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Look out, Bloor West – SoCo is getting its own high park
A new green space will make the rail lands between Front Street and Lake Shore Boulevard East easier on the eyes – and may become a destination all its own. Designed by London’s Wilkinson Eyre for developer Ivanhoé Cambridge, an acre of elevated landscape dubbed Sky Park will connect two 48-storey towers above the rail corridor. ivanhoecambridge.com
In a city grappling with rising temperatures, accelerated development and increasing inequity in green space accessibility, Moving Forest arrives not as a solution, but as an invitation to rethink our relationship with nature. Designed by NL Architects as a part of The Bentway’s Sun/Shade exhibition, this outlandish yet purposeful installation transforms a fleet of 50 shopping carts into mobile vessels for native trees—red maples, silver maples, sugar maples and autumn blaze—that roll through some of Toronto’s most sun-scorched plazas, creating impromptu oases of shade and community.
Sign up for the Designlines weekly newsletter to keep up with the latest design news, trends and inspiring projects from across Toronto. Join our community and never miss a beat!
From a sprawling family home in Oakville to a coastal-inspired retreat north of the city, we present spaces created by architects and interior designers that redefine the contemporary.
