Urban Design

Shining a light on Toronto’s streetlamps

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Street lighting is an important, yet overlooked, part of any city’s standard infrastructure. For over seventy years... Read More

LORINC: Why Toronto’s urban design needs a lesson on climate and equity

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Many Torontonians, including critics, have long bemoaned the absence, at least in recent decades, of a unique architectural character... Read More

LORINC: The cautionary tale of Rail Deck Park

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If Toronto’s Rail Deck Park plan ended up dying in a dense thicket of legalistic land-use planning arguments, it would be fair... Read More

LORINC: Which green standard will reduce Toronto’s carbon?

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Few would argue that the City of Toronto’s goal of reducing building-related carbon emissions to zero by around 2030 is a worthy... Read More

LORINC: The vital need to renew Tower Renewal

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Almost exactly a year ago, a team of American affordable housing experts from the Urban Land Institute came to Toronto to offer up... Read More

LORINC: Raising the stakes in the MZO wars

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The judge who handed down a temporary injunction last week, halting the demolition of the historic Dominion Foundry in the West... Read More

OP-ED: YongeTOmorrow is an opportunity not to be missed

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This is an op-ed by from YongeTOmorrow and co-signers Richard Florida, Rana Florida, Ken Greenberg, Dr. Robin Mazumder, Brent... Read More

When it comes to parking minimums, less is more

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Is parking policy in Toronto finally going to be meaningfully reformed? On January 5th, the City of Toronto released a “Report for... Read More

LORINC: The never-ending war between Queen’s Park and City Hall

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There could have scarcely been a more succinct visual metaphor for the chronically dysfunctional relationship between City Hall and... Read More