The Ismaili Centre at 49 Wynford Drive in Toronto was designed by Charles Correa Associates in collaboration with Moriyama & Teshima Architects, with Vladimir Djurovic as landscape architect. The Aga Khan Foundation acquired the site in November 2002 after plans to demolish the Bata Shoes head office were announced. A foundation ceremony took place on May 28, 2010. The centre opened on September 12, 2014. It is the sixth Ismaili Centre in the world. The article names no style.
The development cost $300 million and shares a 17-acre (6.8 ha) site with the Aga Khan Museum. The glass prayer-hall dome has two layers of high-performance glass, fritted to deflect heat. The article says it recalls the corbelling of traditional domes in the Muslim world. A clear glass sliver on the east side faces Mecca.
A park with formal and informal gardens links the centre to the museum. The article gives no hours.
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