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Products & Services (August 01, 2001)

Products & Services (August 01, 2001)


The proposed Design Centre at Toronto's Ontario College of Art and Design by Alsop Architects and Robbie Young + Wright Architects.

News (July 01, 2001)


The Numbers, one of Geoffrey Smedley's sculptural heads based on drawings by Piero della Francesca.

Embodied Minds

A major exhibition at the CCA emphasizes John Soane's pivotal role in the transition from neo-classicism to modernism.

At left, Stephanie Robb's vintage 1974 Vancouver Special before the alterations. The Vancouver Special evolved as a response to a particular development envelope in the city. The Special is a study in squeezing the most out of the envelope: maximum allowable floor area, maximum permitted roof slope that still allows for the use of tar and gravel roofing, minimum setbacks.

Extra Special

A Vancouver designer resurrects and beautifies a maligned regional house type.

Forms comprise porcelain clay, glass paste plaques and ceramic objects suspended in space.

Suspended Animation

Ornament and infrastructure meet in an enigmatic architectural screen.

Structural Collaborations

Structural engineers Morden Yolles of Toronto and C.Y. Loh of Vancouver have directly participated in the design of important Canadian architecture.

Sustained Discussion

The first follow-up conference to Vancouver's GBC '98 reveals that Canadian architects are beginning to make important contributions to sustainable design.