Research
01 March 2020
Modern Skyscrapers in the Late 19th Century
Gerard Peet, Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences Nederlands
Skyscrapers are often seen as a typically American phenomenon. This paper aims at demonstrating that in terms of technology major developments are European and that,...
11 October 2019
The Garden City in Three Dimensions
Moshe Safdie, Safdie Architects
With a career spanning back to the Habitat ’67 residential complex in Montréal, Moshe Safdie’s work has always evoked images of utopian science fiction, yet...
26 October 2015
Dense Urbanism: The High-Rise Tower as a Building Block for the Public Realm
Moshe Safdie & Jaron Lubin, Safdie Architects
Though the skyscraper has been with us for a century, we are yet to discover how to deploy it as an effective building block for...
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14 November 2013
“Joan of Architecture” and the Difficulty of Simplicity
Phyllis Lambert, Centre Canadien d'Architecture
Phyllis Lambert, the daughter of the Seagram owner Samuel Bronfman, played an integral role in selecting Mies van der Rohe and Phillip Johnson to design...
01 December 2012
Canada Grows Taller
CTBUH Research
Twenty-six buildings taller than 150 meters have been built in Canada since 2005 and it added four buildings taller than 200 meters in 2012, the...
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