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Challenging the status quo always faces push back, often aggressive push back. A few points that need addressing: 1. If people seek shade that doesn't mean they don't like sunlight. It means they prefer indirect sunlight. 2. Indirect light doesn't equate to darkness as opponents of shade...

Aesthetically, pre-1980 were the glory years for cars. Look at a parking lot today and it's a sea of boring generic vehicles in boring generic colours.

Agree. A lot of stuff is grim and depressing right from the get-go. The sooner that Y comes down the better.

Wonderful to see a diversion from the bland sterile cladding that's been done ad nauseam the last 20+ years. Vaughan, and now Mississauga, seem far more disposed to bold styling and colour than staid Toronto. The black and silvery/white both look terrific. Reminds me of something...

Easily one of my favourite buildings to go up in the last 10 years. It's projects like this that re-new my faith in Toronto.

I visited yesterday. It's a very beautiful place but worry even with all the retail full and open, there won't be a critical mass of stuff to make this a destination. The store frontages are way too big. From the Front Street escalator, I walked by 200 feet of endless glass and only passed 3...

This.

More buildings like this everywhere.

Toronto continues to be terrible when it comes to signage. It's either non-existent (some streets have no sign at the intersection), too small for drivers to see until you're at the intersection (right/left turn information), confusing (directions at Union Station will have arrows in opposite...

Surprised they didn't bother to take out that modern triple width window and re-create the 2 Georgian windows that were surely there originally.

Couldn't disagree more. This is the best podium in the Entertainment District built in a very long time. First of all, they're not tryng to look like a converted warehouse but a modern residential with strong nods to the historic brick buildings in the area. Their design choices and attention...

I don't think people were expecting statement architecture like the WTC Transportation Hub/Oculus in NYC but this is about as stripped down and mind numbing as one could get. What a kick to the teeth. We all know nice things cost money but sometimes one should aspire to more than a Shoppers...

Wow,, you couldn't be more off the mark if you tried. First of all, there were loads of EV companies around the world years before Musk and Tesla came along. Secondly, a ton of innovative ideas and very impressive home grown technology has gone into every inch of that car. You'd be closer to...

If we're to devote space at a prime location to showcasing technology surely it should be Canadian technology rather than worshipping Apple, a massively wealthy foreign corporation? Put a showroom in there for the 100% Canadian developed, engineered, and built Project Arrow EV. It's a...

Although I agree for the most part, there are instances where it's preferable. A 2 way 2 lane side street with little traffic would improve (for pedestrians) if 1 lane was taken out (making it 1 way) and the space used for a wider sidewalk, landscaping, and/or a bike lane. Essentially, turning...

I had much higher hopes for this one. At least they tried designing something interesting but the sooner this south side gets blocked from view, the better. Will have to look at this wall of sterile green nothingness till Union Centre rises. A long wait. It always shocks me how billions of...

This shot perfectly encapsulates the myopic mindset in Canada when it comes to the public realm. Everything about its design is a disaster yet the common view is that it looks fine, that we've always done it this way, and there couldn't possibly be a better way of doing it. 5 lanes for cars...

Are they not leaving enough room for a separated bike lane + 2 lanes for cars in this spot or is this artistic expression?

Agree but what's the solution? 88 Bathurst isn't going anywhere so The Wheat Sheaf needs to get taller. It won't stay immune to alteration forever. A future treatment similar to Dineen Coffee (Yonge/Temperence) would be ideal: 1-2 additional floors that's respectful of the architecture...

So we might get FabricLand after all.