Ideas
Markson’s Mark
A new book and exhibition considers the quiet influence of architect Jerome Markson on modern and contemporary Toronto.
The New Socially Distanced Contract
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…
It’s not if, but when: Designing healthcare spaces that support pandemic response
What can we learn from Singapore’s response to COVID-19? How does it impact the next generation of hospitals?
For Vittorio
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…
Optimism for the next generation
What’s on the minds of the next generation of architects? Last December, student members of the American Institute of Architecture Students (AIAS) filled…
Exhibition Review: Building a new New World
When curator Jean-Louis Cohen introduces journalists to his new exhibition at the Canadian Centre for Architecture, his enthusiasm bubbles over. Before he…
Editorial: The New Public Library
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…
What can we do about embodied carbon?
Embodied carbon explained
“Embodied carbon” is an imperfect term. The word “embodied” sounds like we’re talking about carbon encapsulated in a material.…
Book Review: Boundary Sequence Illusion—Ian MacDonald, Architect
Boundary Sequence Illusion: Ian McDonald, Architect.
Edited by Brian Carter (Dalhousie University Press, 2019)
An elegant volume on the work of Toronto-based…
Book Review: Breaking Ground—Architecture by Women
Breaking Ground: Architecture by Women
By Jane Hall (Phaidon, 2019)
A few years ago, the conversation about gender equity in architecture centered on the…
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