Ottawa and Parliament Hill
Set on a hill overlooking the Ottawa River, the buildings of the Parliament of Canada are the political and cultural heart of the nation’s capital. Built in dramatic Gothic-revival style […]
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Top of the Town: The TD Bank Tower
One of the most popular sites at the annual Doors Open Toronto event is the Toronto-Dominion Centre, located in the core of the city’s financial district. For a few hours […]
PMQ: Art, Design, and Heritage
PMQ is a mixed-use creative arts and design venue located between Central and Sheung Wan districts on Hong Kong Island. Formerly the Hollywood Road Police Married Quarters, this heritage site consists […]
Roaming Buffalo: The Martin House
The Darwin D. Martin House Complex is a National Historic Landmark in Buffalo, designed by famed American architect Frank Lloyd Wright. Together with the Fallingwater residence (Pennsylvania) and the Guggenheim […]
Doors Open Toronto 2017
On the 2017 edition of Doors Open, 150 culturally and architecturally significant buildings in Toronto were open to the general public, in honour of Canada’s 150th birthday. While I usually […]
Out and About: Macau By Night
On any given weekend, downtown Macau’s party atmosphere is bursting with visitors enjoying local snacks and souvenir shopping. These normally bustling streets look very different after dark. With all the shops […]
Discovering Old Taipa Village
As Asia’s gambling capital, it would be easy to dismiss Macau as nothing more than Las Vegas of the East, a collection of extravagant but soulless casinos in the former […]
Wychwood Barns: Soupalicious!
This past weekend I paid a visit to Wychwood Barns, a park and community hub in Toronto’s Hillcrest neighbourhood. This heritage building was originally a century-old TTC streetcar barn and […]
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