Architecture
Author: Weiss/Manfredi– Princeton Architectural Press (2018) In considering the evolution of ecological, urban, and social infrastructures, we have been... Read More
Book Review – Walkable City Rules: 101 Steps to Making Better PlacesAuthor: Jeff Speck (Island Press, 2018) When I reviewed Walkable City, the precursor to this book by Jeff Speck in 2013, I was in a... Read More
Book Review – Adapting Cities to Sea Level Rise: Green and Gray StrategiesAuthor: 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
Acton Ostry Architects: 25 Years YoungWhile an architecture student at UBC in 1998, our class was asked to go out around Vancouver and photograph examples of ‘weather... Read More
National Housing Week: the missing middleWe 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 IIThe 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
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