An Architectural Tour Around Yorkville
If you’ve been reading our blog regularly, you’re already well aware that we love Yorkville, Toronto’s hottest and most luxurious neighbourhood. There’s so much to do and see in Yorkville, but did you know it’s also home to some of Toronto’s coolest architecture? Let’s take a look. Continue reading
Double Take: Our 5 Favourite Twin Towers
We love all buildings – whether they’re tall skyscrapers or they push the limits of design, we love ’em all. Now, imagine a beautiful building, only duplicated. That’s exactly what twin towers are – two beautiful buildings side by side! This week on the blog we take a look at some of the world’s most beautiful pairs of buildings.
10 Instagram Accounts Every Architecture-Lover Must Follow
We spend hours just scrolling from Instagram account to Instagram account, checking out the latest snaps from architects, designers and fans worldwide. That’s the beauty of Instagram, isn’t it? An unlimited amount of pictures for those with any interest. Ours just happens to be architecture and design! Here are 10 of our favourite Instagram accounts that every budding architect, and/or design-lover should follow: Continue reading
Summer Days at Yonge and Eglinton
Ahh summer! Last week we told you all about the summer events that we’re looking forward to in Yorkville, which is home to two of our projects 1 Yorkville and Exhibit. This week we’re heading a little bit further north to Yonge and Eglinton, another favourite neighbourhood of ours and home to E Condos, to see what’s on tap for the summer. Continue reading
1 Yorkville’s Sustainable Features
It should come as no surprise that 1 Yorkville condos are booming with sustainable features. After all, we do constantly write about buildings that have embraced adaptive reuse, cargotecture, and heritage preservation – all of which help the environment in one way or another.
Here are some of 1 Yorkville’s sustainable features: Continue reading
4 Beautiful Places of Worship
We’ve shared with you some of our favourite celebrity homes, buildings that offer the best view in the city, whether it’s Rome or Paris, Toronto or Machu Picchu, and now we’re going to share with you the Holy Grail of places of worship from all around the world.
Designing places of worship is considered one of the oldest forms of architecture and this post is paying homage to the beautiful synagogues, temples, churches and mosques that have really caught our eye in one way or another.
An Update on Emerald Park’s Retail Spaces
Image via Urban Toronto
Big news! We’ve got an update on the retail spaces and amenities at Emerald Park, our project at Yonge and Sheppard. Residents of the Rosario Varacalli-designed building will have access to an LCBO, Metro and a Starbucks – in addition to a full food-court! There’s still room for more businesses, so we’ll keep you posted on that, but let’s get back to what we have so far.
Architecture Trends: 3 Striking Examples of Adaptive Reuse
Image via Takato Marui
Preserving heritage is important to us, and we’ve talked about it a bit in reference to 1 Yorkville. For those not in the know, 1 Yorkville will be built above the fully restored Yorkville Village buildings that were built in the 1860s.
What we’re doing with the Yorkville Village buildings is an example of adaptive reuse – the process of reusing an old site or building for something else, something it wasn’t originally intended to be used for. Adaptive reuse allows for builders and developers to use something and simply renovate, rather than completely demolish the property. It has become quite a popular trend and can be seen in many cities around the world especially because of gentrification.
Here are some of our favourite examples of adaptive reuse.
London Calling – The History of Britain’s Architecture
Image via Pedro Ignacio Guridi
We’ve given you a history lesson on the the Mughal empire in India, admired the speed of development in Dubai, studied the minimalist approach in Japan, and now we’re going to take you to one of the classiest cities in the world: London.