Tokyo has the wildest real estate This is a new 14 storey office tower with a *total floor area* of 813m2. Most of the floors are around 50m2! Designed by Koichi Ogawa City Architectural Design Office

Discussed this with our team - Housing collapse will have major impact on unemployment. Not just construction! Planning, marking etc - What is 100% of nothing? Cities relying on DC revenue need to look at expected values of 0 development missingmiddleinitiative.ca/p/torontos-hou… Dr. Mike P. Moffatt 🇨🇦🏅🏅

Daily reminder that the city has no interest in making housing more affordable. 2023: IF City of Toronto increased property taxes 23% overnight this would equal the annual infrastructure budget paid for by Development Charges ("DC"s) 2025: Toronto has increased now property

Toronto got $471M in housing accelerator funding. The result? ⬆️ 40% increase in homebuilding taxes ⬇️ 58% drop in housing starts. ⬇️ A broken promise on sixplexes. The latest housing minister calls this a success... It’s not. It’s a warning. We need to cut the red tape, lower

This would be a meaningful win. In fact, I don't think a single fiveplex or sixplex gets developed unless this or some comparable update to DC exemption rules is passed.

Here's one of my favorite urban townhome projects: • 20 units on 25,000sf lot • 1 parking space per unit • 1800sf, 3-4BR/2.5BA But the best part is that each set of 5 units has their own small gates garden courtyard

Retrofit and extension of 32-36 York Street Sydney, by SJB Architects Before After

Toronto doesn’t need a “Traffic Czar”, it needs political leaders with a spine. Want to know how to fix Traffic in Toronto? - Eliminate on-street parking on Arterial Roads - Dedicated Streetcar/LRT routes with signal priority, dedicated BRT lanes for major bus routes - Variable

This is such a niche issue yet such an important reform. We really can’t make small apartments/flats work between 4-8 storeys without elevator rule reform in Canada. It’s time to legalize small elevators and the European elevator code in Canada.

The federal government set a target to double housing starts to nearly 500,000 units. Meanwhile, the CMHC forecasts that by 2027, starts will only reach 220,000 - 50,000 *fewer* than in 2021. Despite this, there is no urgency whatsoever from the feds to address this issue.

And the north.

The legendary landscape designs of Brazilian artist Roberto Burle Marx

Design for a new bank HQ in Montpellier, France Load bearing stone exterior, with a timber interior. Imagine working here! Designed by Stanton Williams

Every level of government needs to switch party…

Gotta love Japanese urbanism! A tiny urban site gives life to a stunning 9-storey hotel, with balconies all around Soil Nihonbashi Hotel, Tokyo, by Kiyoaki Takeda Architects (photo by 8tn89)

Toronto YIMBYs understand that building code reform is key to urbanism. "Two straightforward updates to Ontario’s Building Code would unlock thousands of new homes and make it easier to build the “missing middle” in cities and towns across the province." moreneighbours.ca/campaign-singl…