A group of Dalhousie architecture students is pushing for better green-design education from their faculty and the greater architecture community. It’s been four months since an informal meeting about environmental design principles (not previously covered in the university curriculum) led to the creation of the Supernatural Design Collective. The summer’s 36-person study group has now […]
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Omar Gandhi’s opus
Omar Gandhi: Defining a Process Thursday, April 11, 7pm Halifax Seaport Farmers’ Market 1209 Marginal Road, $15-$25, eventbrite.ca Omar Gandhi is a storyteller. The architect treats each building as a blank page onto which he weaves a narrative of time and place. “I want our projects to be an extension of a story,” he says. Before […]
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Marc Denhez on the future of heritage
If there’s an expert on heritage planning in Canada, it’s Marc Denhez. The author and adjudicator has over 30 years experience dealing with historic preservation and planning issues all across the world. He chaired a government-renovation industry task force, and has been honoured by the Canadian Institute of Planners, Ontario’s Ministry of Culture and received a […]
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It’s time to take action on smarter urban development
[Image-1] Peter Ziobrowski is the president of the The Action Group for Better Architecture in Nova Scotia (AGBANS). The group, which started earlier this month, is advocating for better planning and architectural consideration in Halifax. It’s inspired by the community group that tried to save New York City’s Penn Station in the 1960s (AGBANY). Ziobrowski, […]
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Doors Open festival will open doors and minds
[Image-1] Every spring a trifecta of great events gets me reoriented to the wonders of Halifax. First, Jane’s Walks in early May encourage conversations and rambles in the street. Then comes Open City, which I use as an opportunity for urban exploration, fuelled by backdoor takeout. And the third, this weekend, is the very special […]
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Twenty + Change
If you want to feel reassured that our cities are in good hands, go see Twenty + Change, a travelling exhibition of projects by emerging Canadian architects, urban and landscape designers. The inaugural show at Dalhousie’s new Architecture and Planning faculty exhibition space kicked off Monday with a lecture by Ian Chodikoff, editor of Canadian […]
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Angela Carlsen captures buildings’ sleeping beauty
Angela Carlsen is wearing a hardhat, bodysuit and steel-toed boots, preparing for a moment she’s been anticipating for months. Entering the abandoned Halifax Infirmary has become an unshakeable obsession of hers. She’s stared longingly at the infirmary for days, while working at her day job at Atlantic News. She pleaded with the head of the […]