The Aga Khan Museum in Toronto wins the People’s Choice Award at The 2016 OAA Awards! Image

The Aga Khan Museum in Toronto wins the People’s Choice Award at The 2016 OAA Awards!

Last week at the 2016 Ontario Association of Architects (OAA) Celebration of Excellence Awards and Dinner at the Allstream Centre in Toronto, three additional awards were presented in addition to the Design Excellence winners. Comedian and host of Food

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J. Davis House: New boutique condo coming to Toronto Image

J. Davis House: New boutique condo coming to Toronto

The acquisition of Monarch was a great move for Mattamy Homes; it gave them an easy in to the mid-rise and high-rise condo game, and they also took hold of a good handful of developable land. So, we’re very excited to learn more about J. Davis House, a

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MARK CULLEN: What is Bugging Your Garden? Image

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

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Paola Herreros of Minto Communities

Hero name: Senior Sales AdministratorAllegiance: Minto CommunitiesSecret Identity: Paola HerrerosAge: 33Time Active: 5.5 yearsOrigin Story:Paola got her start working onsite as a Sales Administrator. Her dedication to high quality customer service was

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The Grand Opening of Upper Unionville Phase 2 Image

The Grand Opening of Upper Unionville Phase 2

Saturday May 25, 2013, was potentially the biggest day of the year so far for the low-rise housing industry. Fieldgate Homes, Arista Homes, Starlane Homes, and Paradise Homes hosted the Grand Opening of Phase 2 of Upper Unionville in Markham, and boy,

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Cobble Beach Special Events Series Sizzles

To celebrate the resort-style living residents enjoy, a series of free weekend events is being hosted at the Cobble Beach Club House and Experience Centre -- and the celebration is set to continue through the fall.

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The Greater Toronto Area’s new home market is levelling out Image

The Greater Toronto Area’s new home market is levelling out

​​​​​​​The Greater Toronto Area’s new home market was busy in October, according to the latest figures released by the Building Industry and Land Development Association and its reliable source for new home market intelligence, Altus Group. 

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The Clairington: High-rise Living in Brampton Image

The Clairington: High-rise Living in Brampton

As you probably know, new low-rise communities in Brampton have been on the rise. Well, today we are excited to present to you a new condo, The Clairington by Castleridge Homes.What’s Available at The Clairington Rising 12 storeys in a modern

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Imperial Tower by Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Image

Imperial Tower by Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill

We’ve been discussing the future of the glass tower design a lot recently, ever since the Pug Talk. Some people question the use of glass because of maintenance issues and energy inefficiency - but the truth is, the glass tower isn't going anywhere. As

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Time to get walking

This is usually an exciting time of year for those of us who love buildings. Construction ramps up with the warmer weather; condos that were barely at grade when you shuffled miserably past them in January suddenly seem to sprout towers like daffodils.

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