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urban design

Podcasts and cities: ‘you’re always commenting on power’

Dallas Rogers and Miles Herbert Apr 25, 2019

More and more podcasts about cities are being produced by journalists and academics. They’re being recorded in research labs, urban planning offices, on the streets and in the neighbourhoods of our cities.Podcasting allows academics to…

Urban Planning

Smart cities: The promises and failures of utopian technological planning

Sylvie Albert - University of Winnipeg Apr 23, 2019

Technology and innovation transform the ways that we interact with governments, purchase products and manage our health and lives. This turmoil affects cities, where the accelerating digitalization of our economy has opened the door for…

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Seeing the smart city: Mapping technologies in Canada

Angela K Orasch, McMaster University Apr 7, 2019

A team of researchers has mapped out smart city technologies across Canada.The plan for Google’s Sidewalk Labs in Toronto has continued to attract criticism. The company has yet to release a clear picture or detailed…

Building

Danish architectural firm COBE designs affordable housing in downtown Toronto

Building Mar 14, 2019

Danish architectural firm COBE headed by Dan Stubbergard has designed a new mixed use development in Toronto. A client group consisting of Dream Unlimited, Kilmer Van Nostrand Co. Limited and Tricon Capital Group has commissioned COBE to…

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Leacock Terrace public realm improvement completed at McGill

Building Jan 4, 2019

Located on the Mount Royal Heritage Site, McGill University enjoys a strategic position between the mountain and the Montreal business district. In 2010, the campus was converted to become completely pedestrianized. Since then, the previous…

Awards

National Urban Design Awards come to Ottawa on January 7

Building Dec 14, 2018

The public is invited to a free evening of awards presentation and public lecture featuring the 12 recipients of the 2018 National Urban Design Awards from nine communities across Canada. Each recipient will give a four-minute presentation…

Awards

Montreal’s Imago Project wins award at World Architecture Festival

Building Nov 30, 2018

World Architecture Festival, the world’s largest international architectural event, opened earlier today in Amsterdam. Following a busy day of live presentations, in which hundreds of shortlisted projects were presented by architectural…

Architecture

New phase of Toronto’s The Bentway opens August 25

Building Aug 24, 2018

The first section of the Gardiner Expressway opened in 1958. The first section of The Bentway opened in January 2018. To celebrate the completion of the entire Phase 1, The Bentway now presents a block party "60 years in the making."…

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Quays Culture partnership promises bold public realm at Quartier des Spectacles

Building Aug 21, 2018

The Quartier des spectacles Partnership is pleased to announce that it has formed a major international partnership with Quays Culture, an organization that presents temporary public art works and cultural events in Manchester, United…

Architecture

Quebec City invites new urban design proposals for urban rivers

Building Aug 2, 2018

The City of Québec has launched a call for tenders to professional services in landscape architecture, urban design and environmental services for the development of an enhancement plan for the four major rivers within the municipal…

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