Architecture
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Arcologies Already?
Toronto is in the midst of a building boom, and what with the new and continuing onslaught of proposed condo towers in the city, I would be surprised if...
By Duncan Patterson -
Site Unseen: Laneway Architecture & Urbanism in Toronto
Last Thursday’s post, Lost without laneways, garnered many requests for information regarding the suggested reading I posted at the end of the...
By Joseph Clement -
Second Empire? Look Up!
If you’ve ever tried to distinguish between the myriad of Victorian architectural styles then you know it isn’t always easy. ‘Victorian...
By Thomas Wicks -
Harnessing wind power downtown
I have a friend who recently bought a commercial building in the Entertainment District. He has some decent plans on how to properly develop the site and...
By Matthew Blackett -
The Highline: adaptive reuse of industrial infrastructure
NEW YORK – The Highline is one of the most actively discussed public space projects in New York and for a very good reason. It is setting a...
By Joseph Clement -
Poor NOLA: The violent struggle to rebuild a great city
On his blog yesterday Richard Florida posted “Shades of Robert Moses” and asked “So you thought urban renewal and the destruction of...
By Shawn Micallef -
Wartime Housing
Editor’s Note: This post is the second of an ongoing column exploring various architectural styles in and around Toronto. Spacing writer and...
By Thomas Wicks -
The Wild Queen West
For a while now I’ve been trying to wrap my head around exactly what the plans are for the Queen West Triangle. While the slew of developments...
By Duncan Patterson -
The Brutal Truth
Editor’s Note: This post is the first of what will be an ongoing column exploring various architectural styles in and around Toronto. Spacing writer...
By Thomas Wicks -
ROM tries to move hot dog vendors “blocking Crystal view”
I just returned from a museums conference in Ottawa and was just sorting through my notes to post soon on a few of the surprisingly positive public space...
By Leah Sandals -
Ottawa is 1978
I took the train to Ottawa a few weeks ago, a city I’ve only visited on two other occasions (once to write a story about the G20 Summit in November...
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Leslie Street Spit Quonset Hut
In today’s Toronto Star Ideas section I wrote about the Quonset Hut found half way out the Leslie Street Spit. It’s a neat architectural...
By Shawn Micallef