Twenty + Change: Next Generation, Emerging Canadian Design Practices

Skrevet af Heather Dubbeldam

The descriptive Next Generation underlines the guiding principle behind
the firms chosen for this fourth installment in the series: the majority
of practices are less than five years old, and more than half of them
have only been in existence for two or three years. The firms included
in this edition, with a few exceptions, collectively represent the
youngest firms in the four iterations of Twenty + Change. Selected by a
curatorial committee from more than 160 submissions, these projects by
thirteen organizations engage the public realm in meaningful ways, posit
new models for collective living and urban infill, advance the role of
sustainability and vernacular craft, and explore opportunities for
speculative and self-initiated commissions. Project descriptions and
original essays by noted architectural critics, educators, and
practitioners are accompanied by numerous color plates. Published to
accompany an original exhibition at Toronto's Urbanspace Gallery from
November 20, 2015 through February 6, 2016, the book operates as both
exhibition catalog and independent publication. Featuring the following
design practices: Architects Luc Bouliane (Toronto), Architecture
Microclimat (Montreal), Atelier Barda (Montreal), Batay-Csorba
Architects (Toronto), Ja Architecture Studio (Toronto), Marianne Amodio
Architecture Studio (Vancouver), Peter Sampson Architecture Studio
(Winnipeg), Polymétis, (Toronto), Quinlan Osborne Design (Montreal),
Scott & Scott Architects, (Vancouver), UUfie (Toronto),
Woodford/Sheppard Architecture (St. John s), WORK/SHOP (Winnipeg). With
contributions from Alex Bozikovic and Steve DiPasquale.