urbanism

The biannual National Urban Design Awards program was established in 2006, through a partnership between the Royal Architectural Institute of…

Toronto is the fastest-growing city in the developed world—a fact evidenced by real estate prices that remain well beyond affordability thresholds despite…

From the Ground Up: Local Efforts to Create Resilient Cities By Alison Sant (Island Press, 2022) REVIEW Anne Lissett As the climate crisis worsens, and we…

PROJECT Manitou a bi Bii daziigae (formerly the Innovation Centre) at Red River College, Winnipeg, Manitoba ARCHITECTS Diamond Schmitt Architects in joint…

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…

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…

Certain works of architecture are so carefully woven into the times, places and cultures within which they are set, they seem to have always been there. Such…

PROJECT Grosvenor Ambleside, West Vancouver, BC ARCHITECT James K.M. Cheng Architects TEXT Sean Ruthen Discussions of the “missing middle” often focus on…

INTERVIEWER Adele Weder Nina-Marie Lister has made a career of embedding nature within the design of our daily lives. As founder of the studio Plandform and…

TEXT Trevor Boddy For over a century, ‘architectural zoos’ have been permanent collections of architectural animals—one example each from the leading species…

The Ontario Association of Architects’ (OAA) biennial SHIFT Challenge event celebrates five ideas that “exemplify how architectural thinking is uniquely…

PROJECT Habitations Saint-Michel Nord, Montreal, Quebec ARCHITECT Saia Barbarese Topouzanov Architectes PHOTOS James Brittain One’s first impression of…

The Daniels Faculty has announced that Juan Du will be joining the John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design as its new dean, effective…

Space and Anti-Space: The Fabric of Place, City and Architecture By Barbara Littenberg and Steven Peterson (ORO Editions, 2020).       “I regard the revival…

Adding to the obituary by colleague George Baird, a group of early colleagues—and lifelong friends—pay tribute to the memory of architect Barry Sampson, who…

“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…