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‘Creative modernist’ gave Trent University a unique, striking look

It was another fruitful year for New Brunswick writers. They released nationally best-selling novels, documented important local figures and events and shared meaningful experiences and practical expertise. Here’s our year-end resume of the local books discussed on CBC airwaves.

Many of the most striking local West Coast modern homes were designed by architect Ron Thom. See photos from inside this home for sale.

“Something akin to a miracle….” This is how John Fraser, Master Emeritus of Massey College describes his former institution, designed by Ron Thom in the early 1960s. His words might equally have served as the title for Adele Weder’s recently released book, Ron Thom, Architect: The Life of a Creative Modernist. The new publication is […]

  In our November issue This month, we take a deep dive into four buildings making a scene in their respective cities. Diamond Schmitt and Tod Williams Billie Tsien’s David Geffen Hall in New York City and Moriyama Teshima and Bélanger Salach’s Place des Arts in Sudbury create vibrant performing arts venues that are also hotspots for community gathering. […]

Architectural writer and cultural journalist, Adele Weder showcases the life and work of Ron Thom, an architect of unique genius, who fought to instill the human spirit in our built environment. Based on over a hundred recorded interviews and extensive archival research, Ron Thom, Architect: The Life of a Creative Modernist sheds new light on one […]

At the Library

PROJECT Gastown Child Care Centre, Vancouver, British Columbia ARCHITECT Acton Ostry Architects TEXT Adele Weder PHOTOS Michael Elkan Photography Let’s start with the accolades. Everything seems to work seamlessly in Vancouver’s Gastown Child Care Centre. The Passive House project deftly occupies a previously underused stretch of roof atop an inner-city parkade. Its spatial layout and […]

Books examining the Black artistic experience and those exploring art and architecture’s relationship to nature figure prominently in this season’s offerings.

By Alex Bozikovic and Raymond Biesinger. Goose Lane Editions, 2022. REVIEW Adele Weder Contemporary cities have evolved from a plethora of buildings that, in most cases, no longer exist. A survey of this phantom architecture might seem like an odd exploration for the here and now. But a newly published compilation of once-beloved and now-demolished […]