Architecture
Acton Ostry Architects: 25 Years Young
By Sean RuthenWhile an architecture student at UBC in 1998, our class was asked to go out around Vancouver and photograph examples of ‘weather registers’, instances in... Read More
Architecture
Book Review – Adapting Cities to Sea Level Rise: Green and Gray Strategies
By Erick Villagomez
Author: 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
National Housing Week: the missing middle
By Julie Fader
We 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 II
By Sean Ruthen
The 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
The Rough House
By Spacing
With ‘Freespace’ the theme of the 2018 Venice Biennale, described by the curators as ‘a generosity of spirit and a sense... Read More
A closer look at the City of Canada transit map
By Matthew Blackett
EDITOR’S NOTE: On Canada Day this year, Spacing’s creative director Matthew Blackett published a map of a fictional City... Read More
Featured Writers
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Kristen Gagnon
Why not wood? How good architecture and a sense of material, could help the Chateau Laurier addition finally get it right Review: National Arts Centre Architectural Rejuvenation Project Phase I EVENTS: 2015/16 Ottawa Design Lecture Series -
Dwight Williams
Street Names: Proposing an Intrepid Commemoration 30 Years, Reflected — a poetic commentary Image of the Moment: Blair Station renovations
Two-Cities: Kanata/Waterloo... a tale of two islands 
An Invasion? An Invitation? An Importation? Mechanical Monsters and Giants in the Streets 
All of Centretown - Photography and the city 
Street Names: Proposing an Intrepid Commemoration 
For the moment: The Prince of Wales Park