posted on May 8, 2008 by Rachel Pulfer | Comments[0]
Categories: Architecture, Events
In the wake of Cyclone Nargis, which struck Myanmar on May 3, Architecture for Humanity – an international non-profit that links designers and architects to those supplying housing for disaster relief efforts – estimates that over 1 million people may now be in need of emergency housing. Here's how you can help.
Posted on May 7, 2008 by Shannon Anderson | Comments[0]
Categories: Events
Torontonians: are billboard-sized photographs turning up in the oddest places? Images of upside-down trees wrapped around the Gardiner Expressway posts? A massive mural on Queen Street of a building explosion? If you haven’t already figured it out, this is photography month in Toronto. And this is no pseudo, ad-hoc event: Toronto’s Contact photography festival is now the world’s largest event dedicated to photography.
Posted on May 5, 2008 by Gwen McAuley | Comments[0]
Categories: Architecture
The west coast aims high when it comes to living green, and Bunting Coady is doing their part. The Vancouver-based firm boasts an impressive sustainable projects list — and the Kwantlen University College Library in Surrey, BC, completed in late 2007 and now registered for LEED Platinum certification, is only the latest.
Posted on May 2, 2008 by Rachel Pulfer | Comments[0]
Categories: Architecture
Shigeru Ban’s name is synonymous with creativity. His work literally turns notions of what’s possible in design inside out. He has designed everything from houses with moveable rooms, to temporary shelters in refugee camps that use paper tubes as their primary construction material. And he's not just a humanitarian on a mission—during a recent talk at Harvard University's Graduate School of Design, Ban proved that architects can be funny, too.
Posted on April 29, 2008 by Paige Magarrey | Comments[0]
Categories: Product design, Events
The graduating design students at Montreal’s Concordia University have one final stop before they enter the design world: This Side Up, the student-organized graduate show running from April 30 to May 5. It showcases the next generation of design – with a healthy dose of sustainability.
Posted on April 29, 2008 by Catherine Osborne | Comments[0]
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Weavers in Afghanistan have endured war so long, they've converted imagery of its instruments into carpets – textiles featuring AK-47s, tanks, fighter jets and landmines. Starting April 25, and running until January 29 of next year, 120 of these war rugs are on display at Toronto’s Textile Museum of Canada. Catherine Osborne considers these fascinating oddities for the April editon of The Art Page.
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