Category: Architecture
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Selling lifestyle: effective strategies for marketing Toronto condos
Marketing a new condo development in Toronto is a high-stakes, multi-layered process that blends branding, sales strategy, and community engagement. It’s not just about selling a building—it’s about selling a lifestyle.
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Lessons from My Internship at designboom
How I Learned to Write and Edit Fast at designboom – From Intern to Editor: A Leap of Faith
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Helsinki Travel Guide 2023 (Design & Architecture)
his is the ultimate guide for art, design and architecture lovers who are visiting the Finnish Capital.
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Church Conversion in Hamilton
From Church to Apartments. A tour of a recent Church conversion in Hamilton.
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What is Creative-Mixed Use?
Creative mixed use is a type of development that combines different types of land uses, such as residential, commercial, and entertainment, within the same project. These developments are designed to promote walkability and reduce reliance on cars, while also creating a sense of community.
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Single Serves: What is Canadian Design and Why it Matters?
A podcast where they interview experts on single issues of interest to architects and designers. My topic – What is Canadian Design?
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Top 10 Biennales and Triennales to visit in 2022
With the world opening up again, it’s time to travel to visit some of the top art and architecture biennales and triennales. Here are my top 10 to visit this year in 2022.
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Imposter Cities – Canadian Pavilion – Venice Architecture Biennale 2021
An exclusive interview with curator David Theodore, Thomas Balaban and Jennifer Thorogood of TBA about the Venice Architecture Biennale and Canada’s Pavilion – Imposter Cities
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Top 5 Biennales to visit the summer
Here are the top 5 architecture, design and art events to visit this summer
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How will we live together? 2021 Venice Architecture Biennale
The Venice Architecture Biennale is the Olympics of architecture. And like the real Olympics, it was pushed back a year and is moving forward with an IRL exhibition which will launch this May. As much as I am itching to travel and Italy is handing out some money to those willing to go there (Sicily)…
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Terra: 2022 Libson Architecture Triennale
Next year marks the 6th edition of the Lisbon Architecture Triennale
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Villa G01: New Generation Luxury Villa
Villa G01 is a luxury villa design to ensure sustainability of the local architectural materials of Sardinia
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The Aalto House – Helsinki, Finland
Munkkiniemi, Helsinki, Finalnd The exterior If you are ever in Helsinki and love modern design you must visit Alvar Aalto’s Studio and House. They are very close to each other and the Aalto Foundation has planned the tours in such that visitors can do one tour, at one site and then go to the other…
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Interview with Architect Philip Beesley: Meander – Tapestry Hall, Cambridge
An exclusive interview with world renowned architect Philip Beesley about his latest installation Meander, on show at Tapestry Hall in Cambridge.
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Hotel Katajanokka, Helsinki, a Tribute Portfolio Hotel
I stayed at a Tribute Hotel, here is my review of Hotel Katajanokka, Helsinki.
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My Helsinki Design & Architecture Travel Guide: Top Ten Must-See Places
My top ten places to visit in Helsinki
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The Museum Is Not Enough
In recent years the museum as an institution has been going through an identity crisis. Questions surrounding its programming offer as well as the audience it is servicing have been at the helm of discussion. Are they here to engage, educate and create experiences? Are they here to serve artists, academics and the greater community.
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St. Isaac’s Cathedral
If you ever visit St. Petersburg, Russia, one of the most dominant building piercing the city’s skyline is the gold dome of St. Isaac’s Cathedral. Built between 1818 and 1858, by the French-born architect Auguste Montferrand, it is dedicated to Saint Isaac of Dalmatia, a patron saint of Peter the Great, who had been born on the feast day of that…
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V&A Dundee by Kengo Kuma
When I was thinking of traveling to Scotland, Edinburgh and Glasgow were at the top of my list. But when I heard of the opening of a new V&A museum in Dundee, designed by Kengo Kuma really solidified my decision to go there. It’s quite a distance from Edinburgh, a couple of hours at least. On…
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Kelvingrove Art Gallery
The Kelvingrove Art Gallery is one of the most recognizable buildings in Glasgow. Designed by John W. Simpson and E.J. Milner Allen in 1901, it was originally titled the Palace of Fine Arts. As a designer walking through the space, I’m the type of person who is looking at the context and not necessarily the content.…
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Gallery of Modern Art (GOMA)
You gotta love a museum with a sense of humour. In the front of the entrance stands an equestrian statue of the Duke of Wellington sculpted by Carlo Marochetti. The statue has a traffic cone on its head. The cone has come to represent the city’s light-hearted attitude to authority in most tourist books.
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Riverside Museum by Zaha Hadid Architects
Last year I had the opportunity to travel to Scotland. I took a day and traveled to Glasgow where you can find some of the biggest hitters in architecture all within a kilometer of each other. The Clyde Auditorium (Armadillo) and SSE Hyrdo both designed by Foster and Partners, are right next to one of…
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IDS has a new vision shifting its focus from consumers to professionals
“We are brokers of dialogue,” Director of Conference Programming, Ian Chodikoff mentions as he explains the shift in IDS’ (Interior Design Show 2019) current vision. The expanded programming of “bringing people together to experience the power of design” speaks to the new opportunities the show is trying to foster among the industry.
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Oculus at the World Trade Center by Santiago Calatrava
On a recent trip to New York City, the one building I wanted to see was the Oculus at the World Trade Center designed by the legendary Santiago Calatrava. In his signature style, the white ribbed structure allows for light to come into the space where deep below the surface lie two levels of shopping…
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Fun House by Snarkitecture is more like a Mad House
Sharing an Uber is always interesting when you tell them where you are going and they call the site a ‘parking lot.’ This is what I experienced on my last trip to Washington, DC. On a recent trip to Washington, DC, I had the opportunity to visit the National Building Museum to see Snarkitecture’s Fun…
Richelle Sibolboro 