By Kristen Gagnon
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Call for submissions: MAQ ‘Young Critic in Architecture’ competition
The Maison de l’architecture du Québec is pleased to announce the fourth edition of the MAQ Young Critic in Architecture Competition (Concours Jeune...
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Urban Scavengers: Ottawa’s ‘Awesome Art Hunt’
If you happened to have been looking in some of Ottawa’s urban nooks and crannies as of late, you may have been surprised to have found a wooden canvas or...
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Urban Planet: Metropass? Check. Passport? Check??
While you will not actually need to use your passport when boarding, Istanbul’s new underwater rail line, the first of its kind, now connects Europe...
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Urban Planet: It takes a village
They say, it takes a village. And that was just the case when it came to getting seven prominent architects to design bus stations for the small town of...
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Urban Planet: Sheep in the City
If you happened to be in New York’s Chelsea gallery district recently, you may have seen a strange sight. But before you go and get your eyes...
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Urban Planet: Gehry’s Disney Concert Hall turns 10
This week marks the 10th Anniversary of Frank Gehry’s Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles, California. Home to the L.A. Philharmonic, there is...
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Urban Planet: Please seat yourself
The need for pedestrian friendly and walkable cities is well known within urbanism circles, and is quickly becoming apart of the mainstream dialogue on...
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Urban Planet: It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s a… submarine?
The people of Milan woke up to a strange sight on October 1st. As tourists and locals alike walked the streets of the city, they were met with “emergency...
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Urban Planet: Facebook’s worker town?
First there was Facebook. Then there was the conceptualized Facebook phone. Next up? Facebook apartments. Following up from last week’s Urban Planet post...
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Urban Planet: The plight of Paris’ bicyclettes
With recent news of the financial woes of the Bixi bike-share programs in cities across Canada, Paris’ community bike program, Vélib‘, has suffered...
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Urban Planet: A building 144 years in the making
In our world of contemporary architecture and building, it has come to be expected by clients and the public alike to receive not only plans, sections and...
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Urban Planet: Kanye the architect
Has the ‘starchitect’ shifted from the architect becoming a star to the star becoming an architect? Kanye West has revealed his desire to delve into the...