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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 that the new project felt like it was in continuity with what used to be there, almost like it grew out...
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 of trees, plants, insects or birds, the shadow and sun radiation, the bench where to sit, the place...
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 fortitude following a markedly challenging year. In architecture, this palette combining playfulness ...
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 Park's social distancing circles. Image © Marcella Winograd In early summer, The National Association of City Transportation Officials (NACTO)has released a series of guidelines for a...