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The Royal Ontario Museum Opens New Outdoor Terrace and Plaza
The Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) recently opened the Helga and Mike Schmidt Performance Terrace and the Reed Family Plaza to the public. The new Bloor Street terrace and plaza overlooks Philosopher’s Walk, a footpath located in the St George…
7th Active House Symposium to Take Place in Toronto
The 7th Active House Symposium will be held for the first time in North America in Toronto on September 16-17 at Evergreen Brick Works. Active House is an international building practice that is based on a balanced and holistic approach to…
The Cultural Landscape Foundation Launches International Landscape Architecture Prize
The Cultural Landscape Foundation (TCLF), a non-profit Washington, D.C.-based education and advocacy organization, announced a first-of-its-kind biennial international landscape architecture prize that includes a $100,000 USD award.…
Passages Insolites (Unusual Passages)
The 6th edition of Passages Insolites brings together 14 artworks produced by 40 local and international artists and architecture collectives whose work plays on the idea of “unusual passages”.These artists pose profound questions about…
‘Long Division’
LeuWebb Project’s large-scale barricade ‘Long Division’ is an invitation into the experience of boundaries that are drawn around public and private spaces. The outdoor installation employs the fence as a tool for considering issues…
New NHL arena coming for Calgary Flames, city council approves deal
Calgary is going to build a new arena for its NHL team despite financial challenges facing the city.Council voted 11-4 on Tuesday approving a financial agreement with the owners of the Calgary Flames to build an event centre and replace…
RAIC Releases New Fee Guide For Architects and Clients
The Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (RAIC) is proud to announce that the latest edition of A Guide to Determining Appropriate Fees for the Services of an Architect is now available.“The practice of architecture and the…
Ep. 302 – Truth And Narrative In Architectural Media – IDS19 Panel Talk
Editing in its purest form is meant to improve a piece, whether a piece of writing or a piece of visual art. But at what point does modification become manipulation? While this is rarely an issue in most art mediums, since photographs are…
Ep. 210 – Stepping On The Soapbox w/ Toon Dreessen
In a fascinating conversation, Toon Dreessen, principal at Architects DCA in Ottawa and past president of the Ontario Association of Architects speaks about his upbringing in the Netherlands, his early life and how that influenced his very…
Ep. 209 – I Could Have Been Throwing Rocks At Goats w/ Jan Lorenc
Designer and architect Jan Lorenc, principal of Atlanta-based Lorenc + Yoo, a leading experiential design firm, speaks about his upbringing in Communist Poland and his subsequent move to the U.S. at age eight, when the weight of communist…