Architects, designers and planners have been exploring how to best ensure the sensitive insertion of contemporary structures in historic urban settings for several decades now. Proposals for new buildings in World Heritage cities around the world have challenged conventional definitions of “appropriate” and left heritage advocates scrambling to find tangible ways to measure visual impacts […]
Ottawa is unique as a city in that it is pulled in different directions by its national functions and its civic duties. How does the architecture of other cities accommodate these diverse functions and duties? Architect Donald Schmitt in a discussion about the relationship of architecture to the civic realm and urban function. Donald Schmitt […]
with Brian Bochner, PE, PTOE, Senior Research Engineer Texas A&M University In recent years, engineers and urban designers have been working together to bridge the traditional gap between transportation planning and place-making. A new and progressive document seeks the best fit between the urban thoroughfare and the character of the surrounding neighbourhood. Will this document […]
In recent years, engineers and urban designers have been working together to bridge the traditional gap between transportation planning and place-making. A new and progressive document seeks the best fit between the urban thoroughfare and the character of the surrounding neighbourhood. Will this document become the new common ground between large-scale mobility and local community-making? […]