Posted on 06/01/03
Deconstructing clever on a downtown corner
There is a building under construction a short distance from our house. It is an eight-storey student residence at the University of Toronto, and as it is on my dog-walking route, I have been able to observe twice daily its steady and remarkably swift passage from conception to reality. Whether this building will prove to be beautiful, or well-designed, or striking, or imaginative remains to be seen. It could turn out to be either very good or very bad -- if the architectural extremes of the rest of the campus are anything to go by.
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