Elsa Lam

This week, Doug Ford's government struck a deal with the City of Toronto giving the province fuller control over the future of Ontario Place, in exchange…

We are proud to announce the winners of the 2023 Canadian Architect Awards of Excellence. We had a strong response to the program this year, including 160…

In late September, jurors Omar Gandhi, Claire Weisz, and Michael Heeney gathered in Toronto to review the submissions to the 2023 Canadian Architect Awards…

Toronto’s Koffler Centre for the Arts is currently presenting a small but powerful exhibition on The Synagogue at Babyn Yar. Designed by Swiss architect…

"The materials and expression of the new building says: 'This is a law school that understands where it is located, and is committed to reconciliation.'"

"This project takes the pier typology to a new level, and the architecture allows you to imagine a much wider range of activities on both land and water than…

"The simple approach to the roof carried by the galloping mass timber forms is uplifting and peaceful."

"A masterful composition of texture and natural light, with places for social interaction as well as spaces for repose."

"This sensitively inserted addition and the adaptive reuse of these historic institutional buildings is superbly done."

WINNER OF A 2023 CANADIAN ARCHITECT AWARD OF MERIT A simple and refined approach to museum design. The overall massing is lighthearted and creates…

"A wonderful, contemporized interpretation of the Vancouver Special using prefabricated components."

"This exploration of space and materials is just the kind of thing that is good to see in small-scale residential work."

"A masterful use of heavy timber in a well-tailored community building."

"This well-resolved neighbourhood library building explicitly wears its commitment to reconciliation on its sleeve."

"A new form of architecture consciously emerges from the landscape and looks to Indigenous precedents, and it works well."

"The building section pushes the boundaries of what can be achieved in Northern public buildings."