Urban Design
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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...
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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 -
Designing Toronto’s Streets
The city of Toronto is currently engaged in setting design standards for new local residential streets in Toronto (not main streets). They are conducting...
By Dylan Reid