Last Friday the Financial Post published an interesting article talking about Mattamy Homes and the new office that its founder, Peter Gilgan, is in the process of opening up downtown in the Toronto-Dominion Centre (which just so happens to be my favorite office complex in… Read More
I’m writing this post on my flight from Quebec City back to Toronto. I promise that I have a bunch of non-personal urbanism posts in the pipeline, but I just haven’t had a chance to sit down and write them. So for now I’m just… Read More
I just checked into the Chateau Laurier Quebec after a busy day touring the city. I don’t have a ton of time to write this post before dinner (though I have a few post ideas brewing). I did however want to share some of the… Read More
Towards the end of last year I received a one line email from a reader asking me what I thought about Porter (the airline that operates out of Toronto’s island airport downtown). I followed suit and responded with one line: “I’m a big fan.” I… Read More
A controversial design proposal for the tallest building in Europe has been making the rounds online over the past few days. Designed by Morphosis Architects, the 381 meter-tall tower is being proposed in Vals in the Swiss Alps. And pretty much everyone seems to hate… Read More
Back when the commercial internet first started to take off it was uncommon to use your real name online. Instead people relied on usernames and other pseudynoms to represent themselves. I honestly can’t remember what I used in those days, but I’m sure it was… Read More
I’m giving away a free t-shirt on April 1st, 2015 exclusively to Architect This City subscribers. There’s no catch. And no this is not an April Fool’s joke! I just want to say thanks to the people who read ATC on a regular basis. It’s… Read More
Some people believe that cities are all about bricks and mortar. While other people believe that they are first and foremost about people. Though I wholeheartedly believe that our built environment has a profound affect on our lives, I am in the latter camp. Real… Read More
One of the most interesting talks that I attended while I was in graduate school at Penn was by John Maeda. John operates at the intersection of design, technology, and business, and I find his work fascinating. He’s probably best described as a graphic designer,… Read More
A few days I retweeted the above home from Dwell Magazine. Then yesterday I was driving through midtown Toronto and I stumbled upon it. And that got me thinking more about this kind of project. The house is a triplex with, presumably, one unit in… Read More
BRANDON DONNELLY 