Urban Design
-
Public Office Space
The Globe and Mail has a rare article about the increased demand for better office space including bicycle amenities, better food and public-private...
By Chris Hardwicke -
Public space Saturday
The Globe and Mail had a bunch of interesting articles today. The first article was about the number of stray cats running around in our alleys. Some say...
By Matthew Blackett -
This just in: Gridlock is Bad
John Tory just announced the Ontario Conservative initiative to solve our Gridlock problem. They’ve set up this website, as a place where you can...
By Shawn Micallef -
Book launch tonight!
Our friends at the Toronto Public Space Committee are presenting a book launch tonight starting at 7:30pm at the Victory Cafe (on Markham, a block west of...
By Matthew Blackett -
Slow Street Movement
The Toronto Star has two articles about pedestrians today. Slow streets, safer driving? looks at Eric Dumbaugh’s study: “Safe Streets, Livable...
By Chris Hardwicke -
Scared of heights
Two articles in today’s Globe and Mail have contrasting arguments about tall buildings in Toronto and their relationship to public space. John...
By Chris Hardwicke -
What to do with Scarborough RT
There is some real concern about what is going to happen to the aging Scarborough Rapid Transit line. It was built with unique and not-widely used...
By Matthew Blackett -
Does Toronto need a design review panel?
John Sewell wrote a column in Eye this week on Toronto’s desire to implement a design review panel for architecture and urban design. There are many...
By Matthew Blackett -
Sinister Paradise of Dubai
Dubai, the Las Vegas of the Middle East, has a distinctive and inviolable criterion when it comes to development in its city: everything must be...
By Matthew Blackett -
40-storey ROM condo
The Royal Ontario Museum wants to build a 40-storey condominium tower on the current site of the McLaughlin Planetarium, and says it expects the...
By Chris Hardwicke -
These street are not made for walking
Christopher Hume wrote an excellent column yesterday in the Toronto Star about the state of walking in this city. Check it out here.
By Matthew Blackett -
Urbanism
Chris Hardwicke runs a wonderful wesbite called urbanism.org which is a portal to the planning and architecture world. It functions in a similar fashion...
By Matthew Blackett