A WISH AND A WARNING

It is our responsibility to treat buildings from our past as pieces of our heritage and therefore reflections of our collective identity. Similarly, the buildings we erect should embody the ideals we wish to pass on to future generations. We should not accept anything less.

Oliver Community League was a model of community engagement, and still they lost their battle. Allowing an icon like the Molson Brewery to go the way of the Arlington and the Gem Theatre should be a crime.

For more information regarding Oliver Community League's fight to have a say in the Molson Crosstown redevelopment, and stay up to date on the project's progress, click here.

AND THE WINNER IS ... ME

While you were all watching the Golden Globes, I was stroking my own trophy. Jokes aside, I had a good time building Fleeced for the Thaw Hut Design Challenge last weekend — with lots of help from the two most important men in my life. First place was just a bonus! Thanks to MADE in Edmonton and the Deep Freeze Festival on Alberta Avenue for holding a very interesting event. It was great to see so many different responses to the idea of shelter on a small scale. It also gave the attendees pause to think about architecture in an accessible, relatable way.