In April, the Ontario Government announced that the Ontario Science Centre would be moved atop an underground parking garage at the redeveloped Ontario Place,…
“Something akin to a miracle….” This is how John Fraser, Master Emeritus of Massey College describes his former institution, designed by Ron Thom in the early…
Étienne Joseph Gaboury, “father of landmarks,” and “Mr. Church,” has passed away peacefully on October 14, 2022 at the age of 92.
Born in Bruxelle, Manitoba,…
Architect, planner, educator, and author, Blanche Lemco van Ginkel has been a leading figure in modern architecture for more than sixty years.
She passed…
Architectural writer and cultural journalist, Adele Weder showcases the life and work of Ron Thom, an architect of unique genius, who fought to instill the…
In 2011, a student asked architect and historian Lisa Landrum, an associate professor of architecture at the University of Manitoba’s Faculty of Architecture:…
Ayn Rand’s The Fountainhead is the only novel that I ever tossed into the recycling after reading the last page. I still remember the THUNK of paperback…
It’s a summer of anniversaries for Reford Gardens, located on the Lower St. Lawrence River, east of Quebec City. 2022 marks the 150th anniversary of the…
Growing Up Modern, by Julia Jamrozik and Coryn Kempster (Birkhäuser, 2021)
REVIEW Javier Zeller
PHOTOS Julia Jamrozik and Coryn Kempster
Julia Jamrozik…
In 1932, construction began on Toronto’s Victoria Park Water Filtration Plant and Pumping Station. Designed by architect Thomas Canfield Pomphrey and engineers…
It is with great sadness that the partners and staff at Provencher_Roy announce the death of Claude Provencher, award-winning architect and co-founder of the…