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HNR Building
21 Dundas Square, Toronto / photo by Vik Pahwa Contribute your photos to Spacing’s Flickr pool
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Urban Planet: With the switch of a wheel, FlyKly converts bicycles into e-bikes
Most any bicycle can be converted into an e-bike with the FlyKly Smart Wheel, a prototype currently the basis of a Kickstarter campaign. To get rolling...
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Construction on Sheppard
14 Sheppard Street under construction, Toronto / photo by Jonathan Castellino Contribute your photos to Spacing’s Flickr pool
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Urban Planet: This is what happens when architects play with LEGO
Architects from three world-class firms recently returned to their childhoods to take part in a LEGO experiment. The experiment, which Wired organized...
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Book Review – Sustainable Facades: Design Methods for High-Performance Building Envelopes
Sustainable Facades: Design Methods for High Performance Building Envelopes – Ajla Aksamija/Perkins+Will (Wiley) There is so much in the world today...
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Kariya Park, Mississauga
A sanctuary honouring Mississauga’s twin-city relationship with Kariya, Japan / photo by Jason Cook Contribute your photos to Spacing’s Flickr...
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Urban Planet: No key? No problem with the BitLock bike lock
A new bike lock lets cyclists use their smartphones as keys. BitLock, a prototype from Mesh Motion Inc., uses a proximity sensor to detect its owner’s...
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Withrow Park
“100 Years” a surreal photo taken in Withrow Park, Toronto / photo by Dominic Bugatto Contribute your photos to Spacing’s Flickr pool
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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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Book Review: BattersbyHowat
BattersbyHowat have been focused on an integrative approach to design, looking beyond the confines of architecture. This approach examines the nature of...
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Bay Street Nap
A man lying down on lower Bay Street, Toronto / photo by Jonathan Castellino Contribute your photos to Spacing’s Flickr pool
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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...
By Kristen Gagnon
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered