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In Dwell: The Mjolk House « nomeancity nomeancity
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No Mean City: The World of Architecture, As Seen From Toronto. In Dwell: The Mjolk House. 2014 / Categories: Uncategorized. The design shop Mjolk. Is one of Toronto’s, and Canada’s, most viagra cialis sale cheap. Special retailers: It stocks a very unusual and carefully selected range of Japanese and Scandinavian design. Upstairs, owners Juli Daoust and John Baker live in a wonderful apartment renovated by Studio Junction. I recently paid a visit and wrote about it for Dwell. Read my story here.
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Clear Lake Cottage by MJM Architects « nomeancity nomeancity
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No Mean City: The World of Architecture, As Seen From Toronto. Clear Lake Cottage by MJM Architects. 2013 / Categories: Uncategorized. This week in The Globe and Mail: my story on a contemporary cottage. Designed by Ted Watson of MJM Architects. Photos after the jump. Click here to cancel reply. Mail (will not be published) (required). Notify me of follow-up comments by email. Notify me of new posts by email. A blog about contemporary architecture and design in Toronto, written by Alex Bozikovic. Sorry, ...
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The Globe and Mail's architecture critic « nomeancity nomeancity
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No Mean City: The World of Architecture, As Seen From Toronto. The Globe and Mail’s architecture critic. 2014 / Categories: Uncategorized. Hi Alex Bozikovic here. Thanks for stopping by. This blog has been very slow lately; this is because I’ve changed day jobs and become the Globe and Mail’s architecture critic. Read my Globe stories here. I’ll continue to post the occasional story I write for other outlets here. Thanks for reading over the past couple of years – I appreciate your support.
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Banksy, here are some Canadian skyscrapers that aren't "vanilla" « nomeancity nomeancity
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No Mean City: The World of Architecture, As Seen From Toronto. Banksy, here are some Canadian skyscrapers that aren’t “vanilla”. 2013 / Categories: Uncategorized. A bit of click-bait I wrote for The Globe: Five tall buildings in Canada that aren’t so dull. I could have included some. My piece was, of course, in response to this provocation by Banksy. 2 comments on Banksy, here are some Canadian skyscrapers that aren’t “vanilla”. On Oct 30, 2013. On Nov 3, 2013. Click here to cancel reply. Banksy, here ar...
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Is Tower Renewal rising again? « nomeancity nomeancity
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No Mean City: The World of Architecture, As Seen From Toronto. Is Tower Renewal rising again? 2010 / Categories: Uncategorized. Good news: Tower Renewal may be getting new life. With a new report, Tower Neighbourhood Renewal in the Greater Golden Horseshoe,. There’s a sign the province is taking an interest in fixing the Toronto region’s many highrise neighbourhoods. Even as Rob Ford’s crew seems to be dismissing the idea. Why is this a big deal? That stranded them in large, underused green spaces. Turne...
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Laurentian Architecture Laurentienne: Canada's new architecture school « nomeancity nomeancity
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No Mean City: The World of Architecture, As Seen From Toronto. Laurentian Architecture Laurentienne: Canada’s new architecture school. 2013 / Categories: Uncategorized. In The Globe and Mail this weekend: my story about the new school of architecture at Laurentian University. I first wrote about the plans for this school back in 2009. Who are designing the new faculty building. And, for comparison’s sake, some thoughts about the new building. Click here to cancel reply. Notify me of new posts by email.
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Corktown Common, Toronto's waterfront park and flood protection nomeancity
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No Mean City: The World of Architecture, As Seen From Toronto. Don River Park, Hurricane Sandy and the meadows that will save Bay Street. 2012 / Categories: Uncategorized. What did we learn about building cities in 2012? From Superstorm Sandy, the lesson was that cities are not immune from the forces of nature. Wind and water trump steel and stone. Because landscape architects Adriaan Geuze and West 8 raised parts of the landscape 16 feet. By James Corner Field Operations. Edit; name of the park changed&...
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Tower Renewal « nomeancity nomeancity
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No Mean City: The World of Architecture, As Seen From Toronto. 2013 / Categories: Uncategorized. In last week’s Globe and Mail – where I’m now contributing regularly to the Arts. Section – on the important, complex initiative that is Tower Renewal. This is a combination of architecture, infrastructure and planning fixes to Toronto’s suburban highrise neighbourhoods, together with community and economic development. . My previous post on the subject is here. Visit the research group CUG R.
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Hiatus « nomeancity nomeancity
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No Mean City: The World of Architecture, As Seen From Toronto. 2014 / Categories: Uncategorized. This blog has been on hiatus for a while now – essentially since I became The Globe and Mail’s architecture critic last year. I will continue to write for other outlets and will update No Mean City sporadically, but you can find my Globe work here. Thank you all for reading and for your support over the past few years. Do find me on Twitter. Click here to cancel reply. Mail (will not be published) (required).
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No Mean City: The World of Architecture, As Seen From Toronto. Bjarke Ingels’s big idea for Calgary. 2013 / Categories: Uncategorized. In the weekend Globe and Mail I had a story. About Telus Sky, a new tower proposal for downtown Calgary. Designed by Bjarke Ingels Group. It’s a bold combination of top-tier office space and apartments, with a clear ambition to be an icon and do serious city-building. Read more. The developer Ian Gillespie is working with Ingels and BIG in Vancouver. James S. Russell.
