A New Kind of High-Density Living
In the future, we’ll be living in alleyways.Recently, ArchDaily featured the winning project of the New Vision of Loft 2 Competition, “Live Between Buildings!” With living conditions in Toronto becoming more dense every year, we took notice of the
Beijing’s Mountain-Like Rooftop to be Demolished
Remember that residential building in Beijing with the mountain-style penthouse built on top of it that everyone was talking about a few days ago? Well, it’s going to be demolished.The mountain penthouse of BeijingZhang Biqing, the owner of many
Topping Off of Second Tallest Building in the World
According to an article on ArchDaily by Karissa Rosenfield, Shanghai Tower of the Lujiazui trio has topped off. Why is that important news? When Shanghai Tower is complete, it will officially be China’s tallest tower and the world’s second tallest.The
MARK CULLEN: What is Bugging Your Garden?
By Mark CullenWhere bugs and diseases are concerned I am a proponent of ‘live and let live’ for the most part. The vast majority of pests in the garden are either beneficial or benign. Ladybugs eat aphids, birds munch on beetles and the larvae of moths
Construction Delayed on Changsha’s Sky City Tower
Sky City, Broad Sustainable Building’s ambitious skyscraper development for Changsha, China, has hit a few speed bumps with construction delays and cost spikes.Sky City behind scheduleWhen Sky City is complete, it will stand 2,749 feet, making it the
Telus Sky Tower in Calgary by BIG
As you may know, one of our favourite architecture firms in the world is Bjarke Ingels Group, better known as BIG. Every now and then, we like to check in on the firm to see what they’re up to. This time, we happily discovered that they recently unveiled
INFOGRAPHIC: City in the Clouds
For this month’s Architecture theme, we decided to take a look at one of Toronto’s most prominent architectural features: The Skyscraper.Emporis, the world’s leading database for building data, describes a skyscraper as any building that stands at least
MARK CULLEN: Water, Water Everywhere
By Mark CullenOf all the current trends in gardening perhaps the use of water as a garden feature has the legs to last a generation or more. Take a look over the back fence of any home in the GTA these days and chances are you will find either a full
KIPCO Tower Brings Colour and Style to Kuwait City
It’s been a while since we checked out an interesting high-rise tower located outside of Canada. We recently stumbled upon KIPCO Tower, a completed, mixed-use building in Kuwait City.The design of KIPCO TowerBold, sleek, stylish, and sexy are four words
An Artificial Sun Lights up the Biggest Building in the World
On June 28, 2013, the doors opened to “New Century Global Center,” the largest building in the world, according to Chinese officials. New Century Global Center is located in Chengdu, China’s fourth largest city and the capital of the southwestern Sichuan
