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TPL Lighting sales agency has transformed a historic Toronto townhouse into an experiential showcase for specifiers and designers.
BY LINDA LONGO | PHOTOGRAPHY BY JOSH GEELEN 14 enLIGHTenment Magazine | april 2020
As an immersive way for clients to ex- perience the illumination quality and aesthetics of the architectural and deco- rative luminaires they might consider for
projects, the family-owned Canadian sales agency TPL Lighting has opened “The Adelaide Project.”
Housed in a century-old condo separate from the agency’s headquarters on Ripley Avenue, The Adelaide Project is a revolutionary studio concept that was conceived, curated, and designed by the TPL team and located on Adelaide Street in the heart of Toronto’s King West neighborhood.
The concept is certainly unique for a sales agency to be able to provide such an elegant visual presen- tation – room upon room of thoughtfully selected vignettes – for the manufacturers it represents. Notes Karolyn Pott, VP/Operations & Administra- tion of The Adelaide Project and a co-owner of the agency, “TPL Lighting represents 40 manufactur- ers, all of whom we hope to have on display over
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