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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...

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Photo 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...

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Daily 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...

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Daniels 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...

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Cladding 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...

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Oakville: 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...

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Cladding 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...

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Year-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...

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Photo 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...

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Daily 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...

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First 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...

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Quadrangle-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...

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Lotus 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....

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KPMG 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...

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Photo 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...

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Daily 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...

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Explainer: 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...

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East 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...

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Upper 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...

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ZIGG 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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