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Toronto Society of Architects launches its first Gingerbread City
The Toronto Society of Architects (TSA) has launched Gingerbread City, a virtual exhibit featuring 21 edible creations that reflect this year's theme of "home".Submissions were received through an open call and include tasty…
Winners of the Sudbury2050 Urban Design Ideas Competition Announced
The McEwen School of Architecture has announced winners of the Sudbury2050 Urban Design Ideas Competition. 100 design concepts for the future of the community were received from creative teams representing over 20 countries.According to…
Winter Stations 2021 submissions deadline extended
Winter Stations—a Toronto festival that takes places on the city's east beaches—is moving forward with the design competition portion of their annual program, in anticipation of mounting a safe, socially distant exhibition in 2021.The…
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,…