When a party sues for construction defects, they'll often sue everyone involved in the project, include the architect. The reason is that it's often unclear where the blame lies at the outset of the process. It's not enough to say that because an architect was sued for a particular project...

It's going to be another overpriced Toronto attraction that'll be hard on middle class families' finances and difficult for working class people. So that takes it out of the running for a good part of the population, at least for enjoyment on a regular basis. You'll get a mix of curious people...

I saw an interesting graphic on @thetransitguy's Instagram page comparing capital costs for Metrolinx's transit projects versus those in Italy. For those who can't see the graphic, it indicates that Metrolinx spends 17.9% of the typical project cost on stations versus 27.2% in Italy. Guess who...

I'm starting to get Mirabel Airport vibes from seeing all of this state-of-the-art infrastructure perpetually empty.

Fortunately, it’s too late for Tridel to cheapen the facade in managing the project (even though it just repeats the semi-triangle motif over and over again). I hope they can maintain the prestige of the project, keep the unit sizes big, and get it to super tall status if it isn’t already. The...

The pyramid would have been amazing as a landmark mixed-use building, but the overall urban design of that proposal was ghastly. It had no relationship with the traditional street grid.

Building dense and compact car-free neighbourhoods on islands downtown would make for amazing urban fabric.

Sadly, Sir Elton lost his vision recently because of an eye infection. He might not get to see what the finished building looks like :(

I'm quite fond of Montreal's built form of building walk ups and houses up to almost the sidewalk on side streets and having healthy street trees either in a little front yard or between the sidewalk and the road. It makes the built form the focus of the street, yet the trees also soften the...

The survey is open now.

The bar for urbanism tends to be quite low in the 905, but Oakville is quietly pulling far ahead from of its peers. Some of these streets are precisely what people here have called for for decades with density, a mix of uses, a mix of building styles, and landscaping.

I dream of Front Street being turned into a traditional market square between Church and Jarvis, so I'll be watching this project closely. It's innovative and exciting.

It's a bland background building, but it's reasonably detailed and trying to be affordable. That earns my sympathy.

Not only are they untouchable, but their owners complain about the heights of buildings on those slivers of land that can be developed on the edges of the SFH neighbourhoods. Heck, they've complained about retail being present in new buildings along St. Clair in the affluent areas that never had...

At first, I didn't like the colour. But then I realized I love that 1950s-style mint green. The problem is that the complex looks like a robot designed it.

Seeing the beautiful pavers and the ugly utilitarian street lights together in those photos is jarring. It's like putting in a beautiful floor in your bathroom and then installing a janitor's closet sink as your sink. This is where our local brand of fiscal conservatism leaves us, in a weird...

This building is massive, but the setbacks break up its heft nicely. It adds a lot of interest to the skyline.

They'll probably put them underground in the vicinity of the tower if someone pays for it.

TD spends a lot of money on branding. Banks still seem to like to associate themselves with landmark buildings. I think it'll be well maintained.

If you reads reports like this one about Canada's productivity problems, it can be hard to envisage what's being discussed. "Productivity" is usually reported on through a macroeconomic lens. Reporters rarely delve into its implications in our communities. Look no further than projects like...