Architecture
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Schooled in Concrete: Modernist architecture at Dalhousie
This is a reprint of an article I wrote for the Dalhousie Gazette. HALIFAX – Despite what you might hear about dropping student enrollment...
By Jake Schabas -
Wright Ave: Infill housing at its best
HALIFAX – Wright Ave is the kind of place that makes Atlantic Canadian cities so great. An almost entirely hidden street in downtown Halifax, many...
By Jake Schabas -
From the Vaults: Spring Garden Road
The Nova Scotia Archives is pleased to share photos showcasing the changing faces of urban centers in Nova Scotia. You can learn more about the archives...
By Lauren Oostveen -
[Re]Presenting Halifax #6: Waterfront [Re]Visions Part 2
The [Re]Presenting Halifax series revisits historical and contemporary maps, diagrams and other interpretive readings of the Halifax region. See my first...
By Matt Neville -
Fenwick developer hopes to set a new precedent in Halifax
Co-written by Rachel Caroline Derrah HALIFAX – Fenwick Tower, the 40-years unfinished, 33-storey butt of the anti-development community’s â€...
By Emma Feltes -
Quilting the Urban Landscape
HALIFAX – What happens when you take a harder discipline like architecture out of context and cut it up to resemble something more soft, like a...
By Jessica Walker -
HRM by Re-design: Swimming and social infrastructure
A series that examines urban and architectural issues in Halifax by way of un-built proposals authored by different designers, this week featuring a...
By Dustin Valen -
New life for Shannon Park
Squat rows of...
By Lizzy Hill -
A New Space in Fredericton to Explore Space
Co-written by Giovanni Paquin & Andrew Matheson FREDERICTON – As of February 11th, Fredericton’s Gallery Connexion has opened the doors of its...
By Giovanni Paquin -
Uncovering our ‘Common’ past
HALIFAX – If you look it up on Google Maps, Canada’s oldest urban park, the Halifax Common hugs the western skirt of Citadel Hill. It’s shown as two...
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Victoria Apartments: Demolition Accomplished
HALIFAX – This past Saturday, the corner of Hollis and Morris was once again the city’s epicenter of perverse entertainment. An impromptu...
By Katie McKay -
New ideas for old St. Patrick’s High School
HALIFAX – “Destroy St. Pat’s.” This was the verdict of the Coast’s newest fix the city article, a list otherwise chalk full of forward-thinking...
By Jake Schabas