{"id":30322,"date":"2012-05-25T11:46:42","date_gmt":"2012-05-25T15:46:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingtoronto.ca\/?p=30322"},"modified":"2013-03-14T13:38:57","modified_gmt":"2013-03-14T17:38:57","slug":"no-mean-city-at-doors-open-inside-the-architects-studio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2012\/05\/25\/no-mean-city-at-doors-open-inside-the-architects-studio\/","title":{"rendered":"NO MEAN CITY: At Doors Open, Inside the Architect&#8217;s Studio"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-30323\" title=\"Paul Raff Studio, office\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/network\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2012\/05\/PRS_OFFICE.jpg\" width=\"554\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2012\/05\/PRS_OFFICE.jpg 693w, https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2012\/05\/PRS_OFFICE-600x389.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 554px) 100vw, 554px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Cross-posted from <\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nomeancity.net\"><em>No Mean City,<\/em><\/a><em> Alex&#8217;s personal blog on architecture<\/em><br \/>\n<em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/spacingmedia.com\/uploads\/images\/line-grey-1pixel-600wide.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"1\" \/><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Sorry for the pun. This week at Doors Open there&#8217;s a great array of buildings from every point in Toronto&#8217;s history &#8211; and also, if you&#8217;re interested, a chance to visit with contemporary architects at work.<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"More...\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nomeancity.net\/wp-includes\/js\/tinymce\/plugins\/wordpress\/img\/trans.gif\" \/><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Some excellent firms are taking part, including <a href=\"http:\/\/www.paulraffstudio.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Paul Raff Studio<\/a> (that is them above), <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dsai.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\">Diamond Schmitt<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.agathom.com\" target=\"_blank\">AGATHOM<\/a>, and many whom I write about often: <a href=\"http:\/\/williamsonchong.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Williamson Chong<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/levittgoodmanarchitects.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Levitt Goodman<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gowhastings.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Gow Hastings<\/a> among them. All first-rate architects and they&#8217;re nice people, too.<\/p>\n<div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_30326\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-30326\" style=\"width: 508px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-30326  \" title=\"P_IDS12-01\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/network\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2012\/05\/P_IDS12-01.jpg\" width=\"508\" height=\"391\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2012\/05\/P_IDS12-01.jpg 940w, https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2012\/05\/P_IDS12-01-600x462.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 508px) 100vw, 508px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-30326\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Williamson Chong, Natural Light Pavilion (at IDS 11)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<dl id=\"attachment_2487\">\n<dt><\/dt>\n<dd><\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_30327\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-30327\" style=\"width: 480px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-30327 \" title=\"NCFS chosen\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/network\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2012\/05\/LG-10031-08.jpg\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2012\/05\/LG-10031-08.jpg 800w, https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2012\/05\/LG-10031-08-600x450.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-30327\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Levitt Goodman, Longhouse at Native Child and Family Services Toronto<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_30328\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-30328\" style=\"width: 486px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-30328  \" title=\"GH-11\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/network\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2012\/05\/GH-11.jpg\" width=\"486\" height=\"324\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-30328\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gow Hastings, Centre for Justice Leadership, Humber College<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a map to the studios of the architects who are taking part. Drop by!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-30324\" title=\"12-04-10 TSA Architecture Tours Map F6\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/network\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2012\/05\/12-04-10_tsa_architecture_tours_map_f6-1024x791.jpg\" width=\"491\" height=\"380\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2012\/05\/12-04-10_tsa_architecture_tours_map_f6-1024x791.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2012\/05\/12-04-10_tsa_architecture_tours_map_f6-600x463.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 491px) 100vw, 491px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cross-posted from No Mean City, Alex&#8217;s personal blog on architecture Sorry for the pun. This week at Doors Open there&#8217;s a great array of buildings from every point in Toronto&#8217;s history &#8211; and also, if you&#8217;re interested, a chance to visit with contemporary architects at work.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4088,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[22,21758],"tags":[6296,368,20140,4925,15839,20143,20142,20141,19],"class_list":["post-30322","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-architecture","category-community","tag-alex","tag-architect","tag-centre-for-justice-leadership","tag-humber-college","tag-mean-city","tag-natural-light-pavilion","tag-paul-raff-studio","tag-studio-cross-posted","tag-toronto"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>NO MEAN CITY: At Doors Open, Inside the Architect&#039;s Studio - Spacing Toronto<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2012\/05\/25\/no-mean-city-at-doors-open-inside-the-architects-studio\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"NO MEAN CITY: At Doors Open, Inside the Architect&#039;s Studio - Spacing Toronto\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Cross-posted from No Mean City, Alex&#8217;s personal blog on architecture Sorry for the pun. 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