Architecture
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Ontario Place revisited — with John Tory heading up a revitalization of the site, let’s walk around the site now and see what’s worth saving.
With the news that John Tory will be heading up the revitalization of Ontario Place, let’s revisit a piece I wrote 1.5 years ago, exploring the...
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NO MEAN CITY: Concrete Ideas book launch
Cross-posted from No Mean City, Alex’s personal blog on architecture This Wednesday (Jan 25), Pina Petricone launches what should be a fascinating...
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NO MEAN CITY: Abbey Gardens by Williamson Chong Architects
Cross-posted from No Mean City, Alex’s personal blog on architecture This isn’t a “tour” of a completed building but of a...
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NO MEAN CITY: The architecture of health
Cross-posted from No Mean City, Alex’s personal blog on architecture There’s an interesting panel discussion coming up on Thursday at U of...
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NO MEAN CITY: The genius of walk-up apartments
Cross-posted from No Mean City, Alex’s personal blog on architecture Toronto’s housing market may be slowing down, but it’s been incredibly...
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NO MEAN CITY: The waterfront and the generic city
Cross-posted from No Mean City, Alex’s personal blog on architecture I haven’t touched on the waterfront very often this year (I was busy elsewhere...
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NO MEAN CITY: Is Toronto climbing, collapsing or both?
Cross-posted from No Mean City, Alex’s personal blog on architecture Recently I met with an American magazine editor who was in town for a...
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LORINC: The Crimes and Misdemeanours of an Unbuilt Toronto
Scanning the fascinating images in Mark Osbaldeston’s second compilation about Toronto’s “alternate history,” — Unbuilt Toronto 2 — I found myself...
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NO MEAN CITY: Tour, Centre for Justice Leadership
Cross-posted from No Mean City, Alex’s personal blog on architecture. Recently the Zerofootprint Re-Skinning Awards announced this year’s...
By Alex Bozikovic -
NO MEAN CITY: An idea we should steal from New York
Cross-posted from No Mean City, Alex’s personal blog on architecture. The new architecture critic of the New York Times, Michael Kimmelman, recently...
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On Daniel Libeskind, and what buildings mean
Cross-posted from No Mean City, Alex’s personal blog on architecture I wrote a piece last weekend for The Globe and Mail about Daniel Libeskind’s...
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NO MEAN CITY: Toronto Urban Design Awards
Cross-posted from No Mean City, Alex’s personal blog on architecture A night about design, and it turned into a civic pep rally. That was the...
By Alex Bozikovic