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Toronto has been named the Intelligent Community of 2014 by the Intelligent Community Forum, a New York-based independent think tank that studies and promotes the best practices of intelligent community building worldwide. The announcement was made last...
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Apr 1, 14 •
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Four individuals, from various professional backgrounds, and from different parts of the globe, give answers to our question of the week. Can the creation of urban destinations transform or hinder a city’s development? Think about places that try to...
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Nov 9, 13 •
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Owen Rose is an architect and principal of Rose Architecture in Montréal. He’s an urban ecological architect and engaged citizen working to consolidate nature and the built environment into a humanised living experience. He’s also the president of...
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Nov 7, 13 •
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Canada has more Intelligent Communities than any other nation. Over the past 16 years, 21 Canadian communities have received this designation from the Intelligent Community Forum. For 2014, the Smart21 semi-final list of communities is lead by six Canadian...
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Oct 17, 13 •
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By Deidre Miller… Close To Nature There was a time not so long ago when people who were concerned with conservation and environmentalism almost exclusively dreamed of a life in the country or the wilderness, where they could be close to nature....
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Oct 17, 13 •
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Sep 1, 13 •
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Sifting through the various layers of a neighborhood, Ellen Gedopt delves into the built history of a Montreal quartier on the verge of a major transformation – again. By Ellen Gedopt… I love how much you can learn from a city by walking through it...
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Aug 17, 13 •
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Many people think that European architects are more forward thinking than their Canadian counterparts when it comes to energy conservation, but practitioners from the Great White North are the best in the world at designing buildings suitable for their...
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Aug 8, 13 •
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Three individuals, from different professional backgrounds, and from different parts of the globe, give answers to our question of the week. B.J. Murphy is a Transhumanist and Philosopher of Science and Technology. I’m a writer for the...
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Jul 28, 13 •
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Craig Rushton has been a licensed Realtor with Century 21 since 2006. Specializing in Condominium Sales and Marketing in both Calgary, AB and Vancouver, BC. www.RushtonProperties.ca : The condo lifestyle has changed the way we live and socialize in an urban...
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Jul 27, 13 •
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Intelligent Communities: A more holistic approach to city and community-building. By John. G. Jung… Many cities around the world have seized on the Smart City concept as a sustainable and cost-effective solution to urban problems ranging from...
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Jul 12, 13 •
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Jun 29, 13 •
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By Brian Sharwood… If you ask people in Toronto where in the city to go to find the latest in restaurants, bars, art galleries, fashion retailers, theatre and music, the likely answer you’re going to get is Ossington. The neighbourhood is booming with...
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Jun 22, 13 •
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May 31, 13 •
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Comments Off on How Toronto’s Cabbagetown compares with Glasgow’s Strathbungo
By Deidre Miller… Cabbagetown and Strathbungo are both Victorian neighbourhoods that saw dark days in the mid-twentieth century. They were adopted by renovators, many of them creative professionals, in the 1970s and 1980s and were returned to their past...
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Apr 24, 13 •
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Apr 17, 13 •
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By Riley Syjuco… As discussed in the previous two articles, land development and construction has become commonplace among suburban communities. Developing outwards and away from the original settlements also has now become second nature. This...
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Apr 15, 13 •
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Apr 8, 13 •
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By Riley Syjuco… The issue of suburban lifestyle was discussed in my last article and it raises the question of what do we do now to solve the problem? Suburban development has proved to be unsustainable and causes more pollution than necessary. The...
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Mar 27, 13 •
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By Ellen Gedopt… If you tell people in Montreal to meet you at the Mountain, it might be a little confusing; Mount Royal Park is Montreal’s largest green space. When you tell them to meet at the Angel Statue though, it is clear. The 35-meter high...
