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The same could be said about any building anywhere. Architecture is, in part, a creative profession. There's an art to it, one that practitioners refine, develop, and advance over the course of their careers. aA's work, at least visually, appears to have stagnated.

It's really surprising to see how little growth and development there has been in term's of aA's designs over the past decade. They used to be considered the most sophisticated firm in the city when it came to condo design.

It’s hard to believe how lousy the public realm is around Old City Hall. Montreal’s public realm around its historic landmarks is much better. The public spaces around Quebec’s provincial legislature are better maintained than Queen’s Park as well. Yes, we need more philanthropists donating to...

They're probably older, but it's the same principle. The foundations they uncovered at Moss Park might date back to the impressive British empire :) I wish we'd allow our city to have a sense of history and culture by displaying finds like these ones in our public spaces.

It would be nice to preserve and incorporate the findings into the station somehow (e.g. with a glass floor in an outdoor plaza).

They should have used the gold-coloured metal cladding (at sidewalk level) on the tower. It harmonizes with the brick far better than the grey metal cladding. At least they got the details right at sidewalk level, though. I despise buildings where the sidewalk-level design feels like an...

Great Gulf could show them a thing or two about building signature towers, e.g. One Bloor East, 12 Bonnycastle Street (Monde), or Forma.

That wouldn’t eliminate the potential for accidents with pedestrians or the need to slow at intersections to reduce the likelihood of accidents with vehicles. But it would be a good interim measure.

Failing to deliver on larger units and underwhelming architecture (marketed as outstanding architecture) make this project seem quite unfortunate from a civic standpoint. It's too mediocre for its prominent position in the skyline.

If the surface-level portion of the line doesn't perform well, they should just start tunnelling again and extend the subway part east to Kennedy. Let the surface LRT handle 5-10 years of usage during the construction, and then turn it into a landscaped median. Alternatively, run a...

They really need to work on the connection between the intercity railway station and the tourist sites. But I should note that in the summer, you can take your bike on the GO train and bike to the tourist sites if you want to be carfree.

A huge improvement over the bizarre previous iteration, but the amount of spandrel panels doesn't look promising.

I can't help but wonder if it'll be converted into an indoor mall one day. That happened to a few outdoor malls in Toronto's history, like Cloverdale Mall.

Despite the interesting profiles of the buildings and massing, it looks so monotonous. It desperately needs changes in colour from building to building.

With the Niagara bridges, I don't believe that profitability is a driving factor. If one bridge mainly absorbs excess traffic at peak times, the government is still effectively fulfilling its mandate of making the crossing efficient for the sake of livability, productivity and trade. I'm not...

Why not? It makes the facade less monotonous.

Considering the billions of dollars spent by the provincial and federal governments to subsidize the auto industry, it's good to have something to protect the transit industry. Sometimes, I wonder if the provincial and federal governments are serious about transit, walking, and cycling when they...

It's strange and disappointing that the existing space shows how successful large off-street patios can be as public spaces, yet the project destroys one without any replacement patio or restaurant space. I get that patio space would be a private use in a public space, but it's normal to have...

The city should have a national or provincial commission similar to Ottawa's National Capital Commission to deal with cultural matters like this one and to upgrade and maintain the public realm of our streets, parks, and squares in provincially and nationally significant parts of the city. No...

How can you not be? Why would they use it if no one wanted it? Everyone knows that grey finishes are the best thing since sliced bread.