With the May long weekend upon us, sign are rampant that summer is officially here. The plants are blooming at the Nathan Phillips Square Podium Roof Garden, and people are taking advantage of the sunny weather to hang out (and get their homework done).
If you’re in town this weekend, come and take a stroll around the Garden.
In 2007, PLANT won the international competition to design a new public Square in Stratford, Ontario, a city recently awarded the coveted designation of Top 7 Intelligent Community by the IFC. In preparation of next week’s PAONE mini-conference and after five years of gathering steam, Yiu-Bun has finally had the chance to dust off the old Stratford plans to complete some new renderings.
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Lisa Dietrich’s article “Village Dreams: Bad Laasphe’s Alstadfest, Germany” is featured in the spring issue of On Site magazine. To order learn more about “Rural Urbanism” or to order your copy online, click here.
Nathan Phillips Square Podium Roof Garden: In Context
Kaid Benfield, Director of the Sustainable Communities and Smart Growth program at the Natural Resources and Defense Council, writes about the advantages of installing green roofs on new commercial, institutional, multi-family residential and industrial developments in his article “What Cities Can Learn From Toronto’s Green Roof Policy”. Click here to learn more about Toronto’s Green Roof By-Law and to discover how projects like NPS Podium Roof Garden are helping our city lead by example.
Lisa Dietrich is featured in the German newspaper Siegener Zeitung. Interviewed by writer Björn Weyand, Lisa shares stories of her childhood in rural Germany, discusses her career as an architect at PLANT, and describes her experience of working on a high-profile, modernist historical site like Nathan Phillips Square in Toronto.
PLANT is heading to Venice! We are the only Canadian firm selected to participate in a collateral exhibit at the 2012 International Venice Architecture Biennale! We will be showcasing our work at Palazzo Bembo alongside internationally renowned architects Arata Isozaki, Steven Holl, Machado-Silvetti and Piero Lissoni.
“Traces of Centuries and Future Steps” will run from August 29 to November 25, 2012. For more info, click here.
PLANT Associate Vanessa Eickhoff and Canadian Fallen Firefighters Foundation President Bob Kirkpatrick fine tune the seating arrangement for the CFM opening ceremony, as well as complete a final review of the names selected for the Memorial Wall.
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On Thursday, Chris and Lisa served as members of the panel at the first annual Illustrationism conference at the Glass Factory in Toronto. Organized by Sheridan College, the symposium explored a wide range of topics including the impact of social media on the creative professions, working in collaborative teams, and the role of visual communication in the digital age.
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Lisa Rapoport spent the day investigating the history of Cambridge’s Mill Creek in preparation of PLANT’s exhibition and installation this coming summer. During her research, she uncovered this beautiful Map Legend.
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Westminster has just been photographed! Be sure to visit our website in a couple of weeks to check out more photos of this recently completed residential project.
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