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The Cloud House was designed by architect, McBridge Charles Ryan, and located in Melbourne Australia. Check out photos of this funky, MOD inspired home here: The Cloud House

Click here to see the work of Dave Delisle, a self-described “geek” from Vancouver. Dave created a map of the TTC, based on Nintendo’s Super Mario Brothers 3. He has also done similar maps of Calgary’s C-Train and Vancouver’s Skytrain. Check it out!

This single family home in, Tokyo Japan, unfolds and transforms the house into an open and airy space indoors. The video shows various sliding panels and efficient storage space within the steel panels. The Japanese are known for innovation and leading edge design, so the sleek and contemporary architecture of this home is right up their alley. Article Resource: Click …

The Western Bakery, located on Eastern and Logan Ave., is getting a facelift! A redevelopment has been proposed to turn the space into a mixture of townhouses, mid-rise condo towers, offices, a grocery, and various stores. I think this is a great plan that will liven up the area, in an otherwise barren sector of Leslieville. _______________________________________________________________________ [Toronto Star/BlogTO) The …

I’ve never personally used auto sharing services such as Zipcar, but I have heard great things about these car sharing/rental services. With convenience like pay by the minute, and not having to return your car from where you picked it up, Car2Go does seem pretty appealing. From what I hear, a 30 minute rendezvous only costs you a little over …

Did you know that our city’s first cab company was established by Thornton Blackburn, an escaped slave from Southern Kentucky during the height of American slavery? Mr. Blackburn and his wife escaped to Toronto via the Underground Railroad, and not only left a historical footprint in our city by establishing Toronto’s first horse-drawn cab company, but helped others fleeing captivity …

“My House, Your Money” is a new TV series on The W Network and HGTV, which follow people looking to buy a home by taking a look at three different properties with their realtor. The twist is that their parents will also be contributing some of the money! There are a lot of young people in this situation right now …

Click here for an interesting read from The Globe and Mail, about how condo developers in the city market to potential buyers. Is the lifestyle they try to sell really as urban and swanky as they make it appear?

We all know that the debate to extend our TTC Subway line has been ongoing for ages, so now it’s reassuring to see that construction is successfully moving along steadily for the Yonge-University-Spadina subway extension line north, towards Vaughan. The expected completion date for the new line is December 2015. The project’s full schedule and construction status can be found …

LUMINATO / WINDSCAPE WHERE: David Pecaut Square WHEN: June 8 – 17 | 11am to 12 pm COST: Free! If you’ve walked by David Pecaut Square recently, you would have noticed the WindScape – a sculptural installation for Luminato by architects Jack Diamond and Donald Schmitt of Diamond Schmitt Architects, alongside artist, Mitchell F. Chan. These “windsocks” move and change …