Book Review: The Site Magazine—Deviant Devices and The Edit
REVIEW Christian Maidankine
Since taking over On Site Review in 2015, the designers, academics, practitioners, and journalists that make up The Site…
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Book Review: Unplanned Visitors—Queering the Ethics and Aesthetics of Domestic…
By Olivier Vallerand (McGill – Queens University Press, 2020)
REVIEW Maya Orzechowska
“Gender and sexuality’s influence on the design and use of a space are…
Book Review: Ron Thom, Architect—The Life of a Creative Modernist
“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…
David Monteyne receives two major book prizes
For the Temporary Accommodation of Settlers: Architecture and Immigrant Reception in Canada, 1870–1930 by David Monteyne has received two major book prizes:…
Centre Block: Building Renewal for the 21st Century
The following text is excerpted from A Portrait of Canada's Parliament by William P McElligott © William P. McElligott; essay copyright Stephen Fai and Allan…
Book Review: Space and Anti-Space
Space and Anti-Space: The Fabric of Place, City and Architecture
By Barbara Littenberg and Steven Peterson (ORO Editions, 2020).
“I regard the revival…
Top books for design-lovers
As a companion to our 2020 Holiday Gift Guide, here are our picks for the top books to add to the shelves of architects and other design-lovers this year.…