Daniels Faculty's Spectacular New U of T Home Officially Opens
The University of Toronto's John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design officially has a new home as of today. With hundreds of faculty, staff, students, supporters, contributors and...
View ArticlePhoto of the Day: Distillery Skyline
Today's Photo of the Day comes to us from Forum contributor skycandy, who recently put his drone into the skies over Toronto's Distillery District for a view of the city. Captured from just northeast...
View ArticleDaily Headlines: News from the Internet for November 20, 2017
Why Mississauga wants to charge for parking; Time-based transfers to be debated as part of 2018 TTC budget; Which Toronto buildings deserve heritage protection?; and more news:Drivers gradually...
View ArticleShoring Marks Start of Mattamy and Biddington's Vita on the Lake
Work has begun for another high-rise condominium development in South Etobicoke's Humber Bay Shores area. Set to be among the tallest buildings on the neighbourhood skyline at a height of 53 storeys,...
View ArticleCityAge Conference Returns to Toronto This Week
Canadian governments are anticipated to pour as much as $750 billion into urban infrastructure projects across Canada over the next 10 years. With competing philosophies and differing needs from city...
View ArticleUndulating Floors Rising for Arc at Daniels Erin Mills in Mississauga
It has been just shy of seven months since we last checked in on construction on Arc, the newest phase of The Daniels Corporation's Daniels Erin Mills community in Mississauga. At the time of our last...
View ArticleMetrolinx Issues RFP for Lakeshore East RER Works
On November 17th, Metrolinx and Infrastructure Ontario issued a Request for Proposal (RFP) for the Lakeshore East - East Corridor Expansion project. Specifically, this RFP is for a series of...
View ArticlePhoto of the Day: Massey Tower Ascending
Today's Photo of the Day features a view of MOD Developments' Massey Tower rising above Toronto's Yonge Street. Submitted to the project's Forum thread by contributor thecharioteer, this shot shows the...
View ArticleDaily Headlines: News from the Internet for November 21, 2017
Toronto and Google-owned Waze app agree to trade traffic data; Championing public art in an era of bean-counters; Gridlock on GTA highways costs each household $125 a year; and more news:Toronto and...
View ArticleLormel Homes Revitalizing Mississauga Tower-in-the-Park Site
Lormel Homes are marketing the first of two new condominium buildings on an expansive tower-in-the-park site in the Rockwood Village area of Mississauga. Dubbed Chelsea on the Green (not to be confused...
View ArticleWood Frame Mid-Rise Office Proposed on Sheppard near Senlac
Since the Ontario Building Code was amended on January 1, 2015 to permit wood frame buildings of up to six storeys high, a slow trickle of such development proposals has begun to emerge. The...
View Article39-Storey Residential Tower Proposed on Don Mills at Sheppard
Following pre-consultation meetings with the City of Toronto last January, applications for an Official Plan amendment and a Zoning Bylaw amendment was submitted by Goldberg Group on behalf of Compten...
View ArticleHandful of Units Remain at Plaza’s Musée Condos
With construction of Plaza's Musée now practically completed, remaining work at the building just northeast of Toronto's King and Bathurst intersection includes the construction of a new 8,000 ft² park...
View ArticleGreat Gulf’s Monde Topping Out at 44 Storeys
In the little over one month since we last covered construction at Great Gulf's Monde Condominiums, the 44-storey condominium tower has continued to rise towards a final 150-metre height above...
View ArticlePhoto of the Day: Eaton Centre Bridge
Today's Photo of the Day features a view of the new WilkinsonEyre Architects and Zeidler Partnership-designed bridge at Cadillac Fairview's Eaton Centre. Since opening to the public earlier this month,...
View ArticleDaily Headlines: News from the Internet for November 22, 2017
Andy Byford leaving the TTC for a job with New York City Transit; Art classes to take place at Union Station; Toronto looking at rebranding homeless services as part of shelter overhaul plan; and more...
View ArticleBelow Grade Levels Taking Shape for 16 York Office Tower
In the months since ground was broken for Cadillac Fairview's new 32-storey office tower at 16 York, plenty of work has been accomplished for the new architectsAlliance and B+H Architects-designed...
View ArticlePaving, Lanes Appear as Lower Simcoe Ramp Nears Opening
It isn't too often that an upgrade to highway infrastructure captures the attention of Toronto urbanists. The ongoing replacement of the Gardiner Expressway's Yonge-Bay-York off-ramps has done just...
View ArticlePreliminary Site Activity Underway for Canary Block Condos
The initial buildout of Toronto's West Don Lands created an Athletes' Village for the 2015 Pan Am Games. After the event, it was converted into the city's newest neighbourhood. In the time since the...
View ArticleThe One's Presentation Centre Opens For First Time
Last night, the presentation centre for The One, Canada's first Supertall building, was opened for the first time to allow those who pre-registered at the project to get a look at layouts, views,...
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