Façadism: Not Every Heritage Building Can Be Saved, So Where Do We Draw The Line?
byHeritage preservation is as much about the ensuring the future as rescuing the past. But in Toronto, it exists in an eternal present —…
Hume with a View
Toronto’s 2018 Budget: Why Sooner Or Later We Have To Pay The Price
byTorontonians had better hope the real estate market doesn’t cool off anytime soon. Without the $800 million collected through land transfer levies, Mayor John…
Toronto’s First Great 21st-Century Neighbourhood Is Unfolding: The West Don Lands
byJust when it seemed the art of city-building had been lost forever, along comes the West Don Lands. Tucked away south of King just…
Toronto Only Canadian City To Make Amazon’s Short List For New Headquarters HQ2
byEven if Toronto loses, it wins. As one of only 20 cities on the short list for Amazon‘s HQ2, and the lone Canadian entry…
9 Things Toronto Needs To Do For 2018 — But Probably Won’t
byGiven the pace of growth in Toronto, there’s no doubt 2018 will be another year of unprecedented change in the city. Though our crystal…
Christopher Hume’s Project of the Year: Google’s Quayside
byNot often does a Toronto development project make headlines around the world, but in 2017 it happened. The object of global attention was, of…
Christopher Hume’s Top Transit Project of 2017 — King Street Pilot
byIt may not be a streetcar named desire, but the newly configured 504 line is a Toronto transit rider’s dream come true. With cars…
Getting in on the ground floor: Where a building connects to the city
byWe may think we’re looking for things we buy when we go shopping, but what we really want is an experience. So says Rob…
Designing the landscape of Toronto’s unpredictable future
byUntil recently, we thought of the city as a place. Now we are starting to see it as a process. That’s why landscape architecture…
Christopher Hume talks to 680 News
byToday Christopher Hume talks to 680 News about the story he wrote on Google’s Quayside. Click here to listen. Click here for the full story.