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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...
By Jonathan Zettel -
NO MEAN CITY: Don River Park, Hurricane Sandy and the meadows that will save Bay Street
Cross-posted from No Mean City, Alex’s personal blog on architecture What did we learn about building cities in 2012? From Superstorm Sandy, the...
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STREET SCENE: Season’s Greetings
Street Scene will appear each week showcasing the illustrations of local artist Jerry Waese.
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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...
By Jonathan Zettel -
STREET SCENE: Locking Post
Street Scene will appear each week showcasing the illustrations of local artist Jerry Waese.
By Jerry Waese -
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...
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Instaflaneur: mo urinals no problems
Last week’s Toronto Star column looked at the public washroom problem in Toronto. One of those sustained pressure issues in the city. We used to...
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STREET SCENE: From the Post Office
Street Scene will appear each week showcasing the illustrations of local artist Jerry Waese.
By Jerry Waese -
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...
By Jonathan Zettel -
STREET SCENE: The Harbour
Street Scene will appear each week showcasing the illustrations of local artist Jerry Waese.
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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...
By Jonathan Zettel -
NO MEAN CITY: ‘tactical urbanism’ and the Green Line
Cross-posted from No Mean City, Alex’s personal blog on architecture Architects and urban designers, have a look at this: The Green Line, a new...
By Alex Bozikovic