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Bandwagon Placemaking: Kitchener’s Collaborative Approach to Urban Design
In late September 2020, a small road crew began laying brightly coloured sheets of thermoplastic material over Downtown Kitchener’s newly redesigned and re-surfaced Queen Street. It’s a material often used to create pedestrian crosswalks or…
Moving Dunes
An experiential mirage of large ripples and sandy mounds drifts in the heart of Downtown Montreal’s avenue Du Musée.Inspired by the early arts, Moving Dunes is an extension of the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts’ (MMFA) temporary exhibit …
MOCA Toronto Announces Significant Contribution from Castlepoint Auto Building, Inc.
The Museum of Contemporary Art Toronto (MOCA) has received a $5.7 million contribution from its landlord Castlepoint Auto Building, Inc. (Castlepoint). The contribution completes the Museum’s $25 million Tomorrow of Contemporary Art (TOCA)…
Oxford Properties unveils a three-storey sculpture in Toronto’s Financial District
Oxford Properties Group unveiled a $2 million public art installation weighing more than 2.5 tonnes, and scaling over three stories high at The Terrace at Oxford’s Richmond-Adelaide Centre.Designed by Spanish artist, Jaume Plensa,…
Main Street Design Challenge releases online playbook
The Canadian Urban Institute (CUI) and the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (RAIC) have released a collection of design solutions that can be implemented during and after the pandemic in the Main Street Design Challenge Playbook.…
The Quartier des Spectacles Partnership wears red in solidarity with artists
After Montreal’s Monday announcement of a red alert and its new course of action, the Quartier des Spectacles Partnership announced its disappointment by the impact these new measures will have on culture.The Partnership states that…
City of Hamilton calls for volunteers to serve on design review panel
The City of Hamilton is looking for nine design professionals to serve as volunteer members of Hamilton’s Design Review Panel (DRP). According to the city, this opportunity is open to urban designers, architects, landscape architects,…
The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts presents a poetic installation by the Escargo Collective
The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts is presenting Voiliers, a creation from the Escargo Collective, which adorns the Museum’s avenue to welcome walkers all summer.The collective, formed by Julie Parenteau, Karyna St-Pierre and…
Thermally Speaking
Revealing body heat in three-dimensional space through experiential illumination, "Thermally Speaking" used thermography and infrared measuring instruments to uncover the fields of energy of which we’re all apart.The responsive…
Main Street Design Challenge showcases first submissions
The Main Street Design Challenge – developed by the Canadian Urban Institute (CUI) and the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (RAIC) – invites all Canadian to develop solutions that can help build the resiliency of Canada’s main…