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What kind of a system allows certain projects to get massively bigger and more expensive without any pushback?
Allows amateurs to (ostensibly) make design decisions based on the vaguest information?
Allows architects to “advise” that their job (and fee) should get much bigger?
Allows amateurs to (ostensibly) make design decisions based on the vaguest information?
Allows architects to “advise” that their job (and fee) should get much bigger?
January 24, 2026 at 5:34 AM
What kind of a system allows certain projects to get massively bigger and more expensive without any pushback?
Allows amateurs to (ostensibly) make design decisions based on the vaguest information?
Allows architects to “advise” that their job (and fee) should get much bigger?
Allows amateurs to (ostensibly) make design decisions based on the vaguest information?
Allows architects to “advise” that their job (and fee) should get much bigger?
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We have a consultation problem. I write about a Toronto rec centre that will have taken 14 years to plan, cost at least three times the original budget - and be a bad building.
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
What is the cost of consultation?
Toronto recreation centre that started as $40-million project in 2016 has ballooned to nearly $113-million before construction even starts
www.theglobeandmail.com
January 20, 2026 at 3:41 PM
We have a consultation problem. I write about a Toronto rec centre that will have taken 14 years to plan, cost at least three times the original budget - and be a bad building.
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
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The idea that you could let new apartment buildings get built in old neighborhoods, the very places that have empty schools and lots of parks and other amenities, is incomprehensible.
January 25, 2026 at 12:43 AM
The idea that you could let new apartment buildings get built in old neighborhoods, the very places that have empty schools and lots of parks and other amenities, is incomprehensible.
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And there it is.
January 25, 2026 at 3:40 AM
And there it is.
Canadian architect Bill Curran's comprehensive guide to a city he's visited 25 times.
An Architect’s Guide to Venice and its Modern Architecture
Canadian architect Bill Curran's comprehensive guide to a city he's visited 25 times.
www.canadianarchitect.com
June 12, 2025 at 7:27 PM
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Canadian architect Bill Curran's comprehensive guide to a city he's visited 25 times.
An Architect’s Guide to Venice and its Modern Architecture
Canadian architect Bill Curran's comprehensive guide to a city he's visited 25 times.
www.canadianarchitect.com
May 23, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Canadian architect Bill Curran's comprehensive guide to a city he's visited 25 times.
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Bishop: And you're sure to always remember Jesus wanted us to care for everyone, not just the wealthy, right?
April 26, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Bishop: And you're sure to always remember Jesus wanted us to care for everyone, not just the wealthy, right?
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I don’t always blame the Liberal government for every problem in the world, but when I do, it’s because that’s what my supporters want to hear.
April 25, 2025 at 8:11 PM
I don’t always blame the Liberal government for every problem in the world, but when I do, it’s because that’s what my supporters want to hear.
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Trudeau: We will show our displeasure by introducing our own tariffs on US products.
Eby: No more red State alcohol in BC liquor stores.
Poilievre: The CPC would introduce Canadian tariffs on US goods.
Doug Ford: I will fight US tariffs by making the QEW wider.
Eby: No more red State alcohol in BC liquor stores.
Poilievre: The CPC would introduce Canadian tariffs on US goods.
Doug Ford: I will fight US tariffs by making the QEW wider.
February 2, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Trudeau: We will show our displeasure by introducing our own tariffs on US products.
Eby: No more red State alcohol in BC liquor stores.
Poilievre: The CPC would introduce Canadian tariffs on US goods.
Doug Ford: I will fight US tariffs by making the QEW wider.
Eby: No more red State alcohol in BC liquor stores.
Poilievre: The CPC would introduce Canadian tariffs on US goods.
Doug Ford: I will fight US tariffs by making the QEW wider.