Old Post Office
The Old Post Office is Canada's first 'bookless' library. Apart from displaying a few recent book acquisitions and periodicals, its spaces are dedicated to the…
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Tall timber towers taking root in Canada as builders look to go green
Six years ago architect Michael Green took the stage at a TED conference and called for an global era of wood-framed skyscrapers.Some were skeptical.…
Windermere Fire Station 31
As civic buildings, fire stations find themselves in the unusual role of being highly functional, technical buildings embedded in residential communities. The…
UNESCO names Rio de Janeiro as 2020 ‘World Capital of Architecture’
UNESCO’s Assistant Director-General for Culture Ernesto Ottone R, Thomas Vonier, President of the International Union of Architects (UIA), and Verena Vicentini…
Now What?! Activism in architecture exhibit coming to Montreal
After appearing in New York, Los Angeles, and San Francisco, ArchiteXX's Now What?! exhibition opens February 12 at the McGill University Peter Guo-Hua Fu…
New partners named at Toronto’s SvN Architects + Planners
SvN Architects + Planners is proud to announce the appointment of Shonda Wang, Sony Rai and Liana Bresler as new Partners of the firm. This new leadership…
Ontario proposes to boost housing supply by changing Toronto area growth plan
Ontario is proposing changes to the Greater Golden Horseshoe's growth plan that the government says would make it easier and faster to build housing.The…
Building Equality in Architecture launching Nova Scotia chapter
On Thursday, January 17, the official launch of the Nova Scotia chapter of Building Equality in Architecture Atlantic (BEA Atlantic) will be held at 2 Crows…
NCC invites student design ideas in Capital Riverfront Challenge
The National Capital Commission (NCC) has launched its 2019 Capital Riverfront Challenge, inviting Canadian university students from across the country to come…
Carleton’s Forum lecture series welcomes John Patkau on January 21
The Forum lecture series is a long-held tradition of the Azrieli School of Architecture at Carleton University. First initiated in 1968 and popularized in the…
KPMB and Gibbs Gage to lead transformation of Calgary’s Centennial…
Contemporary Calgary today announced it has selected the team of Calgary-based Gibbs Gage Architects and KPMB Architects of Toronto after an international…
Ice Breakers exhibition comes to Toronto on January 19
An Illuminated starlight house, with a cascade of colours, kaleidoscopic mirrors and arches of sweet-sounding bells are just some of the sights and sounds that…