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Humans are social beings.The interaction between individuals is an essential part of the human experience and helps improve society as a whole. While...

Humans are social beings.The interaction between individuals is an essential part of the human experience and helps improve society as a whole. While...

As the news of Claude Cormier's death touched us, we look back to profile we published in 2020. A remembrance of Cormier's legacy and life is available on the Cultural Landscape Foundation website. -September 15, 2023 By Brian Barth When Claude Cormier, ASLA, and I pull up to Dorchester Square in Montreal, a man is

Sizing, Appliances, Workflow, Storage and Lighting: Essential considerations for efficient and functional kitchen island design.

The residence by architect Nicholas Francoeur features a mono-pitched roof, soaring, light-filled interiors, and a series of workspaces that look out onto the tranquil setting.

Designers Nicholas Francoeur and Joel Fontaine Lortie renovate a single-story dwelling, utilizing double-height ceilings to maximize light and generate visual connections between the three levels.

© Raphael Thibodeau For us the eclectic nature of that little segment of park extension was what was really worth preserving, although the homes are all single-family dwellings, they vary greatly with the typical urban fabric in Montreal and from one another in their materials and style. The use of inexpensive light cladding materials is also something we noticed, which is rare in a city where brick cladding is most common and consequently obliged by city planners. For us, it was important tha...

Copy The City Prosperity Index, CPI, set by UN-Habitat, evaluates urban prosperity according to five parameters as productivity, infrastructure development, environmental sustainability, quality of life, and equity/social inclusion. To a greater or lesser extent, these five factors are represented in the street pattern of every city in the world. Streets have multiple functions as the mobility of people and goods, the supply of energy, water, and information, the collection of waste, the growth...

Copy On December 9, Pantone announced its color(s) of the year for 2021: PANTONE 17-5104 Ultimate Gray and PANTONE 13-0647 Illuminating. Selecting two colors for only the second time in 22 years, Pantone described the chosen yellow and gray as independent but complementary, representing a theme of unity and mutual support. Whereas PANTONE 13-0647 Illuminating is bright and vivacious, PANTONE 17-5104 Ultimate Gray is firm and dependable, the marriage of which represents strength, optimism, and f...

social distancing yoga domes by Lmnts Outdoor Studio. Image Courtesy of Lmnts Outdoor Studio In the first months of the pandemic, cities needed to put in place a safe transportation strategy, while ensuring social distancing. Also, public space had to be adapted to accommodate activities that were no longer safe to be carried out indoors, from food markets, dining, to sports and recreational activities. Domino Parks social distancing circles. Image © Marcella Winograd In early summer, The Nat...