Domus Terrazzo provides architects and designers with complimentary samples through the Terroxy Hard Sample Program. Design specialists can customize colours to meet nearly any design need; the chip combinations and colour selections are endless. Samples are custom made to the exact colour and aggregate specifications.
With your surface as the canvas, Terroxy® Resin Systems provide the ability to transform creativity into a durable and timeless art. Terroxy® Epoxy Matrix offers designers the ability to create the most distinctive patterns and the most vibrant colour palette for their projects. This unlimited design and colour flexibility is unique to epoxy flooring. By selecting the appropriate colours, patterns and aggregates, designers can create virtually any design imaginable. Terroxy® Resin Systems’ Epoxy Matrix, provides a beautiful, seamless surface that is easy to maintain. The combination of beauty, durability and low maintenance has led to a renaissance in the use of terrazzo over the past decade. Today, terrazzo flooring continues to provide the ultimate durability, typically lasting the life of the building. Resistant to chemicals, oil, grease and bacteria, Terroxy Epoxy Matrix is ideal for commercial, industrial, and institutional applications. This special formulation prevents colours from fading or wearing thin. Common applications include airports, hospitals, museums, office buildings, restaurants, schools, shopping malls and stadiums/convention centers.
About Domus Terrazzo
Domus Terrazzo is the only “one stop” Terrazzo supplier in Canada providing the epoxy resin, aggregates, divider strips and equipment. Terroxy Resin Systems provides peace of mind by enhancing the durability of your flooring system with the finest selection of quality primers, anti-fracture membranes and sealers; helping to make your flooring needs complete. Domus Terrazzo offers a variety of crushed marble and specialty aggregates including pre and post-consumer recycled glass and mirror as well as a number of Italian, Turkish, American and Canadian aggregates in sizes ranging from 00 to Venetian. Domus Terrazzo provides architects and designers with complimentary samples through the Terroxy Hard Sample Program.
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2023 TTMAC Hard Surface Award – Terrazzo
New Toronto Courthouse
The Ontario Court of Justice – Toronto is now located in a fully accessible, state of the art courthouse. It features 63 judicial hearing rooms and will bring together six Ontario Court of Justice criminal court locations. These courts include specialty courts such as those for drug treatment, youth, and mental health. Construction began in the fall of 2018 and is now the largest courthouse in Ontario and the second largest in Canada.
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The new Toronto Courthouse was designed by the internationally renowned Renzo Piano Building Workshop in partnership with Canadian-based architecture firm NORR Architects. The 17-story design can now boast being the most accessible courthouse in Ontario. Among elements such as video capabilities for remote attendance, barrier free boxes, and braille signage are the tactile indicators installed by Franklin Terrazzo Company Inc. Thousands of stainless-steel domes and bars are installed in the public spaces to assist in wayfinding. The more unique tactiles are those installed at the courtroom entrances. These tactiles were not only installed by Franklin Terrazzo Company but also fabricated at their precast shop in Chatham, Ontario and transported to site. The large precast panels were cast, and material was then ground and removed creating panels with integral tactile bars matching the exact specifications as their stainless-steel counterparts.
Franklin Terrazzo Company Inc. worked with EllisDon Design Build Inc. to install beautiful epoxy terrazzo in the public spaces of the courthouse. This includes the large lobbies of the ground and first floors, 12 elevator cabs, as well as public corridors and washrooms on all 17 floor levels. There are 46 public washrooms exhibiting beautiful epoxy terrazzo floors and base.
Connecting the ground to the first floor is the feature staircase, featuring 5-foot-long self-supporting epoxy terrazzo treads with detailed nosing. The 140,000 square feet of crisp white floors are the result of extensive leveling and flattening of the concrete slab performed by Franklin Terrazzo Company Inc. to achieve a super flat finish. This substrate was also treated with full coverage crack isolation membrane prior to the installation of the epoxy terrazzo. The use of white epoxy resin with pure white marble chips are what give the floors their brilliant white appearance and are framed with 3” precast flat terrazzo base.
Architect: Renzo Piano Building Workshop / NORR Architects
General Contractor: EllisDon Design Build Inc.
Contractor: Franklin Terrazzo Company Inc.
Material Supplier: Domus Terrazzo Supply
2023 NTMA Honor Award Winner
Senate of Canada
The Senate of Canada is located at Center Block on Parliament Hill in Ottawa.
The existing Centre Block is undergoing a 10-year renovation project which is resulted in the relocation of The Senate of Canada to a temporary new location which was built in 1909 and was originally the Ottawa Union Train Station.
Public Works Canada along with Diamond Schmitt Architects and KWC Architects in joint venture took on the challenge to design the 8,000 square feet of corridors and lobby floors of the New Senate Building. In this design it was noted that the existing marble had to be incorporated as it was deemed Heritage Marble.
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The existing Missisquoi Grey Marble floors, baseboards, wainscoting, and stairs were salvaged and cut into 2 inch wide by 1 ½ inch thick pieces by random lengths ranging from 10 inches to 30 inches.
Due to the irregular and sloped floor of the old railway station a conventional sand and cement underbed was installed.
The underbed was left to cure for 5 days. A Moisture Vapor Treatment was installed followed by epoxy primer. Two coats of full coverage fiber reinforced crack isolation membrane were applied. 1/16-inch zinc divider strips were laid along with expansion joints.
The next step was the installation of the Heritage marble bars. The random lengths of Heritage Marble bars were chopped in length with a mosaic chopper creating broken and uneven edges giving them an old-world appearance.
The heritage marble bars were installed at random within the 4 feet by 9-foot panels using an epoxy mastic. Once the heritage marble bars were successfully installed an epoxy terrazzo mixture consisting of Aggregate sized at #0, #1 and #2 was poured to complete the installation. The entire floor was then ground to an 800-grit finish and sealed.
Architect: Diamond Schmitt Architects and KWC Architects in Joint Venture
General Contractor: PCL Construction
Terrazzo Contractor: Franklin Terrazzo Company
Supplier: Domus Terrazzo / T and M Supply
2022 TTMAC Hardsurface Awards: Terrazzo
The Drake Hotel – Modern Wing
The Drake Hotel is a Toronto hotel destination located in the Queen West neighbourhood and is well known for its celebration of community, culture, and contemporary art. The Drake Hotel expanded with the addition of the “Modern Wing”. The completed project has achieved the Toronto Green Standard Tier 2 requirements for sustainable design.
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The five-story expansion allows for 32 new hotel rooms as well as a rooftop suite & terrace. The new “Modern Wing” is a contemporary design that contrasts the “Classic Wing” that once housed the entire hotel. A new ground floor in the main lobby is where Franklin Terrazzo Company Inc. created a seamless transition from classic to modern through their terrazzo installation.
Franklin Terrazzo Company Inc. created 6 colours to match the pastel shades of the original portland cement terrazzo of the vintage building. The new lobby features jewel tone terrazzo floors with a modern design full of dynamic energy and movement. The 9mm epoxy terrazzo floor spans 2,000 square feet over a moisture mitigation membrane and crack isolation membrane. The patterns were created with 1/8” zinc strips to define the crisp edges of the design.
Architect: Diamond Schmitt Architects
Designer: Design Agency, +tongtong and The Drake’s in-house team
Owner: Drake Hotel Properties
General Contractor: Skygrid Construction Inc.
Trade Contractor: Franklin Terrazzo Company
Supplier: Domus Terrazzo Supply Co.
2021 TTMAC Hardsurface Awards: Terrazzo
Cortellucci Vaughan Hospital
The Cortellucci Vaughan Hospital (Formerly Mackenzie Vaughan Hospital) was completed in 2020 and officially opened in February of 2021 as a system-wide support resource for Ontario's COVID-19 pandemic response capacity pressures caused by the pandemic.
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The terrazzo installed by Franklin Terrazzo Company can be seen in the public corridors and spaces of levels one and two as well as two monumental precast staircases. The floor is comprised of 42,000 square feet of 9mm thick Epoxy Terrazzo with Moisture Mitigation and Full Coverage Crack Isolation Membrane.
Encompassing this floor is 4,500 lineal feet of precast terrazzo base manufactured in Franklin Precast Shop. The staircases contain 102 pieces of 2” thick, one-piece tread and riser units, as well as landings. All aggregates used to create the terrazzo work were Canadian products and sourced locally. We included 10% recycled glass to help Cortellucci Vaughan Hospital in their goal of achieving Silver LEED certification.
Architect: Stantec
Owner: Mackenzie Health
General Contractor: PCL Constructors
Trade Contractor: Franklin Terrazzo
Supplier: Domus Terrazzo Supply
2021 TTMAC Hardsurface Awards: Unique Special Award
Fanshawe’s Institute for Indigenous Learning
Fanshawe’s Institute for Indigenous Learning will be a focal point for Indigenous students and communities to engage in research, innovation, experiential and digital learning and social entrepreneurship.
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Franklin Terrazzo Company Inc collaborated with the design team at Diamond Schmidt Architects and Guy Williams, Special Advisor, Indigenous Education and Development at Fanshaw College to achieve perfect colours for the 33-foot diameter project.
To create the artist's vision, it was imperative to the artwork that the pattern within the 28 sections not be separated by divider strip. To achieve this, Franklin Terrazzo precast all the components and assembled them at Franklin Terrazzo Company located in Chatham, ON.
Architect: Diamond Schmitt Architects
General Contractor: D Grant Construction
Trade Contractor: Franklin Terrazzo
Supplier: Domus Terrazzo
2021 TTMAC Hardsurface Awards: International
LF Wade International Airport
With Bermuda’s existing terminal which was built between 1941 and 1943 and sitting at just 11 feet above sea level and battling waves, flooding, and storm surges it was clear it was reaching the end of its useful life.
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The new terminal is 288,000 square feet with 6 gates. As one of the largest projects that the 20-square- mile island has ever seen, it features materials and décor that reflect the history, flora, and fauna of Bermuda and its community.
The airport now features 45,000 square feet of stunning 9mm thick epoxy terrazzo with Moisture Mitigation and Full Coverage Crack Isolation Membrane.
“And through innovative thinking – we built and proved the model for how small airports can nevertheless achieve world class outcomes.”
Architect: Scott Associates Architects
Owner: Government of Bermuda
General Contractor: Aecon Group
Trade Contractors: Franklin Terrazzo
Supplier: Domus Terrazzo Supply
Project Profiles
Seneca College
A Terrazzo medallion at Seneca College's Centre for Innovaion, Technology and Entrepreneurship (CITE) in Toronto pays tribute to Indigenous culture.
Architect: Perkins and Will
Artist: Joseph Sagaj
GC: EllisDon
Contractor: Franklin Terrazzo
Supplier: Domus Terrazzo
Joseph Brant Hospital
As part of the redevelopment and expansion of the Joseph Brant Hospital in Burlington, ON, 28,000 sq. ft. of epoxy terrazzo was installed. This was the largest redevelopement project of its kind ever undertaken in Burlington.
Architect: Parkin Architects
GC: EllisDon Trade
Contractor: Franklin Terrazzo
Supplier: Domus Terrazzo
Tsawwassen Mills
A 2,000 sq. ft. circular design named “The Coast Salish"" was installed in a shopping mall located on Tsawwassen First Nations land in Delta, B.C., Tsawwassen Mills. The strip design consisted of symbols meaningful to the Tsawwassen First Nations.
Architect: IPRA Architects
GC: Ledcor Constructing Ltd.
Contractor: Franklin Terrazzo
Supplier: Domus Terrazzo
Wellington Building
Located in Ottawa, 180 Wellington is recognized as a Federal Heritage Building. A major restoration has brought the building back to its original splendor, while incorporating new and modern touches. It has 30,000 sq. ft. of 3/8 in. epoxy terrazzo system composed of 100 percent Canadian white marble chips.
Architect: NORR GC: EllisDon
Contractor: Franklin Terrazzo
Supplier: Domus Terrazzo
Hockey Hall of Fame
This hybrid museum / Hall of Fame exhibit space was developed around a 30 ft. diameter terrazzo map of the world, made to emphasize the global appeal of ice hockey.
Architect: Holman Exhibits
Designer: Terry Heard Designers
Contractor: Franklin Terrazzo
Supplier: Domus Terrazzo
University of Western College
Constructed in 1922, The University College's interior infrastructure was no longer able to match the university's modern demands, so a massive renovation was needed. The terrazzo contractor restored 52,000 sq. ft. of flooring, along with four staircases and one grand staircase.
Architect: Architect Tillman Ruth Robinson
GC: Tonda
Contractor: Franklin Terrazzo