As a juror on the Block 2 design competition, I had the immense privilege of participating in rich discussions about the architectural approach most suitable to…
One of Quebec’s most important architects died on Friday, May 6. Claude Provencher was a generous man—and an architect with a visionary mind. He loved…
TEXT Elsa Lam with Kelly Edzerza-Bapty, Dr. David Fortin, Tiffany Shaw, Dr. Patrick Stewart, and Alfred Waugh
In the past few years, there has been an…
Certain works of architecture are so carefully woven into the times, places and cultures within which they are set, they seem to have always been there. Such…
Canada has a small but growing number of Indigenous architects and Indigenous designers working in allied fields such as interior design, planning and…
“… a space that is somehow meaningfully organized and on the very point of speech, a kind of articulated thinking that fails to reach its ultimate translation…
There has been a major shift since the release of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s 2015 report, with its 94 calls to action. While we are still in…
INTERVIEWER Adele Weder
Nina-Marie Lister has made a career of embedding nature within the design of our daily lives. As founder of the studio Plandform and…
Architects are usually focused on the beginning of buildings, paying little attention to their end. But as climate impacts worsen, it’s a reckoning they’ll…
For many, the term “heritage” applies exclusively to older buildings. Most municipalities in Canada will only consider properties that are at least 40 years…
Designing for the circular economy is one thing, says artist and researcher Andrea Ling. But how do you deconstruct a product like a window, set in a vinyl…