. #KengoKuma never ceases to amaze. Bamboo strips + carbon fibre = material of the future. Strength, resilience and delicateness all in one. V&A, London Design Festival #architecture bit.ly/2mixTRH

What is one sure way for the built environment to address climate change right now? #ditchconcrete dezeen.com/2019/09/20/con…

We need a cost-effective, efficient and safe alternative. Is that timber?

Over 2 million showed up for the #Toronto Toronto Raptors victory parade in June. Can Friday's #climatestrike reach those kind of numbers? Rally begins at Queen's Park 11am, with a march down University Avenue beginning at noon. globalclimatestrike.net

Cars: a bad use of precious & limited space in our cities. (In fact, the worst)

How design decisions on materials are "disproportionately damning the world to further climate change" treehugger.com/green-architec…

My take on the Chicago Architecture Biennial and artist Adrian Blackwell's quiet yet powerful installation that provides space and a voice for Chicago's various grassroots organizations @NUVOmagazine bit.ly/33mJWgV

Ingo Maurer was such a genius. So playful and scientific with everything he did. bit.ly/2qCPnKD

I'll be the host of @PopCanCrit 10/26, a one-day symposium happening here in Toronto, as part of RAIC | IRAC's Festival of Architecture. Lots of talented speakers discussing that critical period between graduating from arch school and starting up a studio.

Excited to be at Greenbuild 11/19-21. Meanwhile this The Guardian story on architects/climate change is spot on: “Architects have to do more than be well-intentioned instruments of 'an extractive industry.' They have to be activists as well as designers." bit.ly/2K8GCyA

Hello solar panels! Georgia Tech's latest campus bldg is wildly naked, exposing every wire, pipe and bolt, inside and out - just to ensure that every student who walks into this multipurpose centre thinks about how this super-green building actually works. Made by The Miller Hull Partnership

Hey, my first Webinar on writing and communications for architecture firms is happening Dec. 18 at 1pm, online at RAIC | IRAC. Please tune in and find how to get noticed in a crowd bit.ly/2r17ZEE

Stephanie Carlisle's confessional op ed in Fast Company spells out just how big a role architecture/construction plays in carbon emissions: "connecting our climate concern with our day-to-day actions... will transform guilt into the collective change." bit.ly/2FuSTuJ

Been working on this curatorial project since last summer, and it's finally happening in two weeks.... #Excited

PLATED is on now at The Tempered Room. The Tempered Room, an authentic pâtisserie known as Paris in Parkdale, hosts an exhibition of local design. Guest curated by design editor Catherine Osborne, ‘PLATED’ is a… instagram.com/p/B7jM_14pXos/…

Nice, but could be awesome if it were mass timber bit.ly/37AuikJ

We won't stop. We can't stop. Salone del Mobile.Milano will be held from 16th to 21st June at Rho Fiera Milano, hear Beppe Sala, Mayor of #Milano, to know more #SaloneDelMobile #SaloneDelMobile2020 #iSaloni #Eurocucina #SaloneDelBagno

I am shocked (in a good way) at watching Premier Doug Ford rise to the occasion and be a true leader, who is listening to medical experts and to his advisors and then addressing Ontarians with clear directives and compassion. Who knew????

Returning to my underused Twitter channel for this special news: I'm looking forward to meeting the Odami team June 25 @ 6pm. Hope you will tune in #DesignTOFestival

My latest feature just landed on metroppolismag.com: 'Rising Studio PARTISANS Reflects the Triumphs and Challenges of Building in Toronto.' Feeling like 2020 was not a waste after all. Shout-out to editor Akiva Blander for his god-like patience. metropolismag.com/architecture/p…