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Washrooms for all
“Washrooms for All” is the right of everyone, regardless of gender, accessibility requirements, or personal needs, to feel safe and welcome when they need to use a public washroom. In 2016, Bill C-16 amended the Canadian Human Rights Act and Criminal Code. The change added gender identity and gender expression to the list of “prohibited grounds…
Atlantic Architectural Design of Excellence Award Winners announced
The Architects’ Association of New Brunswick (AANB), the Architects Association of PEI (AAPEI), the Newfoundland and Labrador Association of Architects (NLAA), and…
Design Competition Launches for Ontario Line Joint Corridor
Metrolinx has launched a design competition to encourage teams to submit innovative urban design and landscape architecture solutions for the Ontario Line…
Architecture Without Borders Quebec receives support for circular economy project
Architecture Without Borders Quebec (AWBQ) received financial support of $495,650 from the Government of Quebec, as part of its circular economy project "Matériaux…
CSLA announces the 2022 Governor General’s Medal in Landscape Architecture
The Canadian Society of Landscape Architects (CSLA) has announced that Professor Ron Williams, AAPQ, FCSLA, FRAIC, is the 2022 recipient of the Governor General’s…
SSHRC grants $2.5M to a partnership on Quality in the Built Environment
A major research partnership on quality in the built environment is bringing together 14 universities, 70 researchers and 68 public and private organizations at the…
Aga Khan Award for Architecture announces 2022 shortlist
20 projects in 16 countries, from Indonesia to Cape Verde
Connect with Top Italian Companies with the VELP Canada Business Program!
Are you interested in connecting with top Italian companies, situated in some of Italy’s most industrialized areas, that are eager to connect with Canadian...
MAPEI Structural Design: new calculation software for structural strengthening projects
The building world is like one big construction site in constant evolution. Innovations in construction techniques and the creation of new requirements for standards...
IKO Celebrates Reopening of Brampton Site
Leading global roofing manufacturer completes recommissioning of historic plant...
Registrations Closing Soon: ‘Taming Technology in Service of Interior Design’ Live Webinar
Around the world, Interior Designers are looking into new technologies that can enhance aspects of their Design, Presentation, Documentation, and Site Coordination – and...
Creative Design with PAC-CLAD Precision Series Tiles
PAC-CLAD Precision Series Tiles from Petersen provide a flexible, creative design alternative to roll-formed panel-style cladding....
DAS Hybrid 2022 Year End Show
Our annual Year End Show displays models, drawings, collages, sketches, and digital presentations prepared by top students....
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How to phase out fossil fuels in buildings and lessons from New York
Greta Thunberg often talks about how "our house is on fire" when referencing the global climate crisis and the precariousness of our planet. Taking inspiration from Thunberg, our firm, SvN, released a report in early 2022 entitled…
PROJECTS
Proofing the Future: 9th Avenue Parkade + Innovation Centre, Calgary, Alberta
PROJECT 9th Avenue Parkade + Innovation Centre, Calgary, Alberta
ARCHITECTS 5468796 Architecture in collaboration with Kasian Architecture, Interior Design and Planning
TEXT Trevor Boddy
PHOTOS James Brittain
On the long list of architectural virtues, “future proofing” is a particularly tricky one to pull off. Most fundamentally, which future…
Longview: Malahat Skywalk, Vancouver Island, BC
Last August, a new tourist attraction opened in Malahat First Nation, just north of Victoria, BC. The Malahat SkyWalk is a 600-metre walkway that spirals up…
Rainbow Butterfly, Winnipeg, Manitoba
Last year, Winnipeg’s Nestaweya River Trail included a striking ruby-red shelter. Its swooping form was inspired by the red jingle dresses that have become a…
Pearl in the Rough: Pearl Block, Victoria, BC
PROJECT Pearl Block, Victoria, British Columbia
ARCHITECT D’Arcy Jones Architects
TEXT Paul Koopman
PHOTOS Ema Peter Photography
A four-storey rowhouse…
A New View in Ambleside: Grosvenor Ambleside, West Vancouver, BC
PROJECT Grosvenor Ambleside, West Vancouver, BC
ARCHITECT James K.M. Cheng Architects
TEXT Sean Ruthen
Discussions of the “missing middle” often focus on…
Alberni at the Vanguard
TEXT Trevor Boddy
For over a century, ‘architectural zoos’ have been permanent collections of architectural animals—one example each from the leading species…
Williams Lake First Nation government administration building, British Columbia
The Williams Lake First Nation government administration building is a dynamic two-storey hybrid mass timber facility located in the central interior of British…
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