Editorial: Farewell, Sidewalk Toronto
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…
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Quadrangle proposes Neighbourhood Nests for community resilience
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…
Sidewalk Labs pulls out of Toronto waterfront smart city project
TORONTO – Sidewalk Labs' ambitious vision for a hi-tech neighbourhood equipped with futuristic innovations won't be coming to Toronto's waterfront.The…
Covid-19: A push for sustainable construction
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…
Lessons from a Crisis, Lessons for a Crisis
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…
Turn the norm (not a return to norm)
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…
In Memoriam: Michael Sorkin
Architect, urban planner, author, and critic Michael Sorkin has died from complications related to COVID-19 at 71 years old.Sorkin was a champion of…
Next Year in the Park
The COVID-19 pandemic has drastically changed the way we move through and occupy space, and it will likely continue to do so for the foreseeable future. With…
Letter from Montreal: Life in isolation, April 13
With the passing of time, life seems to get stabilized in a new routine where a resemblance of normality is channeled through the surrogate digital tools…
Propaganda of Optimism: A tribute to Michael Sorkin (1948-2020)
What makes cities not just livable but lovable is their capacity to generate happy accidents. They are also sites of struggle and misfortune.