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New U of T Architecture school, Green or Greenwash?
Thursday night I attended a presentation of the design for the new home of the U of T Faculty of Architecture and Landscape Architecture, designed by Nader Tehrani, principal of the firm NADAAA. The building is an addition to an historic building at one Spadina Circle. It’s in the current style that has sloped floors […]
Read moreLecture – Making Better Buildings
Chris Magwood will be speaking about sustainable building practices in his new book “Making Better Buildings”. The event is happening in the Pit in the Architecture Building at Ryerson University on Tuesday March 18th at 7pm to 9pm. Professor Mark Gorgolewski of Ryerson’s School of Architecture says of Chris: “Chris Magwood’s considerable experience of sustainable […]
Read moreStorefront – Heliotrope Spa
Sonia Yuan’s “Heliotrope Spa” project, completed as part of her 4th year undergraduate studio project at the University of Waterloo School of Architecture is now on display in our storefront. Sonia designed a building as well as the systems for the building, including a 1:1 prototype of a concentrating photo-voltaic facade system that uses […]
Read moreLayered Landscapes
As part of the Toronto Design Offsite Festival (TO DO), Layered Landscapes, an installation by Ryerson students Kristina Kamenar, Vivien Li, and Michelle McEachern will be on display in our storefront from January 20-26th. Layered Landscapes is inspired by the northern lights, and allows us to wander through an atmospheric experience that utilizes light, sound […]
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