Jeff Hardy

Principal - Toronto North America

T: T +1 416 598 1240
E: jeff.hardy@bdp.com

Jeff is a principal, co-head of the media environments team and head of retail and special projects for our North American studios, designing and executing on projects that combine inspired design, advanced technology and complex scheduling challenges.

As co-head of the media environment team, Jeff specializes in the design of new purpose-built film and television production studios and data centres where creative industries thrive. The team works with some of the most respected media groups in the industry such as Netflix, Hudson Pacific, Hackman Capital, Rogers Media, Deluxe and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (“CBC”).

His work leading the retail and special projects architecture team has involved projects for high-profile global clients including Restoration Hardware, Aesop, Christian Louboutin, Nike, Casper Sleep, Peloton, Anthropologie, Sephora, Lululemon, Starbucks, Arc’teryx, Saje Wellness and many more.

His commercial property experience includes an award-winning BMW showroom and a BMW headquarters complex, together with the design of automobile dealerships for brands such as Porsche, Audi and Volkswagen.

Jeff represents the design industry in his role as the President of the Toronto Chapter of the Retail Design Institute.

Media environments are as varied as a small broadcast control room within a corporate headquarters to multi-building film production sound stage campuses that cover large land areas. We bring a wealth of media experience and knowledge to every project to satisfy both architectural and business goals.

Projects

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Sportsnet Studios

When Canadian telecom giant Rogers Communications moved to consolidate their Sportsnet studios at their main campus in downtown Toronto, BDP Quadrangle designed a new space dedicated to the iconic Hockey Night in Canada programming.

First Studio City

First Studio City will provide much needed production space for the film and television industry with ten sound stages and associated facilities that can support up to two feature films at a time.

Corus Entertainment

Eight-storey commercial office tenant fit-out for media brands with atrium, waterfront access and green roof.

Basin Media Hub

Stemming from a CreateTO competition, Basin Media Hub is a television and digital media production studio with a secure and reconfigurable six-stage studio complex as well as an additional 23,000 sf sound stage, addressing content providers’ skyrocketing demand for production space.

Hamilton Film Studios

This mixed-use development featuring a creative industries hub is being planned for the Tiffany Barton lands in Hamilton.

Rogers Centre of Excellence

Architectural design of broadcast facility including central server/rack rooms, master control and signal monitoring facilities, edit suites, engineering/IT service space, open office meeting rooms, kitchenette and staff amenities.

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Deluxe Toronto

Deluxe occupies a three-storey space in a renovated 1990s data centre that contains open concept workspaces, a welcoming atrium and highly specialised post-production facilities for movies and videos.

Stereo D

In stark contrast to the widely accepted design principle of the democratisation of light, Stereo D is a 3D conversion studio with open workspaces that need to be nearly dark to facilitate rendering.

House of Cool

House of Cool, an animation company with a unique niche in digital storyboards, lives up to its name in its new home at the Toronto Waterfront Daniels City of the Arts.

Artscape Daniels Launchpad

Artscape offices plus workshop spaces alongside new events space, meeting rooms, kitchen and common spaces.

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Pinewood Toronto Studios

An iconic office building symbolising Toronto as a leader in the film industry, this four-storey office and production building was developed to support a large scale studio complex.

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299 Queen Street West

An iconic heritage building repurposed as the headquarters of the CHUM television empire, 299 Queen Street West served as both a content-producing centre for multiple channels and a social hub for fans and viewers.

Allan Slaight Radio Institute

This radio complex at the heart of Ryerson University’s Rogers Communication Centre contains state of the art broadcasting equipment arranged in an intimate classroom setting.

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IMAX

An overall rebranding and refreshing of the IMAX office, lobby and common spaces was undertaken following a 200 seat state of the art testing theatre was added.

News

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Sportsnet. Evolving a heritage building into the future of broadcasting studios

Discover how BDP’s media environments team collaborated with Rogers Sports & Media and the design team to renovate two existing office buildings into an all-encompassing new home for SportsNet Studios.

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BDP named a top sustainability interior design giant

16/06/2023

BDP's interior design team has been recognised for its approach to environmentally focused projects, earning a notable placement on Interior Design's ‘Top 100 Sustainability Interior Design Giants of the Year’ list.

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It’s an Open House at Maison Radio-Canada

An open house sign on a front lawn stirs our imagination as we envision ourselves in the home for sale, curious about how its family lives and whether the house might suit us too.

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BDP Quadrangle receives a canadian governor general’s medal in architecture

06/06/2022

BDP Quadrangle’s innovative, sustainable design for a timber frame workplace project - 60 & 80 Atlantic Avenue - has won Canada’s most prestigious architecture prize.

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BDP opens its first studio in the USA

05/09/2022

BDP has officially opened a studio in New York City - its first studio in the USA.

//Resilient Places

Transforming Office Buildings into Thriving Next Gen Media Environments: A vision for Revitalisation

Once-static office and other underutilised buildings are being reshaped into dynamic media spaces that house broadcasting facilities, media hubs, pre- and post-production studios, and a host of other creative media environments. This transformative trend presents real opportunities for revitalising underused assets in today's challenging real estate market.

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