Criticism can be an act of love.
A healthy, resilient design culture only thrives by being challenged, analyzed and debated.
Welcome to EXPO. A new magazine covering Canadian architecture, urbanism and design through a critical, deeply researched, and trenchant yet generous lens.
Each month we publish one essay on a thought-provoking question for the urban and architecture community, and the discourse will begin.
Welcome to EXPO ISSUE 03
Why “Made in Canada” Furniture Can’t Exist Without Intellectual Property
Industrial designer Jake Oliveira reflects on the launch of Ourse, the political economy of furniture manufacture, and the challenge of articulating a contemporary Canadian design language.
Condominium: An Architectural History
As pre-construction sales and project launches slow to a trickle, is the end of Canada’s condo era in sight? And what comes next?
Multiculturalism Shapes Canadian Life. Does it Shape our Architecture?
As the country’s diverse, multi-ethnic population now finds proud expression in arts and culture, the built environment stands at the precipice of a quiet evolution.