Ideas

Vancouverism By Larry Beasley (UBC Press, 2019) REVIEW Sean Ruthen It’s been about a decade since the term “Vancouverism” entered the popular lexicon. Also…

The idea of prefabricating hospitals to contain epidemics has a long history that includes a Danish-designed felt hut, in widespread use over a century ago.

A new book and exhibition considers the quiet influence of architect Jerome Markson on modern and contemporary Toronto.

Some people are simply more self-aware than others when it comes to social distancing. The bigger question is how this will affect the way we think about public…

What can we learn from Singapore’s response to COVID-19? How does it impact the next generation of hospitals?

The dismal reality of the COVID-19 pandemic has hit with the first death of a colleague and hero.  I write this just after learning that Vittorio Gregotti…

What’s on the minds of the next generation of architects? Last December, student  members of the American Institute of Architecture Students (AIAS) filled…

When curator Jean-Louis Cohen introduces journalists to his new exhibition at the Canadian Centre for Architecture, his enthusiasm bubbles over. Before he…

In the 2018 film The Public, a group of homeless library patrons refuses to leave a downtown public library after closing time. A cold front has hit…

Embodied carbon explained “Embodied carbon” is an imperfect term. The word “embodied” sounds like we’re talking about carbon encapsulated in a material.…

Boundary Sequence Illusion: Ian McDonald, Architect. Edited by Brian Carter (Dalhousie University Press, 2019) An elegant volume on the work of Toronto-based…

Breaking Ground: Architecture by Women By Jane Hall (Phaidon, 2019) A few years ago, the conversation about gender equity in architecture centered on the…