{"id":125,"date":"2025-09-04T08:36:36","date_gmt":"2025-09-04T08:36:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cpachter.com\/?page_id=125"},"modified":"2026-06-10T20:59:23","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T20:59:23","slug":"design","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cpachter.com\/?page_id=125","title":{"rendered":"DESIGN"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Charles Pachter has worked as an architectural designer, restoring more than 20 buildings in downtown Toronto in the 1970s and 80s, and a studio in Miami Beach where he wintered from 1993-1999.
In\u00a0 2003 he converted a former ice storage warehouse on Lake Simcoe into a summer studio and residence where he painted for 12 years.\u00a0 In 2013 he converted a former auto repair shop in downtown Orillia into a studio and showroom for his work.\u00a0 A new residential addition was completed in March 2016. In 2017 two adjacent properties were restored, one brand new, the other a re-build of an 1890s Victorian.
In 2019-21 a new 2.5 storey wing was built at the rear of his residence and studio at 22 Grange Ave in downtown Toronto. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2025-6 two new buildings at 92 Peter St South are under construction in Orillia, adjacent to the Pachterplex existing studio compound.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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1232 Shaw St 1968-1974<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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ARTISTS ALLIANCE & ARTERY Artists\u2019 Co-op,
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2 Grange Place residence & studio 1978-2004<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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GRACIE\u2019S Restaurant, 508-10 Queen St W, 1980-82
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IGA supermarket at 567 Queen St W converted to galleries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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THE PAINTED FLAG Exhibition opened here, Nov. 1981<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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80 Beverley St, restored six-plex, 1987-1999<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Miami Beach 1993-1999: Trompe l\u2019oeil<\/em> \u201cpool\u201d painted over cement patio<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Lake Simcoe ICE HOUSE studio and residence \u2013  2003-2014<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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MOFO -MOOSE FACTORY OF ORILLIA 2012-2015<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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NEW GALLERIES & RESIDENTIAL ADDITION TO MOFO in Orillia, built July 2015-Mar 2016<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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SCOTTELGIN, new house built in 2016-17 on the historic street in downtown Orillia where Group of Seven painter Franklin Carmichael grew up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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2017-2018  PACHTERPLEX -Derelict Victorian gutted and re-built with galleries, conference rooms and residential facilities overlooking  garden of existing MOFO, Moose Factory of Orillia<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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New wing under construction in 2021 at 22 Grange Ave in downtown Toronto:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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2026 Two new buildings under construction in Orillia, adjacent to existing studio compound<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Charles Pachter has worked as an architectural designer, restoring more than 20 buildings in downtown Toronto in the 1970s and 80s, and a studio in Miami Beach where he wintered from 1993-1999.In\u00a0 2003 he converted a former ice storage warehouse on Lake Simcoe into a summer studio and residence where he painted for 12 years.\u00a0 … Continue reading DESIGN<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-125","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cpachter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/125","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cpachter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cpachter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cpachter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cpachter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=125"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/cpachter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/125\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2547,"href":"https:\/\/cpachter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/125\/revisions\/2547"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cpachter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=125"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}