urbanism

“PIICNIIC” by Nicole Marion and Chris Wiebe of Winnipeg, MB is the first of two installations from Benchmark 2020, supported by the Downtown Winnipeg BIZ, the…

The Main Street Design Challenge – developed by the Canadian Urban Institute (CUI) and the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (RAIC) – invites all Canadian…

A new Canada-wide challenge launches today to generate responsible, sustainable, and resilient design solutions that can be implemented during COVID-19…

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…

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…

Change is all around us.While some of the change is good, some is threatening to bring a lot of stress into our lives. And I don’t think I need to remind…

TORONTO – Sidewalk Labs' ambitious vision for a hi-tech neighbourhood equipped with futuristic innovations won't be coming to Toronto's waterfront.The…

How will the Covid-19 pandemic affect the built environment? Will we have to rethink concepts such as urban densification—or will we simply return to “business…

There are important lessons to be learned from the immediate crisis on our doorstep that can help us deal with the much greater crisis looming on the…

When lockdowns and stay-at-home orders began to respond to Covid-19, so did questions of when things can “return to normal”. This line of questioning…