Architecture
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Announcing…Salon Voltaire at the Gladstone Hotel on April 4th
The 2007 Salon Voltaire lecture series will begin with an evening of discussion with City Councillor Adam Vaughan and Greg Woods, Director of SMC Alsop...
By Julie Yamin -
Greening and loving our slabs
Spacing contributor and Modernism fan Graeme Stewart had a great long piece in yesterday’s Toronto Star on how the concrete high rises built in the...
By Shawn Micallef -
Public forum: Urban Design or Civic Design?
One plus One equals Three invites you to join a public forum this Saturday, March 24 at 1p.m., at the Toronto Free Gallery (660 Queen St. East). The forum...
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Monday (and weekend) headlines
A compendium of articles from the weekend and Monday. TRANSIT ISSUES • Mind the transit funding gap [ Toronto Star ] • Toronto transit dream...
By Matthew Blackett -
Endangered Species
Last year we wrote about the struggle to save the beautiful half-round Riverdale Hospital (pictured here) built on the edge of the Don Valley. Modern...
By Shawn Micallef -
Postal
It’s confounding that so many Toronto condo projects are given such unfortunate names that have nothing to do with this city or this geography. Like...
By Shawn Micallef -
Renderings for Nathan Phillips Square re-design
Spacing associate editor Dylan Reid has already posted a critique of the four finalists, so I’ll spare you my opinions (they don’t differ too...
By Matthew Blackett -
Nathan Phillips Square Revitalization Designs (Part 1?)
I just got back from viewing the four proposed designs for revitalizing Nathan Phillips Square. I only saw the designs and models — I didn’t...
By Dylan Reid -
Nathan Phillips Square design competition display
The designs of the four finalists in the competition to re-design Nathan Phillips Square will be presented to the public next week. Tuesday, February 20...
By Dylan Reid -
Sunday’s headlines
• CN disputes strike’s legality [ Toronto Star ] • Escaped slaves helped build Toronto [ Toronto Star ] • Mayors endorse GST scheme...
By Matthew Blackett -
Toronto’s public spaces in the news
TRANSIT • Can GO get going? [ Toronto Star ] • GO unveils strike plan [ Toronto Star ] • TTC, supervisors charged in noxious gas case ...
By Matthew Blackett -
“Paving†the way for a new Four Seasons
A rough timelapse sequence of the demolition of the old Ford dealership on Yorkville Avenue as part of site preparations for the new Four Seasons...
By Robin Chubb