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Evan Spence is an architect, set designer and humorist based in Calgary. More of his work can be seen at archimatects.com.

We remain in the midst of a global pandemic, with the possibility of a second wave of infection on the horizon. How are architectural design and…

TEXT Betsy Williamson, Principal, Williamson Williamson The atomization of architecture offices during the pandemic presented an immediate and profound…

TEXT Caroline Robbie, Quadrangle In early June, The New York Times surveyed 511 epidemiologists on when we could return to a variety of everyday…

TEXT Susan Gushe, Principal and Managing Director, and Kathy Wardle, Associate Principal and Director of Sustainability, Perkins and Will As we respond to…

TEXT Robert Davies, Director and Principal, Montgomery Sisam Architects During the COVID-19 pandemic, long-term care homes have seen a significant share of…

TEXT Bruce Kuwabara, Partner; Geoff Turnbull; Director of Innovation; Kael Opie, Senior Associate; Mitchell Hall, Principal, KPMB Architects Post-secondary…

TEXT Michel Broz, Partner, Jodoin Lamarre Pratte architectes Planning new hospital facilities is a long-term process, sometimes spanning more than a decade.…

TEXT Jason-Emery Groen, Design Director, HDR What can COVID-19 teach architecture firms about the optimal structure of design teams? The pandemic swiftly…

TEXT Darryl Condon, Managing Principal, and Melissa Higgs, Principal, HCMA For many neighbourhoods, community centres are the single most important space for…

TEXT Ya’el Santopinto and Graeme Stewart, ERA Architects / The Tower Renewal Partnership As Canada sets out on the path toward COVID-19 recovery, retrofits…

TEXT Matthew Lella, Principal, Diamond Schmitt Architects Performance venues have a long history of coping with a pandemic playbook. Shakespeare’s Globe…