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Sustainable Design with a Socially Innovative Approach

Since 1989, this mid-size firm has focused on socially innovative architecture, keeping their designs – which include cultural, educational, residential and commercial projects – “progressive, sensitive and relevant” by using energy- and cost-efficient materials. The principals’ own Euclid Avenue House, completed in 2005, is hailed as much for its design as for its admirable sustainability (recognized by both the Ontario Association of Architects Awards and the Toronto Urban Design Awards). Some of their most recent work includes social housing projects such as Alexandra Park and Eva’s Phoenix, as well as the Scarborough Public Library and the McEwen School of Architecture at Laurentian University, and Stackt Market.

 

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The industrial designer and textile artist shares the inspirations that keep her loom whirring

In a seaside cottage in Shediac, New Brunswick, the soft hiss and swish of high-tide molds my mood like putty. Breathing in the deep calm—and the smell of last night’s seafood—my mind is miles away from my home in cosmopolitan Toronto. Here, craft feels as grounded as the clams they dig for each morning, and as I prepare for my call with textile artist Laura Carwardine, I can’t help but wonder *Carrie Bradshaw voice* what is the future of textile art in Toronto?

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