Archinect - News2013-05-22T06:16:57-04:00http://archinect.com/news/article/37134343/architecture-school-confidential
Architecture school confidential Archinect2012-02-06T13:34:00-05:00>2012-02-12T18:35:31-05:00<img src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/514x/17/1755609fd8b30e95d707251b79e18254.jpg" width="514" height="321" border="0" title="" alt="" /><em><p>A heartbreaking tale of sleepless nights, severed fingers, and a shitload of hard work</p></em><br /><br /><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd">
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http://archinect.com/news/article/35078762/architecture-app-developed-by-ryerson-researchers-puts-downtown-toronto-at-your-fingertips
Architecture App developed by Ryerson Researchers puts Downtown Toronto at your fingertips Alexander Walter2012-01-19T16:10:00-05:00>2012-01-19T16:12:02-05:00<img src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/514x/20/20dd31c13bb874a6fb0694b89608d934.jpg" width="400" height="330" border="0" title="" alt="" /><em><p>Downtown Toronto is filled with architectural masterpieces, designed by the likes of Calatrava, Gehry, Liebskind and Alsop. A new app developed at Ryerson University will allow tourists, Torontonians and architecture fans to delve into the design, function and history of many of downtown Toronto’s most significant buildings.</p></em><br /><br /><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd">
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http://archinect.com/news/article/2700026/sn-hetta-and-zeidler-come-to-ryerson
Snøhetta and Zeidler come to Ryerson J. James R.2011-04-13T01:01:55-04:00>2011-11-24T09:05:52-05:00<img src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/514x/hv/hvwef5bfr8ytenia.jpg" width="514" height="342" border="0" title="" alt="" /><em><p>"The Student Learning Centre will provide bright, open, technologically rich, barrier-free spaces for individual and collaborative study that will accommodate our students' different learning styles and our faculties' different teaching practices..."</p></em><br /><br /><p>
The 155,463 sq. ft. Student Learning Center will feature a facade system that passively adjusts natural light levels and a roof that's at least 50% green. In addition, the school hopes to attain LEED Silver status. Expected to be completed by 2014, the center is designed for everyone in mind-- from the Chatty Cathy to the Somber Simone. To top it all off, the center boosts a bridge to the library and an elevated plaza along with retail at- and below-grade.<br><br>
"While it remains important to find places of introspection, it is also vitally important to create places where people can more actively seek knowledge, where social connections can intertwine and where all forms of activity, quiet and loud, can find a suitable home. The design of the Student Learning Centre is foremost about providing these new and diverse functions." —Craig Dykers, principal architect and co-founder, Snøhetta<br><br>
No word yet on budget or costs but Ontario had set aside $45,000,000 in 2008. Construction is expec...</p>