Designing Safe Spaces: DXTalks in Toronto on March 5
On Tuesday, March 5, ahead of International Women’s Day, (Design Exchange) DX hosts an important and insightful DXTalks conversation with architect Janna Levitt…
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Living up to the Living Building Challenge
In this book excerpt, SFU Community Trust president Gordon Harris recounts how HCMA Architecture + Design’s preschool met high sustainability goals without a…
Living Architecture Symposium comes to Toronto March 1-3
The Living Architecture Systems Group (LASG) is celebrating the halfway mark of its multi-year SSHRC Partnership Grant with a Symposium from March 1-3, 2019 at…
CAAJ hosts student design competition for ‘The Modern Police Station’
In the context of social unrest, violent protests, easy access to guns, the decanting of mental health services and the legalization of marijuana, society’s…
55% of Torontonians support Sidewalk’s Quayside project: Environics
Despite months of negative headlines about an apparent wave of public opposition against Toronto’s Sidewalk Labs-Waterfront Toronto partnership, a new…
Fire deaths could prompt new safety measures, upgraded building code: experts
Experts say the deaths of the seven Barho children in a ferocious Halifax house fire last week could lead to new fire safety measures and changes to the…
DIALOG launches youth architecture camp in Edmonton
Two things are not happening in Edmonton that put us at a disadvantage when designing our city. First, there’s very little —if any— exposure to architecture as…
March 1 deadline nears for Prix de Rome and J.B.C. Watkins Award
The Canada Council for the Arts is now accepting submissions for the Professional Prix de Rome in Architecture, as well as the J.B.C. Watkins Award. Entries for…
Diamond Schmitt and Abbott Brown complete Dartmouth’s Zatzman Sportsplex
The newly named Zatzman Sportsplex has opened in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. A $28-million renovation and expansion designed by Diamond Schmitt Architects and…
Heritage Toronto releases 2019 State of Heritage Report
Hot off the presses, Heritage Toronto is pleased to announce the release of the State of Heritage Report today, following a year of research, consultations, and…
Diller Scofidio + Renfro to design U of T’s new School of Cities
A new University of Toronto building at 90 Queen’s Park Crescent will bring together academic and public spaces to create a hub for urban and cultural…
IDC Value of Design Awards accepting entries for 2019
As the national association advocating for the interior design profession in Canada, the Interior Designers of Canada (IDC) has established an awards program to…