ChatGPT’s greatest achievement might just be its ability to trick us into thinking that it’s honest

AI chatbots are designed to convincingly sustain a conversation. (Shutterstock) In American writer Mark Twain’s autobiography, he quotes — or perhaps misquotes — former British Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli as saying: “There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.” In a marvellous leap forward, artificial intelligence combines all three in…

April 17, 2023

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Message to Designers: Be Ready to Pivot

Having seen how many boutiques have found themselves almost out of business during downturns, I have come to believe that one-sector boutiques that only provide a traditional design service should no longer exist.

October 4, 2021

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Business Development Bank of Canada headquarters: A Big Deposit

September 27, 2021

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Denizens of Design: Giving the Bottom Line a Designer’s Touch

September 9, 2021

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Introducing the RAIC’s new executive director: Jody Ciufo

Jody Ciufo assumes her duties at the RAIC in December. The board of directors warmly thanks interim executive director Bruce Lorimer for his invaluable contribution

September 25, 2015

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125,000 sunflowers turn Amsterdam’s Van Gogh Museum yellow

A sunflower labyrinth created to celebrate the opening of the new entrance building of the Van Gogh Museum on Museumplein in Amsterdam turns the city yellow

September 9, 2015

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IN MEMORIAM Brian Curtner, a founding principal of Quadrangle Architects

Brian Curtner, a founding principal of Quadrangle Architects, passed away from cancer on Aug, 15, 2015, at the age of 64. Curtner and cofounder Les Klein formed Quadrangle in 1986, and over the past 29 years, built a firm that now has a staff of 140 and a portfolio of projects throughout Toronto, across Canada and…

August 17, 2015

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BMO celebrates 40-year anniversary of First Canadian Place branch in Toronto

BMO Bank of Montreal celebrated the 40th anniversary and the newly renovated First Canadian Place flagship branch located at the corner of King and Bay Street in Toronto yesterday. EXTENSIVE BRANCH RENOVATIONS The renovation of the First Canadian Place branch included a 16-month, five-phase construction schedule that began July 2013 and…

June 12, 2015

JURORS FAVOURITE: BA Consulting Group Ltd. - Fotuna. "In Ancient Rome, Fortuna was the goddess of fortune and symbolized the random and unpredictable forces that control human life. Our fortune cookie, made from over 9,000 tuna cans, is a reminder that hardship doesn't have to be accepted as just the way the cookie crumbles"

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Toronto’s 16th annual Canstruction aims to fill the hunger gap

Visitors to Toronto’s financial district were likely wondering why there was a giant fish made out of tuna cans around the corner from a fortune cookie made out of canned tuna in the lobby of the TD Center. They’re just two of 20 structures on display until May 9, as teams of professional designers, architects,…

May 8, 2015

The ceiling area of the corridors and plazas was to be illuminated in a manner that would evoke the image of a starry sky primarily through an irregular arrangement of point light sources. Photo by Dirk Vogel

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Shopping under stars at the Bory Mall complex in Bratislava, Slovakia

Shopping malls are often carelessly designed complexes with a focus primarily on cost savings. Some, however, show that a construction project can also be implemented to provide an architecturally aesthetic appearance. One such example is the recently opened Bory Mall on the western outskirts of Bratislava. Its ceiling evokes the image of a starry sky…

April 7, 2015