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ZAS Architects unveils design for U of T’s new Learning Landscape
ZAS Architects, in collaboration with CEBRA Architecture, has unveiled the design for a new student-centred learning and support hub at the University of Toronto Scarborough Campus (UTSC).According to the developers, the new facility - Instructional Centre Phase 2 (IC-2) - is a dynamic learning landscape that promotes agile and asynchronous…
Main Street Design Challenge showcases first submissions
The Main Street Design Challenge – developed by the Canadian Urban Institute (CUI) and the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (RAIC) – invites all Canadian to…
Canada Council calls for submissions for $15K in prizes
The Canada Council for the Arts is calling for submissions for two architecture prizes — The Ronald J. Thom Award for Early Design Achievement and J. B. C. Watkins…
B+H Architects to design Shenzhen Children’s Hospital and Science and Education…
B+H Architects has been selected as the winner of an international competition to design the new Shenzhen Children’s Hospital and Science and Education Building, in…
Three teams shortlisted for Nova Scotia Art Gallery competition
An international design competition has selected three finalist teams to design the new Art Gallery of Nova Scotia and its surrounding public space. The gallery will…
Paul H. Cocker Gallery calls for online exhibition proposals
The Paul H. Cocker Gallery at Ryerson's Department of Architectural Science will remain online for the 2020-21 academic year to focus on mobilizing the potential…
GKD Metal Fabrics Secondary Finishes Provide Designers with Full Spectrum of Color
GKD Metal Fabrics, the leading provider of architectural metal mesh, now offers designers and specifiers an unlimited array of color coating options when designing...
Samsung redefines luxury with The Wall
From luxurious private rooms to high-end commercial spaces, such as retail stores and hotel lobbies, distinctive digital displays with stunning visuals build up a...
Corporate Architecture: Creating a Brand’s Crown Jewel
Whether purism, elegance, or dynamics, the architecture of a retail store makes a decisive contribution to the brand experience. The materials and finishing techniques...
How Wood Buildings Benefit Workers, Employers and Building Owners
By Graham Lowe, Ph.D. Architects are calling for a return to wood as a principal building material. As the use of solid or engineered...
GKD Metal Fabrics Helps Airport Design Ready for Takeoff
Modern airport architecture is both challenging and prestigious. With rapidly increasing passenger numbers – 4.1 billion transported worldwide in 2017 alone – architects and...
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Evan Spence is an architect, set designer and humorist based in Calgary. More of his work can be seen at archimatects.com.
PROJECTS
Gusto 501, Toronto, Ontario
Ever since the arrival of COVID-19, every restaurant reliant on table service has had to close or reinvent itself by finding new ways to encourage people to pick up dinner as they would a bag of groceries.
Survival mode is particularly stark at Gusto 501, which opened in Toronto’s east end just weeks before lockdown hit the city in late…
Malinka Addition, Naramata, British Columbia
In 2003, architect Florian Maurer built his personal home in Naramata, British Columbia. The original architecture—which won a Governor General's Medal in…
George Brown College Waterfront School of Design, Toronto, Ontario
George Brown College (GBC)’s innovative approach to campus expansion aims to bridge the gap between academic curriculum and real-world solutions by…
Unseen Forces: Temple of Light, Kootenay Bay, British Columbia
ARCHITECT Patkau Architects
PHOTOS James Dow, unless otherwise noted
The Temple of Light sits atop a cliff overlooking Kootenay Lake in British Columbia’s…
A Faith Observed: Our Lady of the Snows, Sheshatshiu, Labrador
ARCHITECT Woodford Sheppard Architecture
PHOTOS Julian Parkinson, Format Films
The place of Catholicism in Sheshatshiu—an Innu Federal Reserve north of…
Fundy Auditorium, Fundy National Park, New Brunswick
The water-carved Flowerpot Rocks at Hopewell Cape, part of a UNESCO-designated biosphere reserve, may be the most ubiquitous image of New Brunswick. The rocks…
Little Church on the Prairie: Christ the Redeemer Roman Catholic Parish Sanctuary…
ARCHITECT P3Architecture
PHOTOS Patricia Holdsworth
Driving across the prairies of Saskatchewan, there is a hypnotic effect to the open horizontality of the…
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