For those of you interested in real estate development (and architecture), the New York Times recently published an article about New York developer Harry Macklowe. At 80 years old, he has been in the business for almost 60 years and he has what some might… Read More
Joe Cortright of City Observatory recently published an interesting post on HOT lanes (high-occupancy toll lanes) and cited a research paper by Austin Gross (University of Washington) and Daniel Brent (Louisiana State University). The paper looked at the behavioral response of drivers to dynamic HOT… Read More
I have largely avoided commenting on politics and Trump on this blog, but at this stage it is almost impossible to do that. Donations are starting to pile up for the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) as the tech community, and many others, begin to… Read More
Earlier this week I was in an Uber heading up to Charles Street and the driver made a comment to me. He said that since he moved to Toronto in the 90′s, traffic has gotten progressively worse every single year. He continued on to say:… Read More
Earlier this week the Seattle Times published the following graphic showing the US cities with the most (construction) cranes up in the air at the end of 2016: At the top of the list is Seattle with 62. And in second place is Chicago with… Read More
If you happen to find yourself in Vancouver between January 27th and February 28th, you may want to check out an exhibition being held at the Fairmont Pacific Rim called Japan Unlayered. It is a celebration of Japanese architecture, design, and culture, curated by the… Read More
“Toronto is probably the world’s most diverse city.” That is how a new interactive documentary called The World in Ten Blocks starts. Produced by Lost Time Media and hosted at theglobeandmail.com, the documentary examines a ten block stretch of Toronto’s Bloorcourt neighborhood and tells the story… Read More
Over the past few years there’s been growing interest in using mass timber for high-rise buildings (now colloquially referred to as “plyscrapers”). One project that got a lot of attention last year is Brock Commons (student residence) at the University of British Columbia. It is an… Read More
Andrew Chen recently delivered a keynote at StartCon in Australia called: What’s Next in Growth? You can find his entire talk, here, on his blog. One of the themes of his talk is that, “technology changes, but people stay the same.” I like that. See above. But… Read More
This morning while I was having a bowl of cereal and fruit, I came across this floor plan from 75 Portland Street, Toronto by CORE Architects: It’s a 2-storey unit with a den and double height living room on the main floor and 1 bedroom… Read More
BRANDON DONNELLY 