Open Streets for Torontonians
Back by popular demand, Open Streets will happen in Toronto on two Sundays in 2015: August 16th and September 6th from 9:00am to 1:00pm. Open Streets TO will be…
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Toronto’s Queens Quay opens after three-year revitalization period
After three years of construction, Toronto’s revitalized waterfront boulevard is open—on schedule and in time for the Redpath Waterfront Festival…
Heather MacArthur Bell: Living with Construction
This exhibition at Toronto’s Urbanspace Gallery features the work of a photographer whose main inspiration comes from urban streets and architecture,…
Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art and Castlepoint Numa announce new permanent…
The Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art and Castlepoint Numa announced their partnership in creating a new permanent home for the museum as the anchor…
Urban Ecologies 2015 Conference to launch in two weeks
Taking place from June 17-19, 2015, this conference brings together the brightest minds in creativity from around the world to examine the future design of our…
Highlands Branch Library by Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects opens
schmidt hammer lassen architects’ first built library in Canada, the Highlands Branch Library in Edmonton, has officially opened. The 1,500-square-metre…
CanU6 National Summit: Cities at the Edge – Urbanizing Suburbia in the…
Join Canada’s leading urbanists for the CanU6 National Summit to take place in the Greater Toronto Area from September 18-20, 2014. Entitled “Cities…
Open Streets TO for two Sundays in August
Open Streets TO will be the city’s largest free recreation program, unlike any other in Toronto or Canada. This world-class program connects our diverse…
Bruno Freschi’s Van East Cinema on Commercial Drive in Vancouver transformed
Vancouver-based developer Image Development Inc. has completed one of the city’s most recycled buildings on Commercial Drive. Marquee on the Drive, a…
Innovative approaches to Managing Suburban Sprawl in Canada
A panel discussion focused on managing suburban sprawl in Canada takes place from 8:00am to 11:00am on Monday, January 20, 2014 in the Segal Building at Simon…
Rem Koolhaas’s vertical city emerges on Rotterdam’s Wilhelmina Pier
The largest multifunctional building in the Netherlands has been completed. Not even four years after starting construction, MAB Development and OVG Real Estate…
Montreal’s massive Stinson Transport Centre to open in early 2014
Now 75% complete, the Montreal Transit Authority’s (STM) Stinson Transport Centre will open in 2014 and will set a new standard for excellence for…
AUTOnomous exhibition at Harbourfront Centre
Running from June 24-September 8, 2013. this exhibition at Toronto’s Harbourfront Centre concerns, as the title would suggest, the automobile. Asked to…
Gow Hastings Architects shortlisted for AJ Retrofit Awards
Toronto-based Gow Hastings Architects has been shortlisted for the 2013 Architects’ Journal Retrofit Awards in the “Higher Education” category…
Winners announced for Mayor’s Awards for Universal Design in Architecture in…
The Mayor’s Awards aim to promote awareness of the need for accessibility, services and employment for individuals with disabilities. Presented annually,…
Jane’s Walk takes place this weekend
Jane’s Walk celebrates the ideas and legacy of urbanist Jane Jacobs by getting people out exploring their neighbourhoods and meeting their neighbours.…