The Vitra Slide Tower by Carsten Hller. Photo by Julien Lanoo / Attilio Maranzano

The latest work of art/architecture at the famous Vitra Campus in Weil am Rhein, Germany: the Vitra Slide Tower

Last week, the Vitra Slide Tower by Carsten Höller was inaugurated, adding a new structure to the Vitra Campus in Weil am Rhein, Germany. With its prominent clock at the top, it is not a building in the classical sense but a viewing tower with a slide – and a work of art that enables…

June 25, 2014

JOLLY JELLIES A view of Planet Jellies, the world's largest kreisel tank (a special circular tank for jellies). It is backlit with a custom rack of fluorescent fixtures extending above the ceiling and below the floor of the gallery. The side and top-lit are lit with RGB fixtures: the linear, narrow beams shoot the light down the centre of the tank, creating the effect of the jellies changing colour. Photo by Harold Clark Photography

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The art of lighting Ripley’s Aquarium Canada, Toronto’s newest big attraction

Toronto’s newest big attraction – Ripley’s Aquarium Canada – is not only the largest indoor aquarium in the country but also a first-of-its-kind in lighting design, as it is the only aquarium of its size in the world featuring tanks lit entirely with LED technology. When Toronto-based lighting designers and engineers Mulvey & Banani first…

April 11, 2014

1st place: Absolute World Towers in Mississauga, Ont., designed by MAD and Burka Architects; photo by Edvard Mahnic

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Absolute-ly!

The world's most renowned architecture prize for skyscrapers, the Emporis Skyscraper Award, goes this year to the Absolute World Towers in Mississauga, Ont. (Bravo Canada!) The two towers were selected by an international jury of experts from over 300 skyscrapers at least 100 metres tall completed last year. The award, given by Emporis (emporis.com), the…

September 17, 2013

The Environmental Science and Chemistry Building for University of Toronto Scarborough is the second building in a new campus precinct and is adjacent to the gateway Instructional Centre, also designed by Diamond Schmitt, which opened in 2011.

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Diamond Schmitt’s latest at U of T

Diamond Schmitt Architects has won a design competition for the Environmental Science and Chemistry Building for University of Toronto Scarborough. This is the second building in a new campus precinct and is adjacent to the gateway Instructional Centre, also designed by the firm, which opened in 2011. The 110,000-square-foot facility provides innovative design solutions for…

September 11, 2013

With his wife and professional partner, Deborah Moss, Edward Lam established Moss & Lam: a professional studio dedicated to creating custom art pieces.

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In memoriam: Edward Lam

We have lost one of the greats of Canadian design: Edward Lam. Edward Lam, who, as partner in the artistic Moss & Lam, created countless works that grace the interiors of international hotels, restaurants and retail environments, public and private spaces, died of a brain aneurism on Monday at St. Michael’s Hospital in Toronto. He…

April 26, 2013

Tom Dixon's new New York showroom, located at 670 Broadway and Bond Street.

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New in town: Tom Dixon takes Manhattan

Reinforcing the importance of its special relationship with the United States, British design brand Tom Dixon is proud to announce the opening of its first toehold in New York in the shape of a contract-only show space for trade professionals at 670 Broadway and Bond Street. The 1874 Brooks Brothers listed building will house a…

January 28, 2013

Designboom Mart creates an interactive platform for emerging and established designers from around the world to meet with visitors within the best of international design fairs.

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Coming to IDS13: Designboom Mart

Designboom was founded in 1999 and was one of the world’s original online and architecture magazines. Time Magazine chose designbook The Designboom mart as one of the top 100 design influencers in the world. In 2005, Designboom created an interactive platform for emerging and established designers from around the world to meet with visitors within…

October 25, 2012

A four-storey skylit atrium creates a dramatic focal point that is animated with balconies, a rooftop garden, a courtyard and a two-storey glass bridge, all of which brings the natural light and landscape courts deep inside the building. Photo by Tom Arban.

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Diamond and Schmitt at U of T Scarborough

University of Toronto Scarborough inaugurated a new Instructional Centre last week - the first building and a key anchor for the future development of this fast-growing suburban campus. "The Instructional Centre has a transparent and welcoming presence as a gateway building connecting the existing and the new campus of UTSC. The design creates a…

September 6, 2011

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Je t’aime Alouette

On September 29, 1962 the launch of the Alouette satellite made Canada the third nation in space after the USSR and the USA. Although it was switched off after some ten years, it remains in orbit, some say it is still potentially operational and in fact is only "sleeping". There is a secrecy and romance…

July 11, 2011

A mould-breaking arrangement of the space, conceived by architect Hctor Ruiz, will transform Feria Hbitat Valencia into an urban landscape in which the stands are shop windows. It is an evocative vision that highlights the uniqueness of the leading Made in Spain interiors fair.

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Update on Feria Hbitat Valencia

With just months to go before the exhibition opens, the leading ‘Made in Spain’ operators and a significant number of trend-setting European manufacturers have confirmed that they will be exhibiting at Feria Hábitat Valencia. As well as the Spanish manufacturers, companies from Portugal, Italy, Germany, the United Kingdom, Austria, Norway, Japan, the United States, Lithuania,…

June 10, 2010