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Canadian Urbanism Uncovered

By Jonathan Zettel

  • Urban Planet: 100% recycled bike

    Desiging the world’s first 100% recycled bicycle wasn’t easy, but company The ReCycle was able to overcome major challenges to present the...

  • Urban Planet: The agricultural cliff

    While the fiscal cliff is dominating news in the States, there is a growing concern about the agricultural cliff. Farmers are growing older, and few are...

  • Urban Planet: Nests made of cigarette butts

    . Birds are using cigarette butts in their nests, but this might not be a bad thing. Some say that the nicotine acts as a toxin to keep parasites at bay...

  • Urban Planet: Cloud architecture hits Seoul Korea

    Known as The Cloud, these two hi-rise residential buildings are joined in the middle by a ten stories of apartments and spanning living areas. Designed by...

  • Q&A with Dan Bergeron: Evergreen Brick Works’ Underground Kilns

    At the Evergreen Brick Works more than 40-million bricks a year were produced, bricks that helped define much of Toronto’s skyline. Now, to...

  • Urban Planet: Getting to work on a trampoline?

    You might forget your battle for bike lanes after you see what Finnish  architects are doing. Known as the Fast Track, the 51-metre long trampoline  track...

  • Urban Planet: City of Light could go dark?

    A new proposal would have Parisian businesses turn off all their lights.  This would cut energy use across Paris, bringing in a more frugal and greener...

  • Tuesday’s headlines

    CITY HALL Budget chief vows to quit if councillors seek more spending [The Globe and Mail] Toronto budget calls for 2 per cent tax hike [Toronto Star...

  • Monday’s headlines

    CITY HALL Much anticipated audit of Rob Ford’s election expenses to be released in January [The Globe and Mail] Diagnosing Toronto’s casino...

  • Urban Planet: Spinning flywheels boost subways

    We can only imagine the amount of energy it takes so send subways around the city. Here’s an article that has at least one solution taken from the...

  • Friday’s headlines

    GARDINER EXPRESSWAY Councillor proposes Toronto sell Gardiner, erect tolls [The Globe and Mail] Gardiner Expressway should be turned into private sector...

  • Urban Planet: Project-a-lane bike lights

    BLAZE – Kickstarter Launch Video from BLAZE COMPONENTS on Vimeo. Has your mayor ripped out all your bike lanes? Fear not! Blaze has a solution, or...