Michèle Champagne
@michelechampagne.com
Graphic artist, M.Des. Cultural research. Art direction. Studies mandatory positivity and its effects on freedom of expression, architecture media, and “smart” cities. Invited to Harvard, MICA, McGill, and UQAM.
On February 15, 1965, the new Canadian flag flew for the first time on Parliament Hill. And the history of its selection was wild. Happy National Flag Day.
February 15, 2026 at 4:09 PM
On February 15, 1965, the new Canadian flag flew for the first time on Parliament Hill. And the history of its selection was wild. Happy National Flag Day.
I was first there attending the vernissage for a colleague’s group photography exhibition. His name is Philip Cheung. The exhibit design was great but I remember how wonderful the concrete wall textures were. Photos are from the Miroyama Teshima site, which does not identify the photographer.
February 10, 2026 at 11:33 PM
I was first there attending the vernissage for a colleague’s group photography exhibition. His name is Philip Cheung. The exhibit design was great but I remember how wonderful the concrete wall textures were. Photos are from the Miroyama Teshima site, which does not identify the photographer.
I’m enjoying Ryan Debolski’s wonderful bridge photography, published by @theglobeandmail.com in 2017.
February 10, 2026 at 11:03 PM
I’m enjoying Ryan Debolski’s wonderful bridge photography, published by @theglobeandmail.com in 2017.
I recommend Lola on Schiedamse Vest. And if you’re on Witte de Withstraat, Bazar is great and next to Kunstinstituut Melly, renamed after “Melly Shum Hates Her Job” by Canadian artist Ken Lum.
February 6, 2026 at 5:35 PM
I recommend Lola on Schiedamse Vest. And if you’re on Witte de Withstraat, Bazar is great and next to Kunstinstituut Melly, renamed after “Melly Shum Hates Her Job” by Canadian artist Ken Lum.
By Clara Gutsche, this photograph is brilliant, Les ateliers de la Belding Corticelli, vue intérieure, 1985.
December 12, 2025 at 1:19 AM
By Clara Gutsche, this photograph is brilliant, Les ateliers de la Belding Corticelli, vue intérieure, 1985.
This afternoon, at Canadian Centre for Architecture in Montreal with author Daniel Canty, we noted an amazing photograph in the book, Regards sur un paysage industriel : le canal de Lachine. By David Miller, the photograph is, La Northern Electric et la Belding Corticelli, détail des toits, 1985.
December 12, 2025 at 1:13 AM
This afternoon, at Canadian Centre for Architecture in Montreal with author Daniel Canty, we noted an amazing photograph in the book, Regards sur un paysage industriel : le canal de Lachine. By David Miller, the photograph is, La Northern Electric et la Belding Corticelli, détail des toits, 1985.
For Contact Photography Festival in 2013, Martin Parr’s “Food” collection was exhibited at Toronto Pearson Airport and Metro Hall.
December 8, 2025 at 1:57 AM
For Contact Photography Festival in 2013, Martin Parr’s “Food” collection was exhibited at Toronto Pearson Airport and Metro Hall.
R.I.P. Martin Parr. Thanks for animating my favourite books, postcard sets from @phaidonpress.bsky.social, and covers from @social.architectural-review.com.
December 8, 2025 at 1:22 AM
R.I.P. Martin Parr. Thanks for animating my favourite books, postcard sets from @phaidonpress.bsky.social, and covers from @social.architectural-review.com.
2. La langue française, autre valeur culturelle, qui mérite également d’être défendue. Elle est considérée comme sacrée mais son financement est réduit depuis longtemps dans le cadre de la CALQ. Pourquoi ? J’aimerais en savoir plus à son sujet et sur son lien avec le numéro 1.
November 27, 2025 at 10:25 PM
2. La langue française, autre valeur culturelle, qui mérite également d’être défendue. Elle est considérée comme sacrée mais son financement est réduit depuis longtemps dans le cadre de la CALQ. Pourquoi ? J’aimerais en savoir plus à son sujet et sur son lien avec le numéro 1.
The pavilion exhibition is called “Internalities” and it was curated by Roi Salgueiro and Manuel Bouzas. The publication, maquettes, samples, and photography are extraordinary. They showcase the work of the trades and the artists, designers, architects, and engineers involved.
internalities.eu/en/
internalities.eu/en/
November 27, 2025 at 4:31 PM
The pavilion exhibition is called “Internalities” and it was curated by Roi Salgueiro and Manuel Bouzas. The publication, maquettes, samples, and photography are extraordinary. They showcase the work of the trades and the artists, designers, architects, and engineers involved.
internalities.eu/en/
internalities.eu/en/
Partial view of the principal façade of the Montreal Star Building (now The Gazette Building), 241-245 rue Saint-Jacques, Montréal, Québec, by Clara Gutsche, 1979.
November 25, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Partial view of the principal façade of the Montreal Star Building (now The Gazette Building), 241-245 rue Saint-Jacques, Montréal, Québec, by Clara Gutsche, 1979.
You can see Montreal’s Central Station on de la Gauchetière Ouest. These days, it’s invisible: blocked by a large, nondescript parking garage with a McDonald’s sign on it.
Montreal with C.N. Station, by George Hunter, 1958. Courtesy of the Canadian Heritage Photography Foundation.
Montreal with C.N. Station, by George Hunter, 1958. Courtesy of the Canadian Heritage Photography Foundation.
November 25, 2025 at 12:58 AM
You can see Montreal’s Central Station on de la Gauchetière Ouest. These days, it’s invisible: blocked by a large, nondescript parking garage with a McDonald’s sign on it.
Montreal with C.N. Station, by George Hunter, 1958. Courtesy of the Canadian Heritage Photography Foundation.
Montreal with C.N. Station, by George Hunter, 1958. Courtesy of the Canadian Heritage Photography Foundation.
The “This is the way” post was deleted. I hope you were able to screen grab it.
November 24, 2025 at 4:59 PM
The “This is the way” post was deleted. I hope you were able to screen grab it.
This is what Canada looked like in the 19th century: Skating Rink, on the Montreal harbour, by Alexander Henderson, 1876.
– @museemccordstewart.bsky.social
– @museemccordstewart.bsky.social
November 19, 2025 at 2:42 AM
This is what Canada looked like in the 19th century: Skating Rink, on the Montreal harbour, by Alexander Henderson, 1876.
– @museemccordstewart.bsky.social
– @museemccordstewart.bsky.social
Toute l’histoire est charmante :
November 18, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Toute l’histoire est charmante :
The signatories who elaborated this point know exactly what they’re talking about:
November 9, 2025 at 6:13 PM
The signatories who elaborated this point know exactly what they’re talking about:
Plan of winter garden for Place Bonaventure, 1964-69, by Affleck, Desbarats, Dimakopoulos, Lebensold, Sise. Digitisation of the plan courtesy of the @ccaconversations.bsky.social.
November 9, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Plan of winter garden for Place Bonaventure, 1964-69, by Affleck, Desbarats, Dimakopoulos, Lebensold, Sise. Digitisation of the plan courtesy of the @ccaconversations.bsky.social.
Technically, @ldobsonhughes.bsky.social is correct: the Crown created the Hudson’s Bay Company. Culturally, it’s also true that some members of the British Royal family and aristocracy fancy themselves—and their ancestors—as rebels and adventurers. From Prince Rupert to Stella Tennant:
October 23, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Technically, @ldobsonhughes.bsky.social is correct: the Crown created the Hudson’s Bay Company. Culturally, it’s also true that some members of the British Royal family and aristocracy fancy themselves—and their ancestors—as rebels and adventurers. From Prince Rupert to Stella Tennant:
Rome’s Flaminio quartiere is rife with mid-rises too, whether pre-, modern, or post-modern. It was a great, dense spot.
In May, @glindsay.bsky.social and I walking from the Hyatt’s The Tribune through Villa Borghese and Flaminio to the Maxxi museum and 60’s Summer Olympic stadium.
In May, @glindsay.bsky.social and I walking from the Hyatt’s The Tribune through Villa Borghese and Flaminio to the Maxxi museum and 60’s Summer Olympic stadium.
October 18, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Rome’s Flaminio quartiere is rife with mid-rises too, whether pre-, modern, or post-modern. It was a great, dense spot.
In May, @glindsay.bsky.social and I walking from the Hyatt’s The Tribune through Villa Borghese and Flaminio to the Maxxi museum and 60’s Summer Olympic stadium.
In May, @glindsay.bsky.social and I walking from the Hyatt’s The Tribune through Villa Borghese and Flaminio to the Maxxi museum and 60’s Summer Olympic stadium.
L’exposition «Le livre photographique au Québec» est présentée à Artexte jusqu'au 13 décembre.
artexte.ca/exposition/l...
artexte.ca/exposition/l...
October 15, 2025 at 7:47 PM
L’exposition «Le livre photographique au Québec» est présentée à Artexte jusqu'au 13 décembre.
artexte.ca/exposition/l...
artexte.ca/exposition/l...
Jeremy Bentham himself, in his letters, insisted the idea and plan came from his younger brother, Samuel.
And it was Samuel who designed and built a panopticon as a naval “School of the Arts” in Saint Petersburg. Look at Samuel’s pre-proto-modernism. A plan, elevation, and sections circa 1807.
And it was Samuel who designed and built a panopticon as a naval “School of the Arts” in Saint Petersburg. Look at Samuel’s pre-proto-modernism. A plan, elevation, and sections circa 1807.
October 8, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Jeremy Bentham himself, in his letters, insisted the idea and plan came from his younger brother, Samuel.
And it was Samuel who designed and built a panopticon as a naval “School of the Arts” in Saint Petersburg. Look at Samuel’s pre-proto-modernism. A plan, elevation, and sections circa 1807.
And it was Samuel who designed and built a panopticon as a naval “School of the Arts” in Saint Petersburg. Look at Samuel’s pre-proto-modernism. A plan, elevation, and sections circa 1807.
At its peak in the early 1900s, the Ottawa streetcar system had developed 90 kilometres of track.
For context: the new, contemporary O-Train has 20 kilometres, and will soon extend to about 55.
For context: the new, contemporary O-Train has 20 kilometres, and will soon extend to about 55.
October 3, 2025 at 2:58 AM
At its peak in the early 1900s, the Ottawa streetcar system had developed 90 kilometres of track.
For context: the new, contemporary O-Train has 20 kilometres, and will soon extend to about 55.
For context: the new, contemporary O-Train has 20 kilometres, and will soon extend to about 55.
It is easy to forget. In a way. I grew up in Ottawa, attended a high school for the gifted, received A+ grades in history, and attended free history lectures at University of Ottawa.
Yet I never learned about “design”, “architecture”, “urbanism”, or the fact that Ottawa used to have streetcars.
Yet I never learned about “design”, “architecture”, “urbanism”, or the fact that Ottawa used to have streetcars.
October 3, 2025 at 2:29 AM
It is easy to forget. In a way. I grew up in Ottawa, attended a high school for the gifted, received A+ grades in history, and attended free history lectures at University of Ottawa.
Yet I never learned about “design”, “architecture”, “urbanism”, or the fact that Ottawa used to have streetcars.
Yet I never learned about “design”, “architecture”, “urbanism”, or the fact that Ottawa used to have streetcars.
My favourite photographs of the Grand Quay at the Port of Montreal are by James Brittain.
September 27, 2025 at 2:56 PM
My favourite photographs of the Grand Quay at the Port of Montreal are by James Brittain.
For Sidewalk Toronto, Heatherwick Studio developed a rendering style I call “Everyday Bruegelian fiction”.
September 27, 2025 at 2:37 PM
For Sidewalk Toronto, Heatherwick Studio developed a rendering style I call “Everyday Bruegelian fiction”.