Architecture
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The City in the Present
In today’s city, information and experiences find you and appear on your screens, yet the human craving for physical presence still pulls us out...
By Yuval Fogelson -
The Pasts of the City
Walk through a neighbourhood with someone who grew up there, and the stories start. The diner that used to be on that corner. The whole block that looked...
By Yuval Fogelson -
The City in Tenses
The past feels like a caricature of itself, compressed, simplified, stripped of everything that made it complicated. The future feels like a caricature of...
By Yuval Fogelson -
UCS #102: The White Elephant
See our Launch and Introduction about the launch of the © Urban Cartoon Syndicate and the announcement by CityHallWatch. *** Related Readings: Vancouver...
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Book Review – Planning the Future of Abu Dhabi: A Canadian-Emirati Collaboration for Sustainable Urbanism
Edited by Larry Beasley and Michael White (UBC Press/On Point Press, 2026) There is a version of city-building that planners often imagine, if not quietly...
By Erick Villagomez -
From Exception to Entitlement
Vancouver is once again asking a familiar question: how tall should the city grow? Framed through the City’s ongoing review of the Higher Buildings...
By Erick Villagomez -
Book Review – American Bridge: Reinventing Building, Making History
Author: Gregory Dreicer (MIT Press, 2026) We tend to think of infrastructure as something we build. Concrete, steel, timber—assembled into roads, towers...
By Erick Villagomez -
Walking the City, Together: Jane’s Walk Vancouver Returns This Spring – April 30-May 3
From April 30 to May 3, Jane’s Walk Vancouver returns with a citywide series of free, community-led walking tours that transform everyday streets into...
By Spacing -
Spreading the warmth
In the free conservatory at Allan Gardens park in downtown Toronto, the glass houses hold warm air, vibrant plant life, moving water, and a quiet that...
By Alex Kharabian -
Book Review: Building Art – The Life and Work of Frank Gehry
“To redesign the environment we really have to redesign our whole value system – question the sacred cows – and ask ourselves what we...
By Sean Ruthen -
More housing near transit won’t solve Toronto’s affordability crisis
Onah Jung is a Toronto-based architect, urban designer, and founder of Studio Jonah. The City of Toronto recently revealed plans for more housing around...
By Onah Jung -
a red rectangle of our urban density hinge-mounted like a stamp
nights, bearings, routes
By Derek DeLand