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Alex Bozikovic @alexbozikovic.bsky.social · 7h

Today in Ottawa: Library Archives Canada, Mathers Haldenby, 1967.

This is just the lobby. What a feast of details.

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Joël León @joelleondanis.bsky.social · 10d

When completed, the SkyTower at Pinnacle will be 106 storeys tall with the top unit having the same view as the CN tower's first observation deck.

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Joël León @joelleondanis.bsky.social · 10d

Had the mindblowing opportunity to go up to what will soon be the tallest building in Canada. What a view!

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Joël León @joelleondanis.bsky.social · 11d

My favourite station at the moment since it's also the cleanest of Parkin's stations. You can almost fully gleam what the design intent originally was before all the ads and extra signage took over.

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Joël León @joelleondanis.bsky.social · 12d

Beautiful shot.

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Jason Thorne @jasonthorne.bsky.social · 14d

Let’s talk about procurement (no seriously, it’s a really important topic!). The Toronto Society of Architects and the Ottawa Architecture Foundation are both hosting talks on public procurement processes and how to achieve better design outcomes.

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Jason Thorne @jasonthorne.bsky.social · 17d

Big News! The Toronto Society of Architects is now doing architecture boat tours! I got to ride along for the first one this weekend. Details at torontosocietyofarchitects.ca/events/

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Joël León @joelleondanis.bsky.social · 18d

My favourite waterfront hidden gems

Shawn Micallef @shawnmicallef.bsky.social · 18d

We went by the great mod island pavilions. They must be saved.

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Shawn Micallef @shawnmicallef.bsky.social · 18d

Yesterday I took a fantastic architecture boat tour organized by Toronto Society of Architects. More to come - see their listings & sign up. torontosocietyofarchitects.ca/events/

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Joël León @joelleondanis.bsky.social · 19d

That was fun! Let's do it 9 more times. You've got next weekend and the weekend after to catch on the @tosoarch.bsky.social boat tours as part of the Water/Fall festival! Thank you to @waterfrontoronto.bsky.social and Waterfront BIA for making this possible 🩵🛥️

torontosocietyofarchitects.ca/tours/

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Joël León @joelleondanis.bsky.social · 19d

It's so hard to choose!

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Jocelyn Lambert Squires @jocelynsquires.bsky.social · 19d

Here with a bunch of other awesome architecture nerds for the inaugural Toronto Society of Architects Architecture Boat Tour!!! @tosoarch.bsky.social

Looking forward to seeing @joelleondanis.bsky.social keep up this level of excitement for 90 minutes!

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Jocelyn Lambert Squires @jocelynsquires.bsky.social · 23d

Oooh and view now:

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Alex Bozikovic @alexbozikovic.bsky.social · 25d

The massive construction of apartments in postwar urban Canada – principally Toronto – produced homes for the middle class and the working class. Millions of people to date.

Density isn’t a magic wand, but: It made a difference, in the real world, in living memory.

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Jocelyn Lambert Squires @jocelynsquires.bsky.social · 29d

Are you, like me, excited about PROCUREMENT?!! Then attend this panel discussion, presented by @tosoarch.bsky.social, featuring reps from Montréal, Edmonton, and New York to talk about procurement 🤝 design excellence. Oct 14, 12-1:30, online, FREE!

torontosocietyofarchitects.ca/events/tsa-f...

TSA Forum: Procuring Design Excellence - TSA

A virtual forum featuring three presentations and a panel discussion on diverse forms of procurement outside of Ontario.

torontosocietyofarchitects.ca

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Joël León @joelleondanis.bsky.social · 25d

Scarborough Civic Centre, Scarborough 1973, Raymond Moriyama Architect.

An architectural and graphic design gem that has been (for the most part) very well preserved. The civic centre still features the old City of Scarborough logo, as well as the departmental supergraphics.

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Joël León @joelleondanis.bsky.social · Aug 9

A great piece by Fadi Masoud with actionable items to make our city parks more beautiful and resilient (including dealing with those horrible bins).

Spacing @spacing.bsky.social · Aug 7

As Toronto's parks department searches for a new general manager of Parks while facing criticism from the Auditor General, landscape architect Fadi Masoud offers proposals for how to revitalize Toronto's green spaces. spacing.ca/toronto/2025...

Toronto Parks Need a Reboot - Spacing Toronto

Recent Auditor General reports exposed deep-rooted inefficiencies and systemic issues in Toronto’s Parks & Recreation (P&R) Division. Despite these challenges, P&R is staffed by many dedicated public ...

spacing.ca

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Alex Bozikovic @alexbozikovic.bsky.social · Aug 8

Chipperfield comes to Toronto. An apartment tower that also saves a critically important Modern building.
40parkroad.ca/documents/

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Joël León @joelleondanis.bsky.social · Aug 9

Curious what the proposed use is for 50 Park Road. Glad to see it looks like it is being retained!

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Joël León @joelleondanis.bsky.social · Aug 4

Harbour Terrace, Toronto 1987, Li Architect. 1990 Award of Merit Governor General's Awards for Architecture

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Jason Thorne @jasonthorne.bsky.social · Jul 21

Exploring some of the art and history in and around Grange Park with the Toronto Society of Architects. (Learn about the TSA’s walking tours at torontosocietyofarchitects.ca/tours/ … they’re great!) @tosoarch.bsky.social

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Joël León @joelleondanis.bsky.social · Jul 20

Postcard perfect views of Toronto at the newly opened Biidaasige Park with the new mouth of the Don River taking centre stage.

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Joël León @joelleondanis.bsky.social · Jul 20

Celebrate public infrastructure 🎉

Justin McElroy 🇨🇦 @jmcelroy.bsky.social · Jul 19

reasonably sure this is the first time a regional government agency has launched a new service with an elaborate broadway musical parody

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Joël León @joelleondanis.bsky.social · Jul 19

Can't wait to check it out!

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Joël León @joelleondanis.bsky.social · Jul 19

Thank you @anotherglassbox.bsky.social for sharing about this important new space in our city.

Dan Seljak @anotherglassbox.bsky.social · Jul 18

Posted this on Twitter for impact but figure folks here would like to see it too: yesterday toured the new shelter that's in the news for making a certain demo of neighbours mad.

Unsurprisingly, it's awesome. I'm gonna show you why.

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