Park(ing) Day Toronto – Reimagining parking spaces as people spaces
Park(ing) Day is a global, public, participatory art project that takes place annually on the third weekend of September. Across the world, people…
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Deadline to enter teams for Ontario Line Joint Corridor extended
Metrolinx has launched a design competition to encourage teams to submit innovative urban design and landscape architecture solutions for the Ontario Line…
Frank Gehry: “You don’t see what’s going on, until all of a sudden, there it…
In late June, we sat down with Canadian-born, L.A.-based architect Frank Gehry. Gehry was back in his hometown, Toronto, for the launch of Forma, a pair of…
In the Wake of Progress
Toronto’s Yonge Dundas Square is usually a canyon of advertising. But in a commission for this June’s Luminato festival, photographer Ed Burtynsky…
Perkins&Will unveils design for Net-Zero Operational Carbon Community Centre…
The City of Toronto and Perkins&Will have unveiled the design for one of Ontario and Toronto’s first net-zero operational carbon community centres, setting…
Don’t Get Defensive
Recently, a bench I’d barely noticed on countless walks past acquired an eye-catching sticker labeling it a DESIGN CRIME. “This item is a design against…
Longview: R.C. Harris Water Filtration Plant
In 1932, construction began on Toronto’s Victoria Park Water Filtration Plant and Pumping Station. Designed by architect Thomas Canfield Pomphrey and engineers…
Water Ways: Projects by gh3*, Local Practice, and Smith Vigeant architectes
The infrastructure required to process water—both as it enters our cities and homes, and returns to our lakes and streams—is vital to our everyday lives, and…
SvN launches online talks June 1 addressing city building and climate change
SvN Architects + Planners (SvN) is launching a LinkedIn Live Series dubbed SvN Speaks on June 1, 2022. Hosted by various practice leaders at the firm, each…
AGO selects team to lead the design of its expansion project
The Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO) has contracted Selldorf Architects, Diamond Schmitt and Two Row Architect to lead the design phase of AGO Global…