Too much empty space is bad for a city. Urbanism thrives on tight corners and complex juxtapositions. An airport runway is the opposite of that: a mile of nothing. How then do you turn a strip of...
The housing affordability crisis is top of mind for many around the world, including Canadians. Between 2019 and 2024, house prices in Toronto and Montréal had an average annual increase of 6.7 per...
The Ontario Professional Planners Institute (OPPI) recently celebrated this year’s PlanON award winners and announced the Project of the Year at their annual awards event held in Kitchener, Ontario...
Toronto will hold stakeholder and public consultations on proposed Official Plan amendments that aim to regulate how residential developments including so-called iceberg homes impact surrounding areas...
Picture this: You and your partner are invited over for a grand dinner party to celebrate your friend’s new house in suburbia. Arriving at night, things look pretty much as one might expect, with big...
Naama Blonder has put issues such as improved housing costs and increased housing diversity as top priorities at Smart Density, the Toronto-based architecture and urban planning firm she co-founded...
The new president of the Ontario Association of Architects hopes to use that role to put the spotlight on his hometown of Sudbury. In addition to leading the regulatory body for architects in the...
Last month, the federal government announced that it would be investing $10 million for 18 applied research projects that explore “specific, impactful ways” to help Canada meet its housing and...