eleanor doran's works are a commentary on the contemporary urban scene, on the street, its people, and the places they frequent. on architecture, publicity, text and graffiti.

photography forms the structural base of each piece onto which more traditional elements are layered.

the show runs october 7 - october 24, 2009. the exhibition and gallery closing celebration is on saturday, october 24, from 6:00 pm on.

this is the urbanscape group's final show at the 2959 dundas street west location.

The Tower of Babel and Other Follies - Exhibition of works by Ian McKay

Exhibition runs from June 3 to June 20, 2009.
Opening reception on Saturday, June 6, from 4:00 to 6:00 pm.

Babel 2008

About the Tower of Babel 
Over the past 20 years I have been working with architectural images. This exhibition incorporates works from an ongoing series based on the Tower of Babel. For me, this tower would have to be infinite in scale. The drawing method is axonometric, there is no horizon and no vanishing points. In theory I can draw in all directions endlessly. The other works shown in the exhibition are about 9/11 and its aftermath. At the onset of these paintings I had just been diagnosed with Macular Degeneration. These images are simultaneously about the destruction of war and the degradation of my vision.
Ian McKay

For more information on the artist, please visit his web site at www.ianmckaygallery.ca

Exhibition runs from May 6 to May 30.
Opening on Saturday, May 9 from 6:00 to 8:00 pm.

1958 city hall competition, courtesy of Canadian Architectural Archives, University of Calgary

Urbanscape Architectural Gallery, in partnership with the Toronto Society of Architects (TSA) presents Unbuilt Toronto: The City That Could Have Been. Juried images of unbuilt projects from practising architects and designers are juxtaposed against historical images of unrealized building proposals drawn from Mark Osbaldeston’s book, Unbuilt Toronto: A History of the City That Might Have Been (Dundurn Press, November, 2008). Presented in two parts, Unbuilt Toronto: The City That Could Have Been consists of historical images – covering more than 150 years and as selected from Mark Osbaldeston’s book. Visitors will be exposed to proposals for ambitious and often controversial projects such as the Civic Improvement Committee’s proposed Federal Avenue of 1911, Eaton’s 1928 stand-out College Street tower, and “Project Toronto,” Buckminster Fuller’s futuristic plan for the city from 1968. The exhibition also features images of more contemporary unrealized projects for Toronto, many of which have never before been seen by the general public.The Toronto Society of Architects has invited designers, large and small, to submit unrealized architectural, landscape or urban design projects that might have resulted in a very different city from the one seen today. To ensure potency of dialogue, the contemporary projects submitted must have had substantial potential for realization within the Greater Toronto Area: each project had a client, was part of an invited submission, or was short-listed for a competition. Final selection by the TSA’s curatorial panel of architects, educators and urbanists was based on design excellence, the context for cancellation, and the significance of impact had the project been realized.

Exhibition is a part of the 5th annual Festival of Architecture and Design (fAd). Each May, fAd showcases Toronto’s architecture and design communities with a variety of events such as exhibitions, films lectures, readings and walking tours.Meet local designers and international architects, activists and academics. Celebrate good design and discover how it shapes our city and enriches our lives. More information at www.toronto.ca/fad

january 14 - january 24

design studio work created by students of the toronto chapter of the RAIC syllabus architectural program. the work was initially shown in december 2008 in the final presentation of the program's fall semester.

information regarding the program can be found at http://www.raic-syllabus.ca/ 

october 23 -november 23

happyfeet is a duo exhibition, showcasing the drawings of ruth comfort and the multi-media work of iliya blanusa. 

"happyfeet" is a great feat ! it expands new ways of looking at the world around us... thus allowing the imagination to grow :