Impostor Cities – 2021 Venice Biennal, Italy

“Citizens of the world know about Canada’s architecture not because they visit our cities, but because they watch film and television.”

– TBA Architecture
photos by andrea pertoldeo

Client: 2021 Venice Biennale

Architects: Canada Council for the Arts, Thomas Balaban Architect (TBA)

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Completion: 2021

Sustainability

Building upgrades in 2018 to mechanical and ventilation systems, retrofitted windows and portions of the roof, hardwood flooring, and landscape renewal project.

Filmmakers and Television producers turn Canadian buildings playing as other cities. Many buildings in Canada have been used again and again for different locales around the world.

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Impostor cities

Canada Council for the Arts

Thomas Balaban Architect (TBA)