Reimagining Age-Friendly Living
People are living longer, healthier lives than ever before. As they age, they are also seeking opportunities to stay active in their homes and communities. In…
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RAIC Architectural Firm Award Winner: MGA | Michael Green Architecture
In 2013, architect Michael Green recorded a TED talk entitled “Why We Should Build Wooden Skyscrapers.” To date, it’s been viewed more than 1.3 million times…
RAIC Emerging Practice Award Winner: Leckie Studio Architecture + Design
Vancouver-based Leckie Studio is a 20-person practice founded by architect Michael Leckie in 2015. The studio operates across a range of scales and…
RAIC President’s Medal for Multimedia Representations of Architecture…
EDITORS Elsa Lam and Graham Livesey
CHAPTER AUTHORS George Baird, Brian Carter, Ian Chodikoff, Odile Hénault, George Kapelos, Lisa Landrum, Steven Mannell,…
RAIC Innovation in Architecture Award Winner: Grand Théâtre de Québec, Quebec…
ARCHITECTS Lemay / Atelier 21
PHOTOS Stéphane Groleau
Since its grand opening on January 16, 1971, the Grand Théâtre de Québec has been a prized cultural…
RAIC Gold Medal Winner: Brigitte Shim and A. Howard Sutcliffe
Architects Brigitte Shim and A. Howard Sutcliffe, the founding partners of Shim-Sutcliffe Architects, are designers of some of the finest architecture in…
Editorial: Documenting the Win
Architects and designers love to receive awards. And why not? They honour the top accomplishments and best buildings of the profession, creating an occasion for…
RAIC Emerging Architect Award Winner: Anya Moryoussef
Architect Anya Moryoussef is the director and founder of Anya Moryoussef Architect (AM_A), a practice started in 2016. Her professional career includes…
Ecological Rehearsals: Shift, Toronto, Ontario
In the face of the climate crisis, contemporary ecological artists are investigating radical contingencies between site, mediating systems and viewers. French…
Technical: Embodied carbon values of common insulation materials
Like many architects, we have begun to pay much closer attention to the embodied carbon associated with the materials we are specifying. All other things being…
Ethics, professional standards, and interns in A+D practices
Many jobs require, or expect, some form of apprenticeship as a sort of interim between academic training and being fully qualified for the profession. Whether…
Three Space for Life competitions in Montreal include an unbuilt winner by Lacaton…
In 2014, three competitions organized in parallel by the Montreal Botanical Garden museum and the institution Space for Life resulted in the selection of three…