Kim Storey

Kim Storey

@kstorey.bsky.social

Architect and urban designer with Brown and Storey Architects

725 Followers 280 Following 22 Posts Joined Nov 2024
1 month ago
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The Carney doctrine Open comment thread on the PM's Davos speech

Carney's speech is brilliant. Here is a transcript. I suspect we will be feeling some serious pain in Canada shortly from the reaction
open.substack.com/pub/paulwell...

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2 months ago

Abject, despicable cruelty from three politicians.

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3 months ago
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4 months ago
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The Blue Jay
Bryan Nəqsalqn Smith ~ Syilx
2022

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4 months ago

Toronto and single stair reform. I've mostly stayed out of this debate out of sheer exhaustion, but Pamela's thread will be enlightening to a few advocates outside Canada, and I also had reflux at the City response b/c it really gelled for me that we have a cultural and not a regulatory problem...

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6 months ago

Michael Cook has been in Melbourne working with a landscape firm Lovell Chen as an Associate Principal. He was terrific to work with at Brown and Storey / miss him! Haven’t seen him for years.

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7 months ago

Nice throwback reference by @shawnmicallef.bsky.social to the Garrison Creek Demonstration Project. Another ambitious Toronto idea - it was even part of the 1996 Venice Biennale. Should be more than plaques in the sidewalk!

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8 months ago
Water molecule at the top of an arch with fountain below

The water molecule at the Rosehill Reservoir!

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7 months ago

Agreed. All the more reason why our organizations should be vitally interested when the City of Toronto appears to declare architects and architecture superfluous.

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7 months ago

Excellent article Toon. I’m sadly surprised by the lack of concern from other architects and all those urbanists complaining about the appearance and state of the public realm.

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8 months ago

#fountainsTO

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8 months ago

Make better rules and a better process - the length and complexity is not the fault of the architect, although the qualified designer is the one aspect taken out of the system. As you note, the obvious deficiencies in this plan point to the need for better rules

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8 months ago

First of all, preapproved suites are done at the expense of hiring real architects to design a reasonable floor plan that thinks properly about light and the site conditions. You also aren’t showing the 3D views of the proposed suites, which are pretty depressing.

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9 months ago
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9 months ago

He was such a presence - I think I was too far away to see the grin! But the voice …

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9 months ago

I saw that performance too in 1975 as a student. What a thrill that was when he came on stage.

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10 months ago

Sankofa Square has had the dubious distinction of having to be self-supporting as decreed by City Council making it more of a rental commodity than public space. How many other public spaces have that to contend with?? Tables, chairs, cafe all designed but never implemented.

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10 months ago
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The question now is who is going to stand up for you — and build a stronger Canada.

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11 months ago
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To the world:
We are fighting back. Our movement has been silenced by the media here—but we are not backing down. This is what our streets looked like across multiple cities. Tomorrow, there will be more of us! Raise a glass to freedom.

—With love,
Your American allies.

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11 months ago

I’m a nursery school alumni from the Pines. Everything worth knowing, as they say…

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11 months ago

The client was the Ursuline order of very adventurous nuns who were perfectly paired with the Storey office.

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11 months ago
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11 months ago
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Lots of folks at Elbows Up Toronto.

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11 months ago
AOC and Bernie in front of the rally crowd in Denver Zoomed out crowd shot of 34,000 people in downtown Denver with Colorado mountains in the background

Tonight an unbelievable **34,000 people** gathered for our Denver rally to take on billionaires and win our country back.

This was the largest political gathering in Denver since Obama in 2008.

Also bigger than the 2024 DNC.

And the largest ever rally in Bernie’s career (and obviously, mine too).

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1 year ago

Canada will never fold. Elbows up.

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1 year ago
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Canada Would Like a Word About Trump’s Threats Americans should stop treating attacks on their neighbor as a joke.

And not one of the polite ones. We’ve written a response to @nytimes.com’s Peter Baker and every other American who is taking the annexation of Canada as a fun thought experiment. Here in @foreignpolicy.com with my daughter @alicesouthey.com. Gift link.

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1 year ago

Perfect argument to stop the Starlink contract proposed by the provincial government in Ontario, Canada.

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1 year ago
Pierre Elliot Trudeau

This seems relevant today given the current events happening in the states!
#Canadastrong
#nevervoteconservative

We can do this Canada 🇨🇦

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1 year ago
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Excellent taste in puppies. This is Ruby.

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1 year ago
Repost if trans people are welcome and safe with you.
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