Design Edition: Toronto Unveils the Shopping Mall of the Future

Plus: A global guide to balconies and a love letter to San Francisco’s Ferry Building.

The Well, a new mixed-use complex in downtown Toronto, boasts a door-free entrance: Escalators lead visitors directly into the shopping mall from the sidewalk

Photo courtesy of RioCan

Hello and welcome to the first issue of CityLab Design Edition, Bloomberg’s weekly design digest, coming to you every Sunday. I’m Kriston Capps, staff writer and editor for Bloomberg CityLab, and your sherpa to the world of architecture and the people who build things.

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