Urban Design
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EVENTS: Urban forestry, Toronto’s competitiveness, the Post-Oil City, and Regent Park
WHAT: Understanding Your Urban Forest WHEN: May 1, 2013, 5-7pm WHERE: University of Toronto, 33 Willcocks Street Earth Sciences Building Room 4001 COST...
By Kayla-Jane Barrie -
Tires or feet? Chief Planner’s Roundtable on next generation suburbs
Last week I attended the Chief Planner Roundtable, hosted by our celebrity civil servant, Jennifer Keesmaat. The topic, the Next Generation Suburbs, is of...
By Robert Ruggiero -
Event: Vertical Urban Factory
The Breathing Factory, Osaka What: The Vertical Urban Factory project explores the structural, social, and economic implications of multi-storied urban...
By Jacqueline Whyte Appleby -
Making the case for Ontario Place: Part 2
The second video in our three-part series outlining new visions for Ontario Place was created by Marisa Maggs of the John H. Daniels Faculty of...
By Dale Duncan -
Chief Planner Roundtable: Building a Resilient City
The second installment of the Chief Planner Roundtable series centered on building a “Resilient City” capable of coping with change, not just in the face...
By Brian Anders -
LORINC: MGM’s Casino Ex-travaganza: have we seen this show before?
When MGM Resorts International unveiled its flashy proto-proposal for the CNE yesterday, the company’s officials were eager to talk about the 10,000 new...
By John Lorinc -
Chief Planner’s roundtable: reimagining how the City builds public spaces
Toronto’s new(ish) Chief Planner Jennifer Keesmaat hasn’t been shy about wanting to open up the planning process and get people talking about their city...
By Brian Anders -
Poster campaign to promote 50 ideas for a new city
Check out these amazing posters that were put up all over New York City to help promote ideas for a new city. The project was launched and hosted by Urban...
By Jonathan Zettel -
Urban Planet: Barcelona and London among cities in competition to share urban solutions
Cities from around the world have answered the call for innovative and sustainable solutions to urban problems. Barcelona, Boston, Christchurch, London...
By Jonathan Zettel -
STREET SCENE: On Christie
Street Scene will appear each week showcasing the illustrations of local artist Jerry Waese.
By Jerry Waese -
The legacy of Michael Hough
“I believe in the necessity of cities as sentinels of global-regional change, and the need to characterize them as urban landscapes. Ecology is...
By Dale Duncan -
STREET SCENE: Alone on Cumberland
Street Scene will appear each week showcasing the illustrations of local artist Jerry Waese.
By Jerry Waese