New UBC Residential Construction Leads Market in Green Building Practices
UBC's latest residential apartment project, Clement's Green, is a leading example of the university's commitment to green building standards in the emerging…
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Hamilton’s Design Hope set to launch the 5th Annual charity auction for the…
Design Hope--the charitable initiative of Hamilton's design communitywill be launching its fifth annual art auction on September 15th. Since 2001, Design Hope…
Archetype for the Living City Sustainable Housing Competition
The Toronto and Region Conservation Authority and the Design Exchange are challenging Canadian architects, engineers and designers to build the ultimate…
University of Toronto opens new Zeidler-designed residence
Morrison Hall, the newest student residence on the University of Toronto's St. George campus will officially open on Thursday, September 8th at 12:00pm. The…
Call for Papers: Symposium on Housing III
In March of 2007, the High Commission for the Development of Arriyadh, Saudi Arabia, will host Symposium of Housing III: Neighbourhoods are More Than Just…
Architecture for Humanity’s updates for Grenada and Sri Lanka
After Hurricane Emily hit Grenada, less than a year after the island was ravaged by Hurricane Ivan, a collaborative team which includes Architectonica, Ferrara…
Elmswell social housing development competition in Suffolk, UK
The RIBA Competitions Office is the official consultant for this open competition. A shortlist of six practices will be invited to proceed to the design phase…
CMHC’s External Research Program
The Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation's External Research Program was created to encourage ideas and innovations in housing, and to foster a better…
Living Steel International Competition for Sustainable Housing Call for…
The purpose of the competition is to develop innovative approaches to meet sustainable housing needs. Underlying the competition is a desire to address the…
Steel structure completed for the ROM’s Michael Lee-Chin Crystal
The Royal Ontario Museum's $211-million Renaissance ROM expansion project reaches an important milestone as the framework of one of Canada's most complex steel…
Reuse of Building Material Project
The Department of Architectural Science at Ryerson University in Toronto is carrying out a project investigating the reuse of steel in construction. The goal of…
architectsAlliance wins Regent Park housing competition
architectsAlliance was named Toronto Community Housing's design partner on the flagship first new affordable housing building to be erected in Regent Park. A…