Ideas

Trevor Boddy reviews a newly released book edited by Canadian Architect’s Elsa Lam with architectural historian Graham Livesey.

More than a century ago, Nikola Tesla fought with Thomas Edison about whose hydro-electric power technology would be adopted—Tesla’s alternating current (AC) or…

Richard Johnson began looking at his own city with a new set of eyes when he and his partner moved to a 47th floor condo near Union Station. From there, he…

Book by AnnaLisa Meyboom with drawings by Lörinc Vass (Routledge, 2018) Review by Adele Weder There was a time when “manual driving” denoted the heady…

Location Winnipeg, Manitoba Architect Number TEN Architectural Group Opened in 1970, the Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre (RMTC) was designed by Winnipeg firm…

For the past five decades, Klaus Nienkämper has been a champion of design in Canada. He has continuously collaborated with architects and furniture designers…

For almost 20 years, Toronto artist and designer Kathryn Walter has created feature wall installations in Canada and the United States through collaborations…

Brent Bellamy is an architect and creative director at Number TEN Architectural Group in Winnipeg. He has become a leading advocate for sustainable…

Alex Bozikovic is the architecture critic for The Globe and Mail. In his columns, he mixes reporting and critical analysis to reveal what is happening in the…

The success of Kenneth Borton, MRAIC shows that Canadian architects need not work abroad to produce exciting work, and that a commitment to Winnipeg can lead…

Location Mohawk College, Fennel Campus, Hamilton, Ontario Architect McCallumSather and B+H Architects, architects in joint venture Photos Ema Peter The…

Location Parliament Hill, Ottawa, Ontario Architect Architecture49 and EVOQ Architecture, architects in joint venture The restoration of the West Block, the…