Are there too many condos in Toronto? Real estate wiz Brian Persaud takes on this contentious issue
We're feeling like nobility just looking at these new renderings from The Royal Collection
We always thought San Francisco was one of the most progressive cities in the US, but judging by this new addition to the urban landscape, the city is getting back to the basics.
Brooklyn-based artist Mark Reigelman collaborated with an architect and an engineer to build and position this rustic wooden cabin 40 feet up the side of the Hotel des Arts in downtown San Fran. Read more
Today we welcome Mark J. Stables, the founder of Benchmark Group and Movement Haus, to the Buzz Talk hive.
Mark is a fitness and wellness expert with a vision. He founded Benchmark Group in 1999 with the goal of providing holistic fitness and lifestyle coaching to a growing number of clients.
More recently he’s created Movement Haus – a Toronto-based project that provides “functional design” solutions for today’s urban condominium fitness amenity. Read more
RISE has already floored us with a great scale model and impressed us even further with an astute neighbourhood choice.
The community surrounding St. Clair West and Bathurst is, well, on the rise and attracting more young Torontonians looking for new shopping and dining options.
RISE is perfectly placed to take advantage of the up-and-coming neighbourhood. Suites start from the mid $200,000s and residents will have access to an incredible 18,000 square feet of amenities. The Reserve Properties development will be 25 storeys and feature 320 units. Read more
In this edition of Buzz Talk we’re getting our buzz on with Ralph Giannone of the acclaimed architecture firm, Giannone Petricone Associates.
Ralph is a veteran of the architecture industry, getting his start in the business right when he was fresh out of school in 1987. Since then he’s worked on condos, hotels, restaurants, offices and is even a member of the City of Toronto’s Design Review Panel.
Read on to learn more about Ralph’s involvement in the design of Flaire Condos, the ins and outs of architecture school and where Jason Schwartzman likes to stay when he’s in Italy.
Enjoy!
BuzzBuzzHome: We hear architecture is one of the toughest undergraduate degrees to obtain, especially at U of T. Is it true?
Ralph Giannone: It was quite the experience. It was a full immersion, life experience. I did a five year, Bachelor of Architecture degree and graduated in 1987. It was a great time to study at the School of Architecture at U of T. There was a lot of discourse and pedagogical difference. Read more
Prepare to be amazed and dazzled by Bjarke Ingels (BIG), speaking at TEDx. As you will see from the video below, he might be the coolest guy in architecture!
We especially liked this line: “…sustainable life can be more fun than normal life!”
Yes… we are hoping to start seeing some BIG designs in Canada, very soon!
Design aficionados of Toronto rejoice! The Interior Design Show is kicking off today and it’s right in your backyard.
IDS 12 is Canada’s largest contemporary design event and since its inception in 1998, over 500,000 design pros, media and consumers have attended these spectacular annual events. The show begins today and continues until the 29th. The 27th is trade day (click here for all the deets).
All the excitement is happening over at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre. It promises to be a particularly thrilling event as the always forward-thinking design firm RAW Design has created a unique installation that will greet attendees as they enter the show. Read more
Have you heard of RAW Design? If you consider yourself a design enthusiast and aren’t familiar with this rising Toronto-based firm, then you should be asking yourself how you fell so far out of the loop.
If you’re not a design enthusiast and haven’t heard of RAW, then you’re off the hook… for now. Let us assure you, RAW is one of those inventive firms that makes normally apathetic folks start caring about architecture.
Abacus, one of their newest projects, is a perfect example of RAW’s cutting edge techniques that are garnering attention at home and abroad. Read more
The following is a guest post by Carmen Dragomir, an interior design guru at esQape design inc. Carmen maintains an off-shoot of our site called Carmen’s Corner, that is full of helpful and inspiring design tips for any kind of home.
As early as the first week of January, all I could hear people talking about was their new year’s resolutions. Some more realistic than others, some are the same as the past 5 years (uummm, that’s already a sign that you should change how you go about that particular resolution J) and some lovely couples I met recently have actually made design resolutions!
Artful and well-thought out interior design isn’t just for your downtown condo and uptown townhome anymore!
Cottage country is getting into the design spirit and for proof you don’t need to look any further than Horseshoe Copeland House, the 58 condominium residences planned for Skyline‘s Horseshoe Resort and Village in Barrie.
The Design Agency is behind the Copeland House interiors and they’re also creating furniture packages for purchasers to personalize their space.
“We selected a cross-section of the suites to showcase. Read more
