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One Explosive Situation

An industry that writes its own rules leaves us all at risk

Starchitect Saga

Two accounts chart the emergence of Frank Gehry’s genius

Alberta and Me

From a land of oil, true enough

William Thorsell

William Thorsell is the former editor-in-chief of the Globe and Mail.

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Somewhere above Bloor Street

What Noah and Rose built April 2021
How much of the apartment did Mr. Johnson, a towering figure in 20th-century architecture, actually design? How should new architecture relate to heritage architecture? The stand-off also raises questions about how far into private homes preservation should be able to reach.— Globe and Mail