MARK CULLEN: What is Bugging Your Garden?
By Mark CullenWhere bugs and diseases are concerned I am a proponent of ‘live and let live’ for the most part. The vast majority of pests in the garden are either beneficial or benign. Ladybugs eat aphids, birds munch on beetles and the larvae of moths
Construction Delayed on Changsha’s Sky City Tower
Sky City, Broad Sustainable Building’s ambitious skyscraper development for Changsha, China, has hit a few speed bumps with construction delays and cost spikes.Sky City behind scheduleWhen Sky City is complete, it will stand 2,749 feet, making it the
Telus Sky Tower in Calgary by BIG
As you may know, one of our favourite architecture firms in the world is Bjarke Ingels Group, better known as BIG. Every now and then, we like to check in on the firm to see what they’re up to. This time, we happily discovered that they recently unveiled
INFOGRAPHIC: City in the Clouds
For this month’s Architecture theme, we decided to take a look at one of Toronto’s most prominent architectural features: The Skyscraper.Emporis, the world’s leading database for building data, describes a skyscraper as any building that stands at least
MARK CULLEN: Water, Water Everywhere
By Mark CullenOf all the current trends in gardening perhaps the use of water as a garden feature has the legs to last a generation or more. Take a look over the back fence of any home in the GTA these days and chances are you will find either a full
KIPCO Tower Brings Colour and Style to Kuwait City
It’s been a while since we checked out an interesting high-rise tower located outside of Canada. We recently stumbled upon KIPCO Tower, a completed, mixed-use building in Kuwait City.The design of KIPCO TowerBold, sleek, stylish, and sexy are four words
An Artificial Sun Lights up the Biggest Building in the World
On June 28, 2013, the doors opened to “New Century Global Center,” the largest building in the world, according to Chinese officials. New Century Global Center is located in Chengdu, China’s fourth largest city and the capital of the southwestern Sichuan
TARION: The Downside of Side Agreements
If it's not included in your Agreement of Purchase and Sale, it's not covered by Tarion.
MARK CULLEN: Summer Lawn Care Tips
By Mark CullenIt's just about that time of year when your lawn begins to look a bit shop-worn. The tremendous burst of green growth that occurred early in spring is waning and soon ‘the bloom is off the rose’ to use a metaphor from another part of the
The Results of the 9th Annual Pug Awards
On June 26, 2013, the team at the Toronto Star's Newinhomes.com headed over to The Shops at Summer Hill to check out the 9th Annual Pug Awards.An all-star panel at the Pug AwardsThe ceremony kicked off with the famous "Pug Talks" forum. Gil Penalosa of
