Design

TORONTO -- The City of Toronto released the Urban Design Streetscape Manual in a new online format. Available at www.toronto.ca/streetscapemanual, the manual focuses on design quality in the public right-of-way, with an emphasis on…

VANCOUVER & TORONTO -- Continuing a trend that began in the latter half of 2009, signs of improvement are visible in both the Toronto and Vancouver office markets, despite continued rising vacancy levels, reports Avison Young in its…

TORONTO -- Build Toronto is the City of Toronto's newly formed arms-length real estate development corporation. With a current portfolio of 31 properties representing hundreds of millions of dollars in potential market value, Build Toronto…

TORONTO -- Toronto-based urban planning and design firm planning Alliance and the Amman Institute for Urban Development have been awarded the Canadian Institute of Planners' 2010 Award for Planning Excellence for the Greater Amman…

The opening of the new Art Gallery of Alberta (AGA) this past January marks a major step in Edmonton's two-decades-long effort to recreate a vibrant downtown through its arts district. Centred around city hall and its expansive Sir Winston…

Quality of life in Canada's cities may rank "among the very best" today, but the future is not as bright, according to a national study released on the sustainability of cities. While 74 per cent of the experts participating in the survey…

Work is proceeding, albeit slowly, on the grand scheme that is the transformation of Toronto's waterfront. While many of the pieces of the approximately 800 hectare puzzle are still in early design stages, some projects are well underway on…

Cities do not generally like car dealerships much. They are typically seen as the real estate equivalent of squatters, taking up valuable land without contributing much to the landscape and surrounding communities. They belong "out there,…