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Scott Torrance Landscape Architect

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While few homeowners have turned their rooftops into gardens, green roofs are becoming more popular among those looking for ways to combat global warming and rising electrical bills. This eco-minded firm has an appreciation for nurturing this kind of progressive thinking at every scale, even smaller residential homes and condos.

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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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