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5 Questions for Jennifer Keesmaat, Toronto City Planner

5 Questions for Jennifer Keesmaat, Toronto City Planner

A champion of the livable city, Keesmaat explains how she keeps the big picture in focus while dealing with Toronto’s explosive growth.

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May 15, 2015

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The Fort York Visitor Centre Opens in Toronto

The Fort York Visitor Centre Opens in Toronto

Designed by Patkau Architects and Kearns Mancini Architects, the low-slung structure nestled behind the Gardiner Expressway reinforces historical context in a busy metropolis.

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May 11, 2015

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A Multiplanar Airport Terminal in Russia

A Multiplanar Airport Terminal in Russia

Grimshaw Architects brings elegance and light to Pulkovo Airport, one of Russia’s busiest terminals.

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April 13, 2015

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17 Reasons To Stay in The City This Summer

17 Reasons To Stay in The City This Summer

How do you beat the heat without leaving the urban jungle? By stepping inside New York’s Dover Street Market, Copenhagen’s Blue Planet aquarium, London’s new wildlife viewing stations on Regent’s Canal, and other cool city spots.

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May 30, 2014

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Can Norman Foster’s SkyCycle Come True?

Can Norman Foster’s SkyCycle Come True?

The visionary concept for London would give cyclists their own expressway. Plus, three pieces of fun, fashionable and flat-packed bike gear.

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May 12, 2014

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How Landscape Architects Are Designing For Super-Storms

How Landscape Architects Are Designing For Super-Storms

The $500-billion hurricane hasn’t arrived yet, but weather experts agree that it’s on its way. We look at firms around the world, including Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates, Turenscape and Weiss/Manfredi, making cities ready for climate change.

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April 2, 2014

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Moment Factory Animates LAX

Moment Factory Animates LAX

For the Tom Bradley International Terminal, the Montreal multimedia studio crafts a wildly interactive environment – the largest such permanent installation on the continent – saturated with moving images.

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July 10, 2013

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SHoP Breaks Ground on Africa’s Silicon Valley

SHoP Breaks Ground on Africa’s Silicon Valley

On the outskirts of Nairobi, the New York firm is beginning construction on the Konza Techno City, a state-of-the-art business and technology hub.

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February 5, 2013

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Höweler + Yoon’s Radical Transportation Vision

Höweler + Yoon’s Radical Transportation Vision

The Boston firm won the Audi Urban Future Award with an ambitious concept that revolutionizes the transportation system of the Boston-Washington corridor.

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December 4, 2012

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Institute Without Boundaries in Lota, Chile

Institute Without Boundaries in Lota, Chile

An exhibit chronicling the Institute Without Boundaries’s strategy for the struggling city of Lota, Chile, opens tonight.

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June 2, 2011

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