Why Snohetta, a Leading Architecture Firm Behind Toronto’s Sidewalk Labs, Deserves Much More Credit
The renderings for Toronto’s Sidewalk Labs, a proposed 12-acre neighbourhood on the city’s eastern waterfront, resemble a futuristic tree fort for adults - a bit like something out of Avatar, or one of the less hostile planets in Star Wars (Naboo, perhaps). Massive timber columns and beams (whose engineering would require the construction of a new, $80-million factory built just for the development) hoist up a giant, swirling disc between what could be some of the world’s