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THE POINTERJust the thought of life in Brampton without a car can make one's legs hurt.In the sprawling city's collection of subdivisions, driveways are converted into parking lots. Cars line residential streets around the clock.…

Urban Planning

MIT’s Senseable City Lab and the city of Laval explore novel experiences in the “park of the future”

Building Dec 29, 2020

The city of Laval and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Senseable City Lab (SCL) have unveiled the publication of the Senseable City Guide to Laval, a compendium of six bold preliminary concepts from graduate-level students of…

Urban Planning

Winners of the Sudbury2050 Urban Design Ideas Competition Announced

Building Dec 10, 2020

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…

Urban Planning

OAA announces 2020 Queen’s Park Picks as part of World Architecture Day

Building Dec 10, 2020

In light of COVID-19 and in the interest of public safety, the Ontario Association of Architects (OAA) celebrated this year's World Architecture Day and the annual Queen’s Park Picks event online to ensure exemplary structures continue to…

Urban Planning

City of Hamilton calls for volunteers to serve on design review panel

Building Sep 23, 2020

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,…

Sustainability

A Biodiversity Corridor for Montréal

Building May 21, 2020

Last November, as Wuhan, China was hosting its 5th Design Biennale, no one could have suspected how appropriate the timing would be for the City of Montreal to unveil its ambitious new Biodiversity Corridor project.Wuhan would soon…

Cities

CannonDesign envisions street signs that represent our new era

Peter Sobchak Apr 2, 2020

Street artists like Roadsworth (or even Banksy) are probably deep in their studios coming up with public art that reflects the unusual times we all find ourselves in. Interestingly enough, a clever member of a New York-based architecture…

Urban Planning

GROUPE A / ANNEXE U Receive a 2020 National Urban Design Award

Building Mar 11, 2020

GROUPE A / ANNEXE U has been selected for the 2020 National Urban Design Awards by the RAIC in the Urban Design Plans category for its Intervention Plan for the Pedestrian and Cyclist Comfort and Safety in the Old Québec City…

Building

BNKC Awarded Lieutenant Governor’s Ontario Heritage Award

Building Mar 9, 2020

Architecture and urban design firm BNKC has received a Lieutenant Governor’s Ontario Heritage Award for Excellence in Conservation for their restoration of the Walper Hotel in Kitchener.The project involves an extensive exterior…

Architecture

2020 National Urban Design Awards winners announced

Building Mar 3, 2020

Twelve projects across Canada that range from public art installations and parks to a revitalized underpass have been selected for the 2020 National Urban Design Awards.The awards are part of a two-tier program held in cooperation with…

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