RAIC Architectural Firm Award: LGA Architectural Partners
Founded in 1989 by Janna Levitt, FRAIC and Dean Goodman, MRAIC, LGA Architectural Partners (formerly known as Levitt Goodman Architects) is a 30-person firm…
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RAIC Green Building Award: University of British Columbia Campus Energy Centre
Location Vancouver, British Columbia
Architect DIALOG
Photos Ema Peter
The Campus Energy Centre (CEC) is a state-of-the-art hot water facility that…
RAIC Emerging Architectural Practice Award: UUfie
UUfie is an interdisciplinary research-based architecture studio founded in 2009 in Tokyo, Japan, by partners Irene Gardpoit, MRAIC and Eiri Ota. In 2013,…
RAIC Young Architect Award: Jessie Andjelic
Jessie Andjelic, MRAIC is an architect, urbanist and educator based in Calgary. She runs a practice, teaches, mentors intern architects and regularly lectures…
RAIC Medal for Innovation in Architecture: Borden Park Natural Swimming Pool
Location Borden Park, Edmonton, Alberta
Architect gh3*
Photos gh3*
The Borden Park Natural Swimming Pool is the first chemical-free public outdoor pool to…
Canadian Buildings included in Time Magazine’s 100 Greatest Places
Canadian buildings are among the destinations included in Time Magazine's list of the world's 100 greatest places "to experience right now."
The second…
Adele Weder wins Italian journalism award
Vancouver-based architecture journalist Adele Weder has won an honourable mention in the 2019 Ceramics of Italy Journalism awards.
Her wining article,…
CAFÉ consultations launch across Canada
The Canadian Council of University Schools of Architecture (CCUSA) is pleased to announce the launch of the Canadian Architecture Forums on Education (CAFÉ), a…
Change in leadership at the Canadian Centre for Architecture
Founded in 1979 by Phyllis Lambert, the Canadian Centre for Architecture has pursued its mission of making architecture a public concern for 40 years. As a…
Coming this Fall: Canadian Modern Architecture, 1967 to the Present
Co-published by Canadian Architect and Princeton Architectural Press, the book Canadian Modern Architecture, 1967 to the present, will be released on October…
Vancouver House
"The cantilevered form is in line with the profit centre of the building, and those profits probably pay for the structural gymnastics. It’s really quite…
Springdale Library and Neighbourhood Park
"The quality of the mountain-like roof, the oculus at its centre, and the way that light will spread within the library—all of these are going to enhance the…
Eglinton GO Station
"It’s a building about passage and threshold, and an example of what you can do with a utilitarian infrastructure that we haven’t paid attention to for…
Biodome Museum Renewal Project
"We have many big, iconic buildings across Canada that would benefit from new intervention and reuse strategies with this kind of sensibility."
Munini District Hospital
"There’s a finesse in the research and the materiality of this design—the building composition is solid and well-grounded."