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U of T Lecture: Adapting Cities and Buildings to Climate Change
The University of Toronto's Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design has announced another entry in this year's B.E.S.T lecture series, featuring Catherine Dubois. Held at the Faculty...
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Pair of Office Redevelopments Proposed on Richmond West
Sometimes overlooked for the fervour of West Queen West, the area south of Trinity Bellwoods Park is notable for its eclectic mix of uses accumulated over its 150-year history. Given its unique...
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Chicago's Studio Gang to Design Yonge & St. Clair Rental Tower
Just north of St. Clair, a new rental apartment tower is being proposed on the corner of Yonge Street and Delisle Avenue in Midtown Toronto. Designed by Chicago-based Studio Gang for Slate Asset...
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Cladding Test Panels Visible at Richmond Adelaide Centre
Just over two weeks ago, we reported to you that an application has been brought forward to the City by Oxford Properties to reclad two of their buildings at the Richmond Adelaide Centre in Toronto's...
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Growth To Watch for 2017: Bloor-Yorkville and Rosedale
After fourteen instalments of the Growth To Watch For series so far this year, we are finally getting back to Downtown Toronto, as the tour from Eglinton brings us down Yonge Street into Toronto's...
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Photo of the Day: Trump Tower & Scotia Plaza
Today's Photo of the Day highlights two skyscrapers in the financial district, the Trump Tower and Scotia Plaza. The 57-storey Trump Tower, completed in 2012, was designed by Zeidler Partnership...
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How Toronto's rental market is squeezing Millennials; Artificially Low Property Taxes Are Bad for the Health of Toronto Citizens; Toronto condo developments threaten hundreds of hotel jobs, critics...
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New Data Centre Adds Aesthetic Variety to Parliament and Front
In late 2014, when the vibrant cladding that now adorns the Parliament Street Data Centre was first installed, the Downtown colocation centre brought a visually engaging new presence just north of...
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A First Look at the Floorplans at home: Power and Adelaide
East of Toronto's Downtown core, developers Great Gulf and Hullmark are re-making the corner of Power and Adelaide streets with a full-block development fronting Orphan's Green. Designed by Core...
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Second Tower Follows Tridel's Phase One Via Bloor Launch
A successful launch for Tridel's Via Bloor is advancing plans for the second phase of this architectsAlliance-designed condominium development planned for Toronto's Bloor and Parliament area. Following...
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Excavation Progresses at Cityzen and Fernbrook's Garrison Point
While much work is still to come on future phases in the triangular-shaped master-planned community Garrison Point, construction for Cityzen Development Group, Fernbrook Homes, and Diamond Corp's phase...
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Less Boring News: Metrolinx Removing Crosstown Tunnel Borers
The Crosstown light rail transit line got a lot less boring today. Metrolinx and its contractors celebrated the end of tunnel-boring for the project as they lifted the cutting head of one of two tunnel...
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Hard Rock No Longer Prescribed at Yonge-Dundas Square
Will they at least keep the giant plastic guitar? As Toronto's Yonge-Dundas Square welcomes the Sam the Record Man sign, an enhanced new advertising and broadcasting program, and—around the corner—a...
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Photo of the Day: Musée Condos
Today's Photo of the Day features a view of cladding details on the lower levels of Plaza's Musée Condos, the latest condominium development to reach occupancy in Toronto's King West area. Designed by...
View ArticleDaily Headlines: News from the Internet for March 14, 2017
Development appears to be central to John Tory’s transit plans; Mayor Tory to consult experts, data to advise him on soaring housing prices; Scarborough transit riders, on why they still support the...
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CUI Seeking Youth Ambassadors for TimelapseTO Initiative
The Canadian Urban Institute's (CUI) ongoing YU Ambassadors program continues to provide opportunities for local youth through civic leadership and skill-building. The program is now seeking a new...
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20-Storey Office Tower Proposed at Clarence Square
Following last week's news of Cadillac Fairview's 16 York preparing for construction, a proposal for a Toronto office tower has been submitted to the City for a property on the south side of Clarence...
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WestBeach Condominiums Puts Emphasis on Public Realm
Toronto's neighbourhood of The Beach is one of the city's most walkable, with a variety of shops and restaurants creating a pedestrian friendly environment on Queen Street. A collection of new mid-rise...
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Autonomous Vehicles: Changing the Ownership Paradigm
Today, the discussion around Autonomous Vehicles (AVs) is centred mainly around the technology itself. With prototype vehicles only recently being allowed on public roads in Ontario, a fully automated...
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Toronto Centre for the Arts: A Re-Imagined Lyric Theatre
A surprise awaits inside the Lyric Theatre at North York's Toronto Centre for the Arts. West of Yonge Street, the Eberhard Zeidler-designed complex still greets North York Boulevard with the elegant...
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