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Source Feed: The Globe and Mail
Author: Alex Bozikovic
Publication Date: October 25, 2025 - 07:30

A dense, urban Canada? It’s possible

October 25, 2025

Canadians are talking a lot these days about building housing. But what will that housing look like? The country lacks specific visions for the apartments, blocks and cities of tomorrow.

A recent publication by the Neptis Foundation, Impossible Toronto: On the Courtyard, answers that need. Led by Studio VAARO and Gabriel Fain Architects, this is not a vague aspiration; it is a specific, provocative proposal for how Toronto might evolve. The project aims to imagine a city that is currently impossible, and articulates the regulatory reasons that make it so.



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