Urban Design
LORINC: Doug Ford’s electrification plan is actually a gas-powered climate nightmare
By John Lorinc
It being election season (and Earth Day), the Ontario government news releases are arriving a dime a dozen right now, and many seem to... Read More
What You Should Know about Vancouver’s New City Plan
By Christopher Cheung
By Christopher Cheung and Jen St. Denis It’s here at last — Vancouver’s long-awaited plan that will guide land-use decisions from... Read More
The Jericho Lands Need a Human-Scaled Rethink
By scothein
Vancouver is destined to have a new neighbourhood on its west side, one so densely populated that Council recently approved routing... Read More
OP-ED: Ontario Housing Affordability Task Force pushes for private sector power over true affordability
By Heather Breeze, Mona Dai, and Samuel Ganton
Written on behalf of The Architecture Lobby Toronto/Tkaronto (TAL-TO). TAL-TO is a volunteer-run collective working to improve the... Read More
PODCAST: Spacing Radio 065, Cities for Youth
By Spacing Radio
Urban designers and placemakers often struggle to create cities that work for everyone, including youth. But the youth themselves are... Read More
Why we must stop the ‘urbicide’ — the killing of cities
By Tricia Wood
The 21st century was supposed to be the “century of the city.” As of 2007, 50% of the world’s population lives in cities, and the... Read More
LORINC: NIMBYs vs Garden Suites, Season 2
By John Lorinc
Here’s an odd little mystery about a freshly filed appeal by a residents association coalition of council’s new... Read More
Reconnecting with the Waterfront: Bentway Design Competition Winners
By Allison Zhao
Two major intersections on Lake Shore Boulevard under the Gardiner Expressway will be looking quite different very soon, as the... Read More
Joan Didion was an urbanist
By Josh Fullan
After a month of reading the essays of Joan Didion—the American author whose literary reputation seemed to ascend to new heights when... Read More
The Overhead: Bringing balance to the housing crisis
By Spacing Radio
Spacing and the Balanced Supply of Housing research node proudly present The Overhead: Understanding Canada’s Affordable Housing... Read More