Gardens are, primarily, experienced through the eyes. Sure, one can smell the flowers and feel the grass, but the eyes have it. Or rather had it, as the 8th edition of the International Garden Festival at the Jardins de Mtis/Reford Gardens, in Grand-Mtis, Que., has tasked five designers with creating landscapes that incorporate sound. This…

This spring and summer, Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum is home to Design for the Other 90%. On view in the Arthur Ross Terrace and Garden, the exhibition explores the variety of affordable and socially responsible objects designed for the more than five billion people across the globe (90 per cent of world's total population of…

Toronto's Harbourfront Centre hosts the world premiere of Pulse Front: Relational Architecture 1, a ground-breaking marvel developed by Mexican-Canadian electronic artist Rafael Lozano-Hemmer. Blending the intimate with the spectacular, the event - commissioned by and part of the Luminato Festival of Arts & Creativity - is curated by the Power Plant, co-produced with Harbourfront Centre…

Noted architect Will Alsop has revealed much-anticipated renderings for the Glenwood, N.Y. waterfront regeneration project, which transforms an inactive power plant in Yonkers into a vibrant public space. The Glenwood power plant combines Alsop's playful and innovative design with dynamic local community input. "I'm really excited," says Alsop. "Not only is this my first building…

In 2002, a group of committed mountain enthusiasts based in the Canadian Rockies came together with a vision to create a national centre devoted to celebrating, understanding and better experiencing the mountains. In 2006, the founding board of the National Mountain Centre commissioned Saucier + Perrotte Architectes and Marc Boutin Architects to develop an initial…