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The Ultimate Guide to High-Performance Building Design

Courtesy of cove.tool The term ‘high-performing’ may bring different images, ranging from a star student to a virtuosic violinist to a hard-working employee. As diverse as they may be, these ‘high-performing’ people have common attributes. A cut above the rest, they transcend expectations and bring added benefits through their functioning. They deliver the best possible …

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Toronto Plans on Stopping the Construction of Smart Cities Following Concerns of Privacy

Alison Brooks Architects, Adjaye Associates, Henning Larsen and SLA to Develop Toronto’s Waterfront. Image Courtesy of Waterfront Toronto As more smart cities make their way across the globe, whether it being in countries of the Far East, Latin America, or the Middle East, Toronto is stepping back from the smart city bandwagon, and reassessing its …

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Passages Insolites, the Public Art Circuit Explores Unexpected Public Spaces in the City of Québec

Mythe et évidence par Mathieu Valade. Image © Stéphane Bourgeois Initiated by EXMURO arts publics and the Ville de Québec, the 9th edition of Passages Insolites, or Unusual Passages, is open from June 25 to October 10, 2022, in the city of Québec. During this time, 17 works by 18 local, Canadian, and international artists …

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Returning the Building to the Soil: an Interview with the Architect and Scientist Mae-Ling Lokko

Photo: © Courtney Sofiah Yates Agriculture and the food industry seem to have little in common with architecture, but it is precisely the overlap of these three areas that interests Ghanaian-Filipino scientist and architect Mae-ling Lokko. Working with recycling agricultural waste and biopolymer materials, Lokko searches for ways to transform the so-called agrowaste into building …

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Steven Holl’s Architectural Archive Preserves His Firm’s Designs and the Landscape

© Paul Warchol Steven Holl can often be found reading poetry and painting watercolors in a tiny cabin overlooking lotus flowers on the edge of a lake in Rhinebeck, New York. The cabin sits on a 28-acre reserve that Holl purchased in 2014 that now hosts Holl’s full-time office, and ‘T’ Space, a nonprofit arts …

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