By Kristen Gagnon
Why not wood? How good architecture and a sense of material, could help the Chateau Laurier addition finally get it right
When the new design for the highly controversial Chateau Laurier addition was shared with the public in early February, it was... Read More
Review: National Arts Centre Architectural Rejuvenation Project Phase I
By the time you read this, HRH Prince Charles will have already cut the ribbon on the first phase of the $110.5 million architectural... Read More
EVENTS: 2015/16 Ottawa Design Lecture Series
With September marking the start of a new academic year, the past weeks have seen the announcement of multiple public, design-based... Read More
Easy as 1-2-3: The simple absurdity of the site selection for the ‘Memorial to the Victims of Communism’
triad: noun tri·ad \ˈtrī-ˌad also -əd\ 1: a union or group of three : trinity 2: a chord of three tones consisting of a root with... Read More
Image of the Moment: Westboro’s Complete Street
Image: Ottawa’s first ‘complete street’ Location: Churchill Avenue, Westboro, Ottawa, Canada Date of photo: June 13... Read More
A Crack of Light, A Crack of Hope – A Night with Daniel Libeskind
Daniel Libeskind, in conversation with Professor Stephen Fai Speaking poignantly the night before the 70th anniversary of the... Read More
Ottawa’s ‘Little Toronto’: Lansdowne Park’s lack of local
Having grown up in Toronto, the move to Ottawa found me at first feeling slightly claustrophobic and disconnected from the... Read More
‘Poetic expressions of social justice’: A night with architect Gregory Henriquez
Last Monday, October 20th, 2014, saw the second lecture in the Azrieli School’s Forum Lecture Series, bringing architect and Carleton... Read More