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On the agenda for the next Executive Ctte meeting is a report updating on priorities 'Towards a Beautiful City'...

To me, the passage that stood out was: I would encourage people to click through the link above and read the full piece by...

CBC’s Cross Country Checkup recently aired an episode focused on discussing and debating Alto. During the program, two experts with...

Its a fine reason to diatribe , I've done it myself. In general, No. Though in terms of simply gapping between windows it may line...

Continuing my multi-thread diatribe against Toronto architects’ obsession with asymmetry (I’m clearly in a bad mood lol): I see a...

I suppose I ought to share my contribution to this architectural debate, originally made in the Concord Sky thread: Thoughts? I’ll try...

I think that's what gets me the most. It's such an ingrained habit that even well-designed developments like this will do it. Another...

In absence of any kind of coherent design gesture, I think it's their shortcut to creating visual interest. In reality it makes for...

Probably Aga Khan wanted to visit the Ontario Science Centre, among other sites, since he was in the neighbourhood.

The shape of it is interesting enough. The spandrel ballet of cladding, not so much so.

Now now now go easy on them, not everything needs a ton of money and effort put into it. It's not like this is a GO station in the...

Yes - but PSA: Warm Grey Spandrel is not cheaper than other colours of spandrel! Also Capless curtainwall is more expensive than Capped...

Alex has a good point here; but I would begin by observing that the parking elevators have just as big an impact on poor groundfloor...

Half of the ground floor of this building will be devoted to a truck turnaround. Just look how that constrains the retail. A...

Yeah, we would need to dig back a dozen years or so to find the Townhouse proposal for 1220 & 1222 WILSON AVE that a company called OLD...