Ideas

Every year Canada is given a rare opportunity to present our best creative talent to the world. Each year are lucky to be one of only 30 permanent pavilions in…

We had so much fun creating a gift guide last year, that we've decided to do it again. Here's our round-up of nice things made by Canadian designers—many of…

Slow Disturbance: Infrastructural Mediation on the Settler Colonial Resource Frontier Duke University Press, 2021 REVIEW Lola Sheppard and Mason White At…

Icebergs, Zombies, and the Ultra Thin: Architecture and Capitalism in the Twenty-First Century By Matthew Soules. Princeton Architectural Press, 2021 Sick…

In 2020, a design competition kicked off in Ottawa to reinvigorate an oft-forgotten portion of Parliament Hill. Block 2—the city block directly facing…

The Symposium focused on Indigenous representation, narratives, and collaborations, with sessions related to two themes: Making Room for New Indigenous Voices…

Amidst the diversity of emergent narratives on culture and identity, I’ve been thinking about my own experiences with architecture, as a Chinese-Canadian…

In January 2021, workplace people and culture consultancy Framework Leadership conducted a survey on workplace culture, leadership and inclusion within Canadian…

The international design competition for Block 2—the city block directly across from Parliament Hill—is without a doubt the most important competition in…

Over the Covid-19 pandemic, the fragility of “traditional” housing has been exposed. The inability of assisted living and long-term care facilities to protect…

AED professionals are becoming increasingly adept at improving the energy performance of individual buildings. But meeting global carbon reduction targets will…

By Leslie Jen (Figure 1 Press, 2021). What is Canadian architecture? For author Leslie Jen, a former associate editor at Canadian Architect, there is no single…