The newly redesigned FASSinate magazine – a publication issued by Carleton University’s Faculty of Arts & Social Science – was sent to me recently with a feature review of Exploring the Capital. You can read it here for those who haven’t been fortunate to receive their alumni copy: Fassinate-2018 The piece reveals our interest…
Category: Canadian Architecture
When Architecture Fails to Speak for Itself…The Château Laurier addition.
Imagine it is 2030 and over the past decade the Château Laurier addition has been derided not only for its misunderstanding of architecture, but for the City’s poor decision to allow this decorated box to be constructed. In 2030, visitors to the Capital are surprised that a generic rectangular box, clearly struggling to relate to…
The Hill Times features Exploring the Capital
The Hill Times has published an article featuring sites in Exploring the Capital. Several entries have been included in the piece – and some of Peter Coffman‘s photos are well featured. This article is written by Shruti Shekar.
Building onto the National Arts Centre
Here is a piece that I wrote for artsfile. It reflects on the approach taken for constructing the addition to the National Arts Centre in Ottawa. While I could have expanded the article to include many other aspects to the successes and failures of the project, it’s an initial reaction to the spaces added to…