Now Open: Toronto's Sugar Beach
Posted on August 10, 2010 by Nina Boccia | Comments
Categories: Landscape architecture, Urban planning
Yesterday marked the official opening of Toronto's Sugar Beach, which replaces an industrial site-cum-parking lot at the foot of Jarvis Street that once stood bereft of greenspace and waterfront access.
Competition News: St. Lawrence North Market, Toronto
Posted on June 7, 2010 by Nina Boccia | Comments
Categories: Architecture, Landscape architecture, Urban planning, Green design
Today, the team of Adamson Associates Architects and Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners won the much-discussed competition to rebuild the north building in Toronto's historical St. Lawrence Market Complex.
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Toronto City Hall gets its Green Roof
Posted on June 2, 2010 by Nina Boccia | Comments
Categories: Landscape architecture, Urban planning, Green design
The elevated space that encircles Toronto's City Hall is now a green retreat, designed by Plant Architect Inc. in partnership with Shore Tilbe Irwin & Partners, furniture designer Adrian Blackwell, Chicago landscape architect Peter Schaudt, and tree consultant Jim Urban.
The Green Building Guide: Landscaping
Posted on May 4, 2010 by Paige Magarrey | Comments
Categories: Product design, Architecture, Landscape architecture, Green design
Azure’s annual green building guide, published in our May issue, is a comprehensive reference for wallpapers, bricks, windows, fridges, and green walls that will help you transform any project into a bastion of sustainability. We're also spotlighting a few firms online from our little black (or should we say green?) book in a series of posts.
A City Plans for the Pan Am Games
Posted on April 28, 2010 by Catherine Osborne | Comments
Categories: Architecture, Landscape architecture, Urban planning, Green design
Developers, construction experts, and architects met at Toronto's Board of Trade last week to hear of the city's strategies for accommodating the Pan Am Games in 2015. By all accounts, there is much to be done and very little time to do it.
