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September 06: Unless you designed it, it's not yours

Jeremy Bell stands at the edge of a deep dirt pit and looks down. Not a few days ago, the modest pre-war bungalow he shared with his wife stood there, decent but frankly boring. Not any more. He steps back, careful not to get the red clay on his cornflower blue, striped Converse sneakers. Soon, construction crews will pour energy-efficient concrete – he specifically chose the type – into the hole, the first tangible building block of his new, modern, eco-friendly house.

September 05: Higher education, with yoga

The beer-swigging and all-night games of caps will never die. Maybe it's harder to flunk out of university these days. But whether they're bleary- or bright-eyed, the truth of the matter is that university and college students in Canada and the United States represent a powerful class of taste arbiters. And once they unpack at university, they're a captive audience for at least four years. It's no longer enough just to keep students on campus. Now, university planners are strategizing about ways to offer big-city pleasures....

September 10: Moriyama and Teshima to build New Orillia Campus for Lakehead University

Lakehead University and Moriyama and Teshima today unveiled the first structure in Lakehead's new campus. This and all future buildings on the campus will be designed and constructed to achieve Canada's Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Platinum status. Located in Orillia, Ontario, the Lakehead University - Orillia campus will be a living model of healthy environments, the conservation of natural resources, a high level of energy and water efficiency, and a reduction in the production of waste and release of substances harmful to the biosphere. Built in three phases, all buildings on the campus will be built to LEED Platinum standards and thus will be the "first LEED Platinum university campus" in Canada. The project breaks ground in 2009 and will accommodate 7,000 students upon completion. [ More ]

Architecture Headlines

September 30: Where architects bring fantasy to reality
September 29: Jack Diamond and the architecture of usefulness
September 20: A new wave for Toronto's waterfront
September 16: City hall full of dreamers
September 12: Catch new WaveDeck, a useful source of delight
September 10: Diary of a Crystal gazer: Documenting the ROM reno
September 10: Moriyama and Teshima to build New Orillia Campus for Lakehead University
September 06: No need for trendiness at Yonge and St. Clair
September 06: Unless you designed it, it's not yours
September 05: Egotistical — for the right reasons
September 05: Higher education, with yoga
September 02: Older Toronto highrises to get facelift
August 30: The high point for RCM's old building
August 30: Quiet and refined: The new conservatory is like a sexy librarian out on a date
August 30: Modernism's concrete prophet
August 29: Taking instruction from the past
August 29: An urban plan that rises high above failed promises

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