights? Check out even more photos by our photographer Yianni Tong.