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Who decides what’s ‘Affordable’ Housing in Toronto?

  • by Onah Jung
  • Posted on March 27, 2025March 26, 2025

The Missing Voices in the Debate: Toronto’s housing debate might question your assumptions.

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The Art of Not Knowing: How to Learn Without Full Understanding

  • by Guest
  • Posted on March 4, 2025March 4, 2025

Can you learn without understanding? The answer might surprise you.

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Design Ideas Are Like Motivation; They Always Come AFTER, Not Before

  • by Onah Jung
  • Posted on February 11, 2025February 11, 2025

Ideas follow action, not the other way around

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What Student Final Design Presentations Tell Me About My Own Life

  • by Onah Jung
  • Posted on January 7, 2025January 7, 2025

Lessons I Learned from My Students

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3 Ways The Holidays Illuminate A City

  • by Guest
  • Posted on December 20, 2024December 20, 2024

Time to enjoy outdoor activities this year!

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Top 3 mistakes in preparing portfolios for design schools

  • by Onah Jung
  • Posted on December 5, 2024January 6, 2026

Do not forget to include YOU in the portfolio.

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Renewed Interest in Adaptive Reuse: A Lesson from the Empty Building Near OCAD University

  • by Onah Jung
  • Posted on November 14, 2024October 6, 2025

Why isn’t adaptive reuse more common if it’s so beneficial? Why indeed!

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Net Zero Isn’t Enough: Why Resilient Design is the Real Answer to Climate Change

  • by Onah Jung
  • Posted on October 17, 2024April 6, 2025

Are net-zero goals truly protecting us from climate change, or are we missing the bigger picture?

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How I stumbled onto being a design consultant

  • by Onah Jung
  • Posted on October 15, 2024October 15, 2024

A Fusion of Problem Solving and Problem Seeking

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Approachable Architecture: Engaging the Public through VR

  • by Guest
  • Posted on October 3, 2024October 3, 2024

imagine standing inside a building that hasn’t beeb built yet. Or walking through a cithat that only exists on a screen. VR is literally opening the door for everyonem not just designers.

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Holding a Grudge Can Be Good for Career Planning

  • by Onah Jung
  • Posted on September 10, 2024September 10, 2024

Ever been fueled by grudge? Let’s talk about how a single comment changed everything.

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Speed vs. Sustainability: The Balancing Act in Urban Development

  • by Onah Jung
  • Posted on August 15, 2024August 15, 2024

“Urban development is a race against time, but at what cost? This post explores the balance between speed and sustainability, revealing why slowing down could be the key to lasting cities.”

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The Evolving Value of Design in Today’s World

  • by Onah Jung
  • Posted on July 4, 2024July 4, 2024

Design connects aesthetics with practicality, driving innovation and functionality forward!

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Can You Win an Architecture Competition without Understanding the History of the Project Site?

  • by Onah Jung
  • Posted on June 20, 2024January 2, 2025

Background story of Dongdaemun Plaza (DDP), Seoul Korea by design architect, Zaha Hadid

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All Design work is not created equal

  • by Onah Jung
  • Posted on May 2, 2024May 2, 2024

There are 4 distinct stages of design work, and they do not always help one another.

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Improving the architecture community requires sharing.

  • by Onah Jung
  • Posted on April 2, 2024April 2, 2024

Discover how sharing among architects builds community and fosters professional growth!

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Design should be measured

  • by Onah Jung
  • Posted on March 21, 2024March 21, 2024

According to the McKinsey Consulting Design Index report

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How to take a good architecture photo?

  • by Guest
  • Posted on March 14, 2024March 14, 2024

Uncover why photography is crucial for ALL designers. From insipiration to portfolio, master this indispensable skill!

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Design Excellence is not about WHAT, but for WHOM

  • by Onah Jung
  • Posted on March 7, 2024January 2, 2025

Problem of First Impression

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Oldest mystery in Architecture Profession

  • by Onah Jung
  • Posted on February 9, 2024July 8, 2024

With dizzying changes coming in our profession, money discussions stay the same as they have always been.

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