Daily insights for city builders, delivered every morning at 6 AM ET. I’m Brandon Donnelly — a Toronto-based real estate developer and founder of Globizen. I’ve been writing here since 2013.
This skinny 8-story building caught my eye in the Place des Terreaux in Lyon. I think a lot about these sort of small infill buildings because it is generally not how we build, today, in Toronto. But it’s a workhorse of a “fabric building”, and I can think of many streets that would be made better if only we encouraged this kind of built form. Truthfully, it’s probably most streets.
Scott Shields had a proposal for a skinny building on the site of their former office on Mercer street (https://scottarch.ca/portfolio/24-mercer/). I would love to see it happen.
Which resort are you headed to? I hope you get good snow.
Smart Density’s “Mini Mid Rise” concept in real life. Hoping to see this typology in North America soon.
Wile in Lyon be sure to visit Villeurbanne, a 1930s residential quarter inspired by Rockefeller Center. REALLY! Take the metro to Gratteciel.
A good reco. By famous architect Tony Garnier
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