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Dialog is Releasing a Guide to Measuring Community Well-being

Dialog is Releasing a Guide to Measuring Community Well-being

The Conference Board of Canada and Dialog are releasing a framework that measures how design impact community well-being. We spoke to principal Antonio Gomez-Palacio about what it means for design professionals.

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June 7, 2018

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Hits, Misses and Poetry: The King Street Pilot Project’s New Installations

Hits, Misses and Poetry: The King Street Pilot Project’s New Installations

Installations, parklets and patios are coming to Toronto’s King Street Pilot Project. Warmer weather should bring more pedestrian activity, but can art further animate the corridor? We explore.

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June 1, 2018

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The Michael Green Acquisition and the Future of Tall Wood Buildings

The Michael Green Acquisition and the Future of Tall Wood Buildings

Vancouver’s Michael Green Architecture, a firm specializing in timber buildings, has been acquired by Silicon Valley startup Katerra. 

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June 1, 2018

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How Lalaya Design’s Hanae Baruchel Used Design as Therapy

How Lalaya Design’s Hanae Baruchel Used Design as Therapy

The road to recovery for Toronto-based furniture maker Hanae Baruchel, the mind behind Lalaya Design, is cast in concrete.

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May 29, 2018

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A Montreal Park With a Bold, Candy-Striped Promenade

A Montreal Park With a Bold, Candy-Striped Promenade

In Montreal, local landscape architecture firm Civiliti has designed Parc Guido-Nincheri, a public art-filled space defined by undulating red and white striped pathways.

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May 25, 2018

Section: Architecture

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Four Canadian Green Space Renewals That Will Transform Their Cities

Four Canadian Green Space Renewals That Will Transform Their Cities

Greenery is vital to the health of our cities – and our health, period. Here are four Canadian green space renewals that promise to inject nature into urban environments.

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May 18, 2018

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Three Rising Canadian Design Studios to Watch

Three Rising Canadian Design Studios to Watch

Meet Susan for Susan, COFO Design and MPGMB, three Canadian design studios with talent to spare.

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May 18, 2018

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Geoffrey Lilge’s Div.12 is Capturing a High Point in Canadian Design

Geoffrey Lilge’s Div.12 is Capturing a High Point in Canadian Design

Within an industrial park in northwestern Edmonton, a weathered-steel warehouse has become the headquarters for Div.12, owned and operated by Geoffrey Lilge.

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May 15, 2018

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Ghosts of Monsters Challenges Us to Rethink the McMansion

Ghosts of Monsters Challenges Us to Rethink the McMansion

Ghosts of Monsters, a photography exhibit by Paola Poletto, reconsiders how “monster” homes have transformed the Toronto neighbourhood of Willowdale.

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May 15, 2018

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The Surprising, Sustainable and Profound Public Art of Toronto’s Polymétis

The Surprising, Sustainable and Profound Public Art of Toronto’s Polymétis

Toronto firm Polymétis found its niche by exploring the surprising potential of winter landscapes. Against the dreary landscape of Toronto in February, and even the shimmering backdrop of Lake Ontario,…

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May 14, 2018

Section: Design

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