34-50 King East: architectsAlliance Design Praised at DRP
"It's a pretty terrific proposal," one Design Review Panel member concluded. With a scale model of the tower planned for 34-50 King Street East as the centrepiece of the room, the City of Toronto's...
View ArticlePhoto of the Day: King and Bathurst
Today's Photo of the Day presents a dramatic December view overlooking the King and Bathurst intersection and the Toronto skyline. Captured from an east-facing unit at 705 King Street West and...
View ArticleDaily Headlines: News from the Internet for December 19, 2016
Mayor Tory Discovers We Don’t Have Enough Transit Service; Yes, you can buy TTC parody merchandise now; Carlton most popular streetcar route for fare dodgers; and more news:Is Rockcliffe-Smythe...
View ArticleDaniels Waterfront Progressing Across From Sugar Beach
Toronto's nascent East Bayfront district is abuzz with construction activity, as a new wave of waterfront projects will soon bring some vitality to a quiet stretch of Queens Quay. Among the most...
View ArticleCladding Sealing Off LJM's Waterview Condominiums in Grimsby
We have been closely following the construction of LJM Developments' Waterview Condominiums, a new Icon Architects-designed condominium development on Grimsby's evolving waterfront. The project began...
View ArticleOakville: Permeable Public Realm to Front 5468796's Lake & East
With a 'living wall' spread across its anodized aluminum exterior, 5468796 Architecture's Lake & East eschews the norms of Oakville's—and Toronto's—new condominiums. Located in the lakeside...
View ArticleCladding Visible on CityPlace's Forward and Exchange Condos
The drive along Toronto's Gardiner Expressway is definitely a memorable one for visitors and tourists alike, and one that is ever changing for those that work or live in the city. On either side of the...
View ArticleYear-End Readers' Poll: Last Chance to Vote on 2016's Best Buildings!
Time is quickly running out to cast your votes in our third annual Year-End Readers' Poll, set to close at midnight, December 20th. Over the last couple of weeks a record-breaking number of you — over...
View ArticlePhoto of the Day: Toronto Christmas Market
The Holiday season in upon us once again, along with another year of the Toronto Christmas Market in the Distillery District. In today's Photo of the Day, submitted to our Flickr Pool by Kris Di...
View ArticleDaily Headlines: News from the Internet for December 20, 2016
Five housing hacks from cities around the world Toronto could learn from; Only the province can protect artists’ enclave; Pearson Airport prepares for one of the busiest travel days of the year; and...
View ArticleFirst Gulf's 25 Ontario Gets Thumbs Up at Design Review Panel
Plans for a 22-storey office building at the corner of Adelaide and Ontario Streets were presented to the Toronto Design Review Panel last week, representing another step in the long saga of this site...
View ArticleQuadrangle-Designed Musée Nears Completion on Adelaide
With street-level public space now taking shape along Adelaide Street West and finishing touches being applied to the 17-storey building above, Plaza's Musée Condos (below, left) is set to be occupied...
View ArticleLotus Condos' Construction Pressing On Through Winter Weather
Our ongoing coverage of the construction of Chestnut Hill Developments and Fortress Real Developments' Lotus Condos is catching up with the project's growth in Toronto's Bayview Village neighbourhood....
View ArticleKPMG Building Marks First Step for Vaughan's Nascent Downtown
From outside, KPMG Vaughan is an odd place. Like the black monolith in 2001: A Space Odyssey, the building seems an intrusion from another world. Seemingly engulfed by the parking lot of an almost...
View ArticlePhoto of the Day: Holiday Season in Mississauga
Submitted to our Flickr Pool by Empty Quarter, today's Photo of the Day features a holiday scene from Mississauga. Captured from the roof of Square One Shopping Centre, this view highlights Christmas...
View ArticleDaily Headlines: News from the Internet for December 21, 2016
TTC to use undercover officers to catch fare cheats; Kensington Market group aims to keep area affordable; 401 Richmond is already its highest and best use; and more news:Eglinton Avenue is Toronto's...
View ArticleExplainer: How Tiebacks, Rakers, Struts Support Shoring Walls
This week's 'Explainer' is the third in the topic of shoring, featuring guest contributor and geotechnical engineer, Michael Diez de Aux. In case you missed it, the first 'Explainer' in the series...
View ArticleEast Bayfront: Podium Levels Rising at Moshe Safdie's Monde
Construction of Great Gulf Homes’ Monde Condominiums project in Toronto’s emerging East Bayfront neighbourhood has greatly progressed since UrbanToronto last reported on it back in October. Located at...
View ArticleUpper Beaches: 9-Storey Condo Proposed on Kingston Road
Though not officially designated as an 'Avenue' under the Official Plan, Toronto's Kingston Road is gradually taking on the characteristics of a mid-rise urban corridor. Across the Upper Beaches...
View ArticleZIGG Condos' Mid-Rise Massing Taking Shape on St. Clair West
After almost one year of construction, Madison Homes and Fieldgate Urban's ZIGG Condos is making an impact on St. Clair Avenue West, a short distance west of Avenue Road in Midtown Toronto. We first...
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