Conscious Cities Festival 2020 invites leading practitioners, activists, scientists and the general public from around the globe to explore the dialogue between people and place. Between October...
For almost two centuries, urbanization has been achieved by conquering land and using the natural environment as a disposable commodity. As a result, we have depleted our forests, wetlands, and...
This talk looks at a small handheld globe manufactured by the British cartographer Herman Moll in 1719. Though small in size and overtly commercial in use, the object serves as a particularly useful...
2030 – only 10 years away – is the target date for a number of initiatives meant to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in Toronto, Ontario and the globe. Transform TO seeks to reduce Toronto’s GHG...
Regenerative architecture goes far beyond reducing greenhouse gas emissions — it is about understanding our buildings as part of complex local and global ecosystems and designing strategies that...
‘Ideas Forum: Community Care’ features five fast-paced and fun presentations (20 slides shown for 20 seconds each) exploring the themes and questions from DesignTO’s thematic exhibition on care in...
2030 – the target date for a number of initiatives meant to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in Toronto, Ontario and the globe – is now only 9 years away, and with buildings accounting for nearly...
The Toronto Green Standard (Version 3), Toronto’s sustainable design requirements for new private and city-owned developments, has introduced a four-tiered framework for development to achieve...
The EIFS Council of Canada announces the opening of its 2021 Architectural Design Awards Program. Now in their fourth consecutive year, the ECC Design Awards honour design professionals which...
Windows are complicated—on top of providing a view, they also have to do everything a wall has to do. Doors are just as difficult. And to make things even more challenging, architects are faced with a...