Kelly Alvarez Doran

Vision, Activism, Leadership. What we need more of.

How Amsterdam became the bicycle capital of the world In the 1960s, Dutch cities were increasingly in thrall to motorists, with the car seen as the transport of the future. It took the intolerable toll of child traffic deaths – and fierce activism – to t...

READ THIS: How Amsterdam became the bicycle capital of the world. In the 1960s, Dutch cities saw cars as the transport of the future. It took the intolerable toll of child traffic deaths — and fierce activism — to turn #Amsterdam into the urban biking nirvana of today.

It took vision & leadership.

NEW: Russian forces conducted a large series of missile and drone strikes against Ukraine overnight on July 18 to 19.

Op-Ed: What Toronto is getting wrong about laneway homes Last week, the City of Toronto released “pre-approved” plans for laneway homes. Architect Toon Dreesen digs deeper into what's wrong with the City's approach.

"The City of Toronto needs a reset. Mayor Chow needs to recognize the value and role architects bring to projects and how investing in design saves money, reduces risks and creates better places for people.”

The designs put forth by the City of Toronto are shocking, messaging that followed more so.

At launch of NSW Pattern Book for Low Rise Housing.
Led by NSW Government Architect Abbie Galvin, Premier & Planning Minister speaking.
Housing designs available to purchase at discount, with fast track approval process.
Great work by 8 invited architects.
Let’s hope this improves housing design & $

Thank you for sharing! Excited to see this work helping to open up discussions.

Over/under on the days of the year those pools and change rooms are operable @shawnmicallef.bsky.social ?

this would basically cover most of america then

that number would dwarf the embodied CO2 of parking stalls

but virtually no one looks at those numbers when talking about parking or the embodied carbon impact of buildings

but as noted by folks like @kellyalvarezdoran.bsky.social and Ha/f climate studio - those direct emissions?

also massive!

Parking, Garbage and the Decline of Toronto's Small Businesses Kelly Alvarez Doran and Mithcell May examine how parking and Type G loading regulations lead to lacklustre retail in new buildings.

Why urban design standards shouldn't be based on the turning radius of a massive truck. A great piece by Mitchell May and @kellyalvarezdoran.bsky.social — a Toronto focus but applies to many cities across North America.

#PutinWarCriminal
‼️Exactly one year ago, 🇷🇺 terrorists attacked Okhmatdyt, largest children's hospital in Ukraine

There were more than 600 patients in the hospital.

Two were killed, another 16 were injured, including 7 children.

Five buildings of Okhmatdet were destroyed.
#Russia #Ukraine

Parking, Garbage and the Decline of Toronto's Small Businesses Kelly Alvarez Doran and Mithcell May examine how parking and Type G loading regulations lead to lacklustre retail in new buildings.

Garbage, Parking, and the Death of Small Businesses. Eager to hear your thoughts!

@jasonthorne.bsky.social @alexbozikovic.bsky.social @johnlorinc.bsky.social @holz-bau.bsky.social

Can we bring in a minimum number of hours of shade on all sidewalks in Toronto please!

Thank you for the shout out @lanefab.com

there are 60% more cars in seattle today than there were 30 years ago.

the city should be doing everything possible to bring those numbers down.

instead, they're still requiring parking in much of the city.

while claiming to be a climate leader.

make it make sense.

Children aren't even safe from cars at their own schools because we've built so many schools to only be accessible by car.

Carney unveils signature housing plan he says will double pace of home building in Canada | CBC News Liberal Leader Mark Carney unveiled his signature housing policy Monday, promising to double the number of homes built annually in Canada to nearly 500,000.

It's incredible how outclassed the federal NDP under Jagmeet Singh is by the federal Liberals, AGAIN, on housing policy and ambition.

www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

Building Canada Strong | Liberal Party of Canada Here’s how our Liberal housing plan will help you afford a home Mark Carney’s Liberal government will double the pace of construction to almost 500,000 new homes a year, with a housing plan that will:...

Canada is getting back in the business of building homes: Lpc.ca/housing

Absolutely!

Basically @reidhoffman.bsky.social is sane and the other guy not so much

A self-referential system of beliefs.

Our response to the U.S. tariffs is to fight, protect, and to build. That means building the infrastructure to help diversify our trade partners, create good jobs, and grow our economy.

Dear American citizens, whatever you wish more German citizens would have done in 1933, do that now.

This is absolutely bonkers insane and evil. Straight up alliance with Putin. We are sending this highly talented woman back to her death for no goddamn reason at all.

PhD proposals on Architecture Curation and Culture & History and Decarbonisation - Announcements - e-flux Open call for PhD proposals on Architecture Curation and Culture & History and Decarbonisation at TU Eindhoven.

We are accepting PhD applications in the Chair of Architectural History and Theory at TU Eindhoven, due 6 April

www.e-flux.com/announcement...

The men disappeared to El Salvador because of their tattoos The Trump administration sent Venezuelans to El Salvador’s most infamous prison. Their families are looking for answers.

It seems ICE had a quota for Venezuelan gang members & filled it by picking up people with tattoos. Rose, hummingbird, soccer, mother, Autism awareness. For that people are taken from their families & sent to spend the rest of their lives in horrifying conditions.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Why do we keep building fully glazed skyscrapers when the evidence shows less glass would be better for people and planet?

I spoke to @dezeen about the weird (and environmentally criminal) obsession with transparency in tall building design - a thread🧵

www.dezeen.com/2025/03/26/g...

This is a concentration camp whose purpose is to Make America White Again.

It's full blown nazism in America.

When scholars of authoritarianism and fascism leave U.S. universities because of the deteriorating political situation here, we should really worry.