Architecture
Video Vancouver: The Missing Middle Mystery
By Yuri Artibise
Via About Here Metro Vancouver primarily has two types of housing. High rises or the single family house. What happened to all the... Read More
In Memoriam – Peter Cardew
By Sean Ruthen
This past week, the Vancouver architecture community was saddened to learn of the passing of Peter Cardew, an architectural titan and... Read More
Book Review: France Sketchbooks
By Sean Ruthen
Edited by Laurie Olin and Pablo Mandel (ORO Editions, 2020) Drawing is about seeing and not wriggling one’s wrist. It is also an act... Read More
LORINC: The digs of R.C. Harris
By John Lorinc
Anyone venturing by the Queen Street side of Old City Hall in the past couple of weeks may have noticed a small new plaque in front of... Read More
Student Housing as a Response to the Housing Crisis
By brianwakelin
The global housing crisis is a challenging and multi-faceted problem. Part of the solution, already successfully employed by... Read More
Book Review: 100 Ideas That Changed Architecture
By Sean Ruthen
Written by Richard Weston (Laurence King Publishing, 2020) This book’s title poses two obvious questions: what is an architectural... Read More
REID: Remembering Doug Taylor, a historian of Toronto
By Dylan Reid
Doug Taylor, one of Toronto’s local historians, died recently at the age of 82. I got to know Doug because we were both among the... Read More
Book Review – The Great Indoors: The Surprising Science of How Buildings Shape Our Behavior, Health, and Happiness
By Erick Villagomez
Author: Emily Anthes, Scientific American / Farrar, Straus and Giroux (2020) We spend most of our lives in buildings. According to... Read More
The Dufferin Grove Stones and the surprisingly winding trail to discover the origins of mysterious Toronto architectural ruins
By Andrew Lochhead
Hidden amongst the shrubs of one of Toronto’s best-loved parks lies a collection of architectural ruins – carved stones – recently... Read More
Book Review: The Architecture of Trees
By Sean Ruthen
Authors: Cesare Leonardi & Franca Stagi (Princeton Architectural Press, 2019) In Italy, most architects know this book and have... Read More