Architecture
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Lower Main May be Razed…Again
The big changes in store for the lower Main that we announced over a year ago are slowly becoming concrete. In December, the Gazette reported that Angus...
By Alanah Heffez -
Photo du jour – CCA turns twenty
The Canadian Centre for Architecture celebrated its 20th anniversary on Saturday. This floating chair is in the CCA Garden, where Melvin Charney’s...
By KC Bolton -
Watch NFB: Impressions of Expo 67
Editor: Spacing has partnered with the National Film Board of Canada to showcase films from their new online screening room. Matt Forsythe of the NFB is...
By Matthew Forsythe -
Modern-day Stonemasonry in NYC
My post about facadism last week generated a bunch of comments and this one in particular, by AJ Kandy, was echoed by many readers: “We need beauty...
By Alanah Heffez -
The Architecture of Evocation (or Hipster Architecture?)
The Seville theatre in 2009 (above) and the planned Seville Residences (below) from a presentation by Cardinal Hardy and A CD F Architects, April 7th 2009...
By Alanah Heffez -
Photo du Jour : The Last House on Ste-Marguerite
This house was built in 1890 and sits on its own tiny block, south of Notre-Dame. On a recent visit, I found it looking a little pitiful with those...
By Alanah Heffez -
Photo du jour: Montreal’s best parking garage
Maybe I’m just exposing myself to a barrage of angry comments by stating that I actually like this parking garage. You might not expect a garage on...
By Jacob Larsen -
Montreal’s shoebox/hobbit houses
I’ve always been curious about the flat-roofed one-storey houses that are sprinkled throughout many of Montreal’s neighbourhoods. Rather than...
By Christopher DeWolf -
Opening up the Oratory’s view
It’s the thrill of discovering a new perspective on what you see everyday: that’s why I have such a thirst for finding new vantage points from...
By Christopher DeWolf -
Le village piétonnier de Tremblant
J’ai passé quelques jours avec ma famille lorsque de la parenté en provenance de Hong Kong était venue nous visiter à Montréal l’été dernier...
By Cédric Sam -
Is this what we wanted?
Mixed-use development. Small-scale, street-level commerce. Walkable. Comfortable building height to street width ratio. Architecturally coherent, while...
By Alanah Heffez -
Photo du Jour : World Trade Centre
Photo by Taylor Noakes, a local picture-snapper and aficionado of Montreal’s history and design. We look forward to publishing more of his...
By Spacing