Architecture
Author: Weiss/Manfredi– Princeton Architectural Press (2018) In considering the evolution of ecological, urban, and social infrastructures, we have been... Read More
Book Review – Walkable City Rules: 101 Steps to Making Better PlacesAuthor: Jeff Speck (Island Press, 2018) When I reviewed Walkable City, the precursor to this book by Jeff Speck in 2013, I was in a... Read More
Book Review – Adapting Cities to Sea Level Rise: Green and Gray StrategiesAuthor: Stefan Al (Island Press, 2018) Many of our world’s urban centres lie along the shores of oceans and seas. As areas of rapid... Read More
Acton Ostry Architects: 25 Years YoungWhile an architecture student at UBC in 1998, our class was asked to go out around Vancouver and photograph examples of ‘weather... Read More
National Housing Week: the missing middleWe hear a lot about missing middle housing in Toronto these days: it’s something our city needs more of, it’s one of many solutions... Read More
Book Review: Smith House IIThe design of a house is for me a resolution between the needs of a family and the demands of a site. The relationship between... Read More
Whose Renaissance? Saint John's future 
Saint John: Photos of an underappreciated city 
Why Saving One House from Honda Demolition Matters 
There is no Good Development but Complete Development 
Tearing Off the Water Street “Refresh” Bandaid 
Small is Beautiful: Dartmouth's Findlay Centre and the new Master Plan