Hello! 👋 I'm hoping to raise money for two Bay Area cat rescues. If you post a screenshot of you donating at least $20, I will answer a style-related question for you. But first, let me tell you about the rescues, why they're worthy of your support, and hopefully get you to adopt a cat. 🧵

Public land should serve the public. Sadly in Toronto, the parks department and library actively resist this kind of deal and no one makes them cooperate.

FIFA has prohibited Haitian World Cup jerseys with a depiction of the Nov. 18, 1803, Bataille de Vertières aka the triumph of the Haitian Revolution against slavery. Depraved. amp.miamiherald.com/news/nation-...

In the fifth issue of EXPO, a look at procurement policy. An anonymous Canadian architect delves into the experience of public RFPs — including instances where government agencies end up breaking their own rules. www.expothemagazine.com/expo-essays/...

Public consultation on the future of Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport Current status: Open Consultation period: June 8, 2026 to July 24, 2026. tc.canada.ca/en/corporate...

My thoughts on the mixed messages of the Obamalisk and its campus www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

Meanwhile this does nothing for design literacy, for sophistication in design dialogue, something to eloquently captured by @novakovicto.bsky.social; this is a key role that the RAIC should be taking: to make design more well understood by Canadians 4/ www.azuremagazine.com/article/cana...

@novakovicto.bsky.social’s longread on how, from bus garages and fire halls to power stations, public pools and stormwater facilities, Pat Hanson and her design firm, gh3*, are bringing surprising grace and technological sophistication to hard-working civic buildings: www.begiant.ca/stories/peop...

A month in hospital costs: $30K Month in prison: $9.4K Month in shelter: $6.8K Supportive housing per month: $3.8K Figures from @uhn.ca ‘s Dr. Andrew Boozary h/t @housingnowto.bsky.social

The greatest piece of criticism I have read this year. Thomas de Monchaux on Adjaye, cruelty, overbuilding, and a kinder future architecture. nyra.nyc/articles/deb...

this is not true, and this guy doesn't speak for me! nymag.com/intelligence...

Fantastic panel to end Doors Open Toronto. Thank you @tosoarch.bsky.social

As always, @jocelynsquires.bsky.social has an excellent summary of our talk currently happening at UofT Daniels as part of Doors Open Toronto 2026!

"Where do you see the most inspiring advocacy?" I love @novakovicto.bsky.social's outlook, there's a time for criticism and there's a time to look for the vision that can engage and energize people. That question does both!

Here at Architects Talk: Toronto's Identity, presented by @tosoarch.bsky.social for #DoorsOpenTO at #UofTDaniels! @novakovicto.bsky.social giving beautiful context on the question of, what is architecture in Toronto? Glorious to see the room so full ❤️

Even amid Vancouver’s soaring condominiums and natural surroundings, Sen̓áḵw is a showstopper. But one of its most radical technological innovations is almost entirely buried underground. @novakovicto.bsky.social on the energy revolution shaping its development: www.begiant.ca/stories/idea...

Good to see stories like this making their way to local media in smaller GTA markets. Kudos @novakovicto.bsky.social

The new Pizzeria Badiali on Markham in Mirvish Village has already recreated the Pizzeria Badiali line on Dovercourt.

For context, our city still has not achieved #VisionZero, the strategy approved by Toronto City Council to reduce traffic-related serious injuries and deaths to zero. Raise your hand if your neighbourhood still has 40 km/h speed zones beside schools. youtu.be/HtjfjIxHbqQ?...

Who wants to join a “Love Parade!” A bike tour celebrating five iconic Toronto parks designed by Claude Cormier. The tour is a celebration of public space and a collective moment of remembrance honouring Cormier’s lasting contribution to Toronto’s park landscape. Details at LoveParade.eventbrite.com

Infrastory is back with more posts this week - today’s is about how Toronto completely inverts expectations of what is possible for transit in car-oriented areas. Much to learn here for cities in North America and across the world! open.substack.com/pub/infrasto...

To the left is a regular Montreal bus shelter on a hot day. On the right? One with a green roof. It’s nearly 3 degrees cooler. Here’s @novakovicto.bsky.social on how rooftop greenery is giving commuters natural insulation 🚌 www.begiant.ca/stories/idea... CC @etsmtl.bsky.social

Dollar General discovers the Gruen Transfer: “This new format is designed to be more open and inviting, resulting in greater browsing and treasure hunt shopping as customers are exposed to more categories as they navigate the store" www.nytimes.com/2026/05/11/b...

An important discussion that starts from bankruptcy but ends up dealing with many of the fundamental challenges facing the architectural profession

Interestingly the Canadian census doesn't want to accept "Serbo-Croatian" as a choice of maternal language, instead asking you to select "Serbian," "Bosnian" or "Croatian" as distinct languages, an ethno-linguistic politics that I don't want to perpetuate.

In EXPO, @anotherglassbox.bsky.social and I talk about the abrupt closure of Brook McIlroy, a hugely respected Toronto design firm that went bankrupt last month. We look at the realities of running an architecture business and the need for succession planning: www.expothemagazine.com/expo-essays/...

This took courage to write. Bravo @novakovicto.bsky.social and @anotherglassbox.bsky.social for telling the human side of bankruptcy, the urgency of taking the business of architecture seriously, and for this thoughtful eulogy to an incredible legacy of work.

“As the futurist and Aerotropolis co-author @greglindsay.org explained ... an airport is an important economic asset for a city; but two are generally worse than one ... ‘Anything that dilutes Pearson’s hub function risks real economic harm,’ he said.” – by @alexbozikovic.bsky.social

I was at 500 Dawes press conference today. Had a chance to talk to Ryan Endoh and other residents. The last photo was a moment that cut thru any politicization of the issue: a resident happily pointed out that after deeming the building too dangerous to deliver, mail service had resumed.

Architecture criticism is NOT DEAD @mlamster.bsky.social wins this year's Pulitzer Prize for Criticism (so, so well deserved) www.dallasnews.com/arts-enterta...

Morning Jane’s Walk to talk corner stores with @anotherglassbox.bsky.social ! Now partially legal in Wards close to you.

ooooh good take www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...

Canada needs more than condos and single-family homes. Citizen developers are filling the gap with laneway houses, multiplexes, and gentle density. "We're doing this for the future." By @novakovicto.bsky.social www.begiant.ca/stories/plac...

I hate the people running this province but I care deeply about the people in it. Grateful for the brilliant minds behind this activism. (Somerset and Preston bus stop in Ottawa)

From 9 garages to 4 new homes (in Toronto, by Steven Fong Architecture + one:1).

Ten Canadian Housing Projects in Action: Sustainable, affordable, high-quality housing requires experts who can translate (and challenge...) policy and regulations into built form for progress. via @novakovicto.bsky.social @canadianarchitect.bsky.social www.canadianarchitect.com/housing-in-a...

An Architectural History of the Condominium. EXPO magazine ✍️ @novakovicto.bsky.social www.expothemagazine.com/expo-essays/...

In Canadian Architect, I write out 10 case studies of housing innovation in Canada, from single-stair multiplexes to Indigenous-led city-building and rapid-assembly panelization. www.canadianarchitect.com/housing-in-a...

In the new issue of EXPO, I speak to industrial designer and Ourse co-founder Jake Oliveira about intellectual property, the political economy of furniture, and the challenge of articulating a contemporary Canadian design language. www.expothemagazine.com/expo-essays/...

Saturday night is the perfect time to note that I finally published the historical Chicago zoning data I put together a few years ago danielkayhertz.com/zoning

The Bourne Identity (2002) / The Hidalgo Legacy (2026)

updated my print shop this week. anotherglassbox.pixieset.com/openeditions...

Instead Canada retrenched and made it miserable. With few highlights, we buried potential in policy BS and are poorer for it. By the brilliant @novakovicto.bsky.social 2/ bit.ly/41VeBkG

At @ccaconversations.bsky.social until August 30th.

“Bike Share Toronto had a 40-per-cent increase in individual riders in 2025 compared to 2024” www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

I took Via Rail from Toronto to Ottawa and back. Not a big deal, you would think, except it took up two days of my life and cost me hundreds of dollars on top of the ticket. lloydalter.substack.com/p/train-brai...

"Multiculturalism Shapes Canadian Life. Does it Shape our Architecture?" Read the inaugural essay in my new monthly series of Canadian architecture criticism — EXPO. www.expothemagazine.com/expo-essays/...

'Based on estimates I’ve seen, a single data center campus would have an annual carbon footprint equivalent to the emissions of about 80,000 passenger vehicles in a year.' so... that means capturing waste heat from data centers is not circularity. www.planetizen.com/blogs/137025...

So it looks like Carney not only supports this US-Israel illegal war against Iran, but that he was dishonest when he said that Canada isn’t participating militarily. Yet, Canadian army, airforce and navy members are actively engaged in the targeting efforts and in this attack as “exchange officers.”