WZMH Architects and Pellow + Associates Merge Practices
offAcclaimed Toronto-based firm WZMH Architects, known for office, institutional and highrise residential work across Canada and around the globe, has merged practices with pellow + associates, a firm...
View ArticleCity Commences Extension of Richmond-Adelaide Cycle Network
offAs cycling continues to gain popularity throughout Toronto, the need for expanded bike infrastructure is becoming increasingly acute. Following turbulent years of pro-car and anti-cycling rhetoric...
View ArticlePhoto of the Day: Before the First Rider
offThe CNE has been a favourite of Torontonians for generations, marking the unofficial end of summer for another year. In today's Photo of the Day, which was submitted to the UrbanToronto Flickr Pool...
View ArticleDaily Headlines: News From the Internet for September 2, 2015
offToronto, Vancouver luxury homes snapped up by foreign buyers; Time running out for Brampton to make decision on new transit line; ‘Unlivable’ Beach house sells for $1 million; and more...
View ArticleNew Plan for 177 Front East Seeks Approval at City Hall, OMB
offSince late 2010, speculation over the fate of 177-197 Front St. East, a parcel of downtown real estate which included Downtown Acura and Sobey's, with the remainder of the site operating as a...
View ArticleVideo Highlights Natural Scenery Near The Craftsman Condos
offA few months after the official groundbreaking for VANDYK group of companies' The Craftsman Condominium Residences, a new video series is playing up the development's strengths and those of the...
View ArticleTower at Pier 27 Condos Launched by Cityzen and Fernbrook
offAs the Tower at Pier 27 was officially launched earlier today, new renderings of the project were released, revealing a distinctively kinetic design that is soon set to join Toronto's waterfront...
View ArticlePhoto of the Day: Ascension to the Galleria
offArchitect Santiago Calatrava's Allen Lambert Galleria at Brookfield Place remains one of Toronto's most photographed interior spaces, leading photographers to use creative angles to personalize...
View ArticleDaily Headlines: News From the Internet for September 3, 2015
offForgotten TTC architecture a reminder of nixed transit plans; Inuit artists carve out a place at York University; Toronto’s Olympic chances against L.A.: Q and A; and more news...Toronto’s Olympic...
View ArticleThrowback Thursday: Bathurst and St. Clair
offSt. Clair Avenue West's dedicated streetcar right-of-way has done a great deal in priming the thoroughfare for increased densities. Back on July 9, 2005, the so-called "Battle of St. Clair" was...
View ArticleZinc Developments' 35 Wabash Blends Modern With Heritage
offWith land values climbing ever higher across the GTA, and with Toronto simply getting cooler all the time, low and mid-rise infill development proposals continue to pop up on currently...
View ArticlePlaza's Musée Condos Growing Larger on Adelaide Street West
offIt has been little over two months since we last checked in on the construction site for Plaza's Musée Condos, a 17-storey, Quadrangle Architects-designed condominium development, quickly rising on...
View ArticlePhoto of the Day: AGO
offToronto's architecture community is still enthusiastically anticipating the realization of the large-scale Mirvish+Gehry Toronto project, though another completed project by startchitect Frank Gehry...
View ArticleDaily Headlines: News From the Internet for September 4, 2015
offMaRS now 70 per cent populated; Plaza at Yonge and Front will offer new way; $1 million-plus is the new normal for decrepit homes in hot markets; and more news...MaRS now 70 per cent populated...
View ArticleStreetcar's Carnaby Condos Transforming Queen and Gladstone
offRapidly taking shape in the heart of West Queen West, Streetcar Developments and Dream's Carnaby complex of lofts and condominiums at the corner of Queen and Gladstone is transforming an entire city...
View ArticleLandscaping Progressing Quickly Around Waterlink at Pier 27
offCityzen Development Group and Fernbrook Homes' four-building project Waterlink at Pier 27 welcomed its first residents last year, while other aspects of the development were still to be completed....
View ArticleLash Group's Cloud9 Condos Preparing for October Opening
offWe've been popping in to see progress at Cloud9 Condominiums by the Lash Group as it gets closer to completion in Toronto's Rexdale area. Last time we visited a few months ago, we checked out one...
View ArticlePhoto of the Day: Misty Sunrise Skyline
offYet another photo of the Toronto skyline is featured in today's Photo of the Day, which was submitted to the UrbanToronto Flickr Pool by ~EvidencE~. This shot takes us to the Humber Bay Shores area,...
View ArticleDaily Headlines: News From the Internet for September 9, 2015
offBrampton mayor may seek referendum on LRT; Taxi company petitions City of Toronto to lower cab fares; 180-year-old artifacts uncovered at St. Lawrence Market north; and more news...Brampton mayor...
View ArticleCrane Raised at Regent Park Site of The Bartholomew Condos
offA decade into The Daniels Corporation's and Toronto Community Housing Corporation (TCHC)'s multi-phased Regent Park revitalization, cranes continue to pop up in the increasingly inviting...
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