Architecture
Samuel Engelking
Are we building a city for lonely people?
Loneliness is a public health crisis and architects, planners and community activists believe that condo towers are contributing to the crisis. Read more
Samuel Engelking
In photos: Ice Breakers winter art exhibition on the waterfront
Five installations have taken over Queens Quay West, including one designed by a group of architecture students from Ryerson University Read more
City of Toronto
The best Doors Open Toronto events for 2018
From May 26 to 27, check out more than 130 buildings in Toronto during Doors Open. Read more
Vik Pahwa
Another Yorkville treasure going, going, gone to the condo boom
When York Square was designed in the mid-60s, Yorkville was full of people protesting the established order, so where better for an architectural project to break completely new ground? Read more
Samuel Engelking
Repurposed shipping containers are the latest affordable space trend, but city planning policies need to catch up
The structures reduce construction time, a boon for community groups needing cheap space, but bureaucratic inconsistency means an onerous approval process with the city Read more
The best Doors Open Toronto events for 2017
On May 27 and 28, gain access to over 150 of Toronto’s most architecturally, historically and culturally relevant buildings Read more
Photography by Tanja-Tiziana
Can laneway homes take the pressure off Toronto's real estate market?
As aspiring first-time homebuyers lose hope in this insanely competitive market, architects and planners are looking at laneways as a possible solution to the rental housing shortage. Read more
Tom Arban
Can design influence gender parity? The dean of Fleming College thinks so
Within two years of the college unveiling its state-of-the-art Kawartha Trades and Technology Centre, enrolment of women ballooned from 2 per cent to upwards of 10 per cent. Read more
The once and future Kensington Market
How the Market can survive and thrive in the era of big planning Read more
How virtual reality is changing post-secondary education
Architecture students at Ryerson University are the first to use VR to design and visualize buildings Read more
Richard Longley
Wellington Destructor rises again
Rental spaces for makers and blacksmithing are among the ideas pitched at Architectural Conservancy Ontario’s Next Gen design charette to breathe new life into once flaming bowels of Liberty Village incinerator site Read more
Doors Open Toronto
The best Doors Open Toronto 2016 events
Mural tours, literary readings in a courtroom and a behind-the-scenes look at Honest Ed’s are some of the most interesting free events this year Read more
Quiz: Can you name these famous Toronto buildings?
Test your knowledge of Toronto's best-known architectural examples of heritage façades. Read more
Facadism: is it an architectural plague or preservation?
As a last-gasp practice aimed at saving what’s left of our heritage buildings, Toronto has turned to building above, behind and inside them with results that are often bizarre and grotesque Read more
Better by design: top Canadian buildings of 2016
The Ontario Association of Architects (OAA) top 10 designs for 2016 are here. Selected from 200 submissions from across the country, the projects include four in Toronto Read more
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2014. Union Station. Shaft of light.
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2013. Union Station. Workers. Underground construction site (Dig Down) bracing earth.
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2013. Underground construction site at Union Station (Dig Down).
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February, 2015. Construction at Union Station.
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