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Urban Design + Planning

Submission deadline for inaugural Mayor’s Urban Design Awards (MUDA) in Calgary

Submission deadline for inaugural Mayor’s Urban Design Awards (MUDA) in Calgary


Peter Dickinson's Maisonette Towers completed in 1958 formed part of the second phase of the Regent Park redevelopment, and received a Massey Silver Medal that year. Today, these towers have come to symbolize the many faults of a different era of city planning, while the architecture itself contains many postwar innovations such as through-floor living units. Seminal to the history of Toronto, the future of these buildings is unknown.

A Clean Slate?

The Toronto Community Housing Corporation begins the process of reinventing the legendary Regent Park.

Century Plaza Public Landmark Competition

Century Plaza Public Landmark Competition


Heritage Toronto Walks 2005 program offers free neighbourhood walks

Heritage Toronto Walks 2005 program offers free neighbourhood walks


architectsAlliance wins Regent Park housing competition

architectsAlliance wins Regent Park housing competition


Halle International Summer School

Halle International Summer School


an aerial view of Haines Junction illustrates the dominant effect of the Alaska Highway.

Trailblazing: Cultural Landscapes Under Construction in Canada’s North

Despite the extreme landscape intervention and social displacement caused by the Alaska Highway construction in the 1940s, community-based management and development strategies are enabling Canada's North to mature into a proper homeland.

the east elevation of Hariri Pontarini Architects' mixed-use tower scheme addresses activity at street level while utilizing the site's change in grade

Halifax: Downtown Development?

Recognizing the potential for downtown redevelopment, Halifax takes a renewed interest in evolving its mixed-use strategy.

this summer, NIP paysage's "Pause" will be installed along avenue Mont-Royal and hopes to instigate playfulness and surprise in the urban realm

Soul of Sol

Various interventions in Montreal's landscape infuse the city's public spaces with activity and meaning.

Don Valley Brick Works Tours

Don Valley Brick Works Tours