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Nova Scotia Launches a Design Competition for a New Art Gallery

Building Jan 20, 2020

The province of Nova Scotia invites international architectural teams to participate in a design competition for a new art gallery on the Halifax Waterfront.“We are embarking on an exciting phase of the project to build Nova…

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Call for Entries: Canstruction Toronto 21st Edition

Building Dec 20, 2019

Canstruction Toronto invites teams of engineers, architects, and designers to take part in the 21st annual Canstruction Design and Build Competition at the TD Centre.The international design and build competition to raise awareness…

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Luminothérapie Marks its First Decade with Gentilhomme’s POP! Installation

Building Dec 12, 2019

This year the Quartier des Spectacles Partnership is marking its 10th annual winter event, Luminothérapie, with an interactive installation entitled POP! by Montréal creative studio Gentilhomme.“For the last 10 years, Luminothérapie…

Real Estate

New 60-foot public art installation illuminates second phase of Toronto master-planned community

Building Nov 22, 2019

As the Galleria Mall site undergoes transformation to become Galleria on the Park, one of the largest master-planned communities in Toronto, the 60-ft-tall shopping centre pylon has been reimagined into a glowing beacon for the…

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birdO, StreetARToronto and Slate Asset Management unveil new 10-storey mural

Building Nov 22, 2019

Toronto street artist birdO is adding colour and life to the urban landscape at Yonge and St. Clair with his newest 10-storey mural at 1 St. Clair E. A towering image of a deer is mixed with birdO’s signature surrealist style, playfully…

Design

AGO Commissions New Sculpture by Brian Jungen at the Corner of Dundas and McCaul Streets

Building Aug 23, 2019

The south-west corner of Toronto’s Dundas and McCaul Streets will soon be a public canvas to a large scale Brian Jungen project, commissioned by The Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO).“Brian Jungen is one of the most important artists working…

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Artscape’s New Affordable Housing Complex is Toronto’s Latest Cultural Hub

Building Jun 14, 2019

Mayor John Tory joined a coalition of partners, and Weston community members, to celebrate the grand opening of King and John St.'s new neighbourhood: the Weston Common.“The Weston Common Project is a great example of a successful…

Architecture

Shigeru Ban exhibition coming to Vancouver Art Gallery

Stefan Novakovic Apr 25, 2018

This spring, the Vancouver Art Gallery presents Offsite: Shigeru Ban. This exhibition organized by the Gallery’s Institute of Asian Art features the full-scale version of renowned Japanese architect Shigeru Ban’s Kobe Paper Log House at the…

Architecture

Art in Condoland

Chris Hampton Feb 14, 2018

Development mania across Canada is marked by eye-catching public art. But what makes such works successful? No one, it seems, can quite agree

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Canada’s first ‘Net Positive’ office building planned in Markham

Building Feb 12, 2018

Developer Howland Green Homes Ltd., is about to embark on Canada's first office building that will produce more energy than it will consume. Marketed as the Howland Green Business Centre, the "Net Positive' will be located on Cachet Woods…