Tag / modern
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What does “affordable” mean in housing?
There have been many words that all of us got accustomed to hearing as well as using during the pandemic: resilient, accessible, inclusive, sustainable, affordable. Although these words give us the feeling of warm and happy thoughts about ourselves and others, they are not explicit in the “how” part. We use these words easily without how…
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Can Architecture Become More Approachable To The Bigger Public?
We architects constantly discuss the importance of promoting our profession to the general public; what we do, how we do it, and most importantly, why the rest of the population needs us. However it is not always an easy task to accomplish, and therefore it was interesting to hear from a recent graduate from University of Toronto…
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Why design is not valued but the execution is
“I have already selected a very good and reputable contractor for building my new house, I JUST need to have someone to design my house WHAT!!! It is a recent phone conversation I had with a potential(?) client who is looking for an architect to design his custom house. He got my contact information from…
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What would happen to those empty office buildings?
One of the most debated stories coming out of this pandemic is our relationship to work, more accurately with the location of work with different approaches: WFH model (Work from Home), hybrid model, back to work model. Some people (employees ) are favoring the WFH, some (employers) are not. The most recent WFH disagreement story I read is Apple’s mandated office…
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Biophilic Design
One of the perks(?) of working these days has been randomly connecting with colleagues who I have not kept in touch with for a long time. A few weeks ago, I reconnected with a colleague who was one of the panellists for the same presentation I was part of, Grey to Green Conference in 2019. Just seeing…
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Remembering old phone call I had with a client
In the age of COVID-19, ALL of us are going through unfamiliar and stressful times…whether the lining up to get into the grocery store, trying to avoid a person while pretending that we are not, getting a doctor’s appointment through a video call (ok that was a positive one)…etc. There have been many weird and unfamiliar things/acts we had to learn…
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What is Better? Problem Solver or Designer?
Are you kidding me? That was my first thought when I saw a marketing email in my inbox a few days ago: HOW TO INCREASE SEO FOR YOUR BUSINESS DURING THE COVID 19. I couldn’t believe it. It just seemed a wrong message at the wrong time. Since the pandemic started in mid-March, there have…
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Bringing work home is a good thing
While we are all seeing the “light at the end of the tunnel” with daily updated vaccine news, there is one news that brought the better and improved way of living: working from home (WFH). During the global pandemic, 88% of businesses around the world have either encourage or required to work from home. What is more…
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Is proportion and symmetry still relevant in Modern Architecture?
It all sparked from a random, daily thought. I’ve recently been slacking off in terms of workout ever since summer has left our side. I know, just a bunch of excuses, and I’m really “out of shape”. Then a sudden thought came to me: is proportion and symmetry still relevant these days? A perfect geometry,…
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The Story Behind House Renovation
Located on a quiet residential street of Roncevalles Village area, this hundred year old, two-storey semi-detached house on Herman Avenue was renovated as a modern, spacious and abundantly lit house. Requested by client, the house was designed to improve circulation, functionality and flexibility in space, with potential future tenants in mind. Having had inconsequent…









