RAIC Architectural Firm Award Winner: MGA | Michael Green Architecture
In 2013, architect Michael Green recorded a TED talk entitled “Why We Should Build Wooden Skyscrapers.” To date, it’s been viewed more than 1.3 million times…
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By Shannon Mattern
A visit to Sidewalk Labs’ workshop at 307 Lake Shore Boulevard in Toronto grounds this incisive analysis of the now abandoned Quayside…
Editorial: Farewell, Sidewalk Toronto
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…
Sidewalk Labs pulls out of Toronto waterfront smart city project
TORONTO – Sidewalk Labs' ambitious vision for a hi-tech neighbourhood equipped with futuristic innovations won't be coming to Toronto's waterfront.
The…
State of the Nation: Ontario
Procurement is a big issue for architects across the country, including for Ontario architects who work in the institutional sector. Public- private…
Sidewalk Labs ‘hadn’t foreseen’ data concerns in designing…
Sidewalk Labs "hadn't foreseen'' how fiercely Canadians would demand that their data be retained within the country when it first sought out to design a "people…