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As the world faces one of the worst pandemics in recent memory, we now make conscious, everyday decisions that immediately protect our health. Stories…

Evan Spence is an architect, set designer and humorist based in Calgary. More of his work can be seen at archimatects.com.

Last week, Google-affiliate Sidewalk Labs announced that it was canceling its pursuit to build Quayside, a smart city on Toronto’s waterfront. According to a…

Change is all around us.While some of the change is good, some is threatening to bring a lot of stress into our lives. And I don’t think I need to remind…

How will the Covid-19 pandemic affect the built environment? Will we have to rethink concepts such as urban densification—or will we simply return to “business…

There are important lessons to be learned from the immediate crisis on our doorstep that can help us deal with the much greater crisis looming on the…

When lockdowns and stay-at-home orders began to respond to Covid-19, so did questions of when things can “return to normal”. This line of questioning…

It is difficult to overstate the burden of COVID-19. Right after you hit hyperbole, you hit reality. It has shuttered our institutions and our professional…

The COVID-19 pandemic has drastically changed the way we move through and occupy space, and it will likely continue to do so for the foreseeable future. With…

With the passing of time, life seems to get stabilized in a new routine where a resemblance of normality is channeled through the surrogate digital tools…

What makes cities not just livable but lovable is their capacity to generate happy accidents. They are also sites of struggle and misfortune.

The more time spent in quarantine or isolation, the fewer surprises one can narrate. We are mostly reduced to a routine that is getting stabilized,…