Architecture

LORINC: Can the Ontario Science Centre save Ontario Place?

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Here’s a strange little detail about the 20-car pile-up that is the Ontario Place redevelopment scheme: Shortly before... Read More

As is: Photographs of Ontario Place, 2021- 2022

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In advance of Spacing’s upcoming issue focused on Ontario Place, we are sharing some of photographer Steven Evans’s images... Read More

Photographing Toronto’s suburban strip malls

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With an essay by Orly Linovski. A documentary project focused exclusively on the architecture of suburban strip malls: this idea... Read More

Will Bill 23 kill heritage protections?

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The Ontario government has proposed new legislation called the More Homes, Built Faster Act (Bill 23). But I’d prefer an act called... Read More

Monumental success: Toronto’s Stone Distillery has stood the test of time

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The Stone Distillery, which anchors the southwest corner of the Distillery Historic District, is a noble backdrop for thousands of... Read More

The emergence of the “Toronto Special” Modernist walk-up apartments

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The “Toronto Special” is a distinctly urban home that emerged during a post-war period associated with the rapid expansion... Read More

REID: Shadows and light – a longstanding debate

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It’s an argument, it turns out, that has been going on for centuries. When new tall or mid-rise buildings are discussed, one of the... Read More

Finding the Missing Middle in Unexpected Places: Cornwall, Ontario’s Permissive Zoning

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Urbanist discourse of recent years has commonly turned to reviving the Missing Middle as one means of remedying the skyrocketing cost... Read More

From Sunlight Park to East Harbour, Part 2 of 2

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This second part of my feature on Lever Brothers soap and detergent manufacturing in the lower Don Valley will examine the... Read More

Spacing’s ‘Remnants of Mid-Century Toronto’ book wins Lt. Governor’s Ontario Heritage Award

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Spacing is proud to announce that our book, Remnants of Mid-Century Toronto, has won the Lieutenant Governor’s Ontario Heritage Award... Read More