Kìwekì Point—Big River Landscape
Kìwekì Point is an urban park on a scenic promontory overlooking the Kichi Zibi/Ottawa River, adjacent to the National Gallery of Canada and connected to Major’s Hill Park via Pìdàban Bridge. Originally opened as Nepean Point in the late 19th century, this park has inspired countless visitors with its sweeping views of the national capital...
480 Yonge Street
The landmark Victorian-era clock tower located on Yonge Street, just north of College Street, has a multi-layered history that links many communities and generations. First built in 1872 as Toronto’s Fire Hall No.3, it was an impressive early punctuation on Yonge Street due to its imposing height and rich architectural detailing. By the 1950s the...
Exploratory typo-morphological study of Île-d’Orléans
Protected since 1935, Île-d’Orléans is one of the 13 declared heritage sites, the highest heritage status given by the Quebec government in recognition of its importance as a cultural landscape, its insular character and 400 years of agricultural activity, and as a place of great symbolic value and identity. Under the revised Cultural Heritage Act,...
Lambert-Smye Estate
The Lambert-Smye Estate property, located at 394 Lakeshore Road West, is one of the few remaining intact early 20th century Estates along Oakville’s waterfront. The Estate home, designed by noted Oakville architect George N. Molesworth and constructed in 1938, sits roughly in the middle of the estate grounds which are approximately 3.84 ha (9.5 acres)...
North York’s Modernist Architecture
From the late 1940s through to the 1980s, Toronto experienced an extremely high rate of growth and development. During this time, the former city of North York became richly populated with modern architecture — for example, York University campus, Spadina subway line facilities, and the Don Mills neighbourhood, to name just a few. In an...
People Per Hectare
Density is one of the key tools currently used for planning cities. Architects, planners, and policy makers all use density as a calibration of the city. We want to make our cities better, more vital, more full of possibilities. As our cities change, we want to propose change intelligently. To change intelligently, we need to...
