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Two Hamilton-based architects are the winners behind a public toilet design competition that aims to highlight the importance ...
In public spaces, kinetic architecture holds immense promise, presenting opportunities to make them more accessible, inclusive, and user-friendly.
Two Hamilton-based architects have won a global competition focused on the possible redesign of Toronto’s public washrooms.
From uncomfortable benches to spikes in doorways, as part of our By Design series, we explore how spaces ostensibly made for everyone are welcoming only to some. Alex Andreou is an actor living in ...
Cucuzzella adds that this allows her to identify the level of integration of these goals for a given architectural or public space design project. “This understanding then allows the mapping of the ...
Designing Canada Go public In the 2025 edition of Designing Canada, take inspiration from a room that’s meant for everyone to create a home that’s uniquely your own Beth Hitchcock Special to ...
Brendan Cormier, lead curator of design for the Shekou Partnership at the Victoria and Albert Museum, on why urban design needs to be blown open to include interior spaces ...
Public space isn’t quite so public anymore, and hostile architecture is to blame. Hostile architecture is an urban design strategy invoked during city planning stages to police who is allowed to be ...
New projects by Sou Fujimoto and Hiroshi Sambuichi add to the cultural attractions on Naoshima Island. Sou Fujimoto's new waterfront pavilion. On Naoshima, the 3.15-square-mile island in Japan’s Seto ...
Civic architecture can, and sometimes does, still advocate for a process of liberation from consumerism and spaces that direct users to economically productive activities. Libraries, schools, and free ...
The Post Falls City Council approved a contract to begin the design of a new Public Works Operation Center, marking a ...