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…
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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…
Why We Need Embodied Carbon Benchmarks and Targets in Building Standards and…
To Canadian Municipalities and Associations of Architects, Engineers, and Planners:
Canada, as well as a growing number of its jurisdictions, has set…
Book Review: The Architecture of Point William
Chronicling the evolving vision of a site in Muskoka over several decades, The Architecture of Point William: A Laboratory for Living (ORO Editions, 2021) is…
Book Review: Pre-Fab Living
Book by Avi Friedman (Thames & Hudson, 2021)
Pre-Fab Living provides a timely overview of current pre-fabrication technologies through a collection of…
Editorial: Site Unseen
As Canadian cities slipped in and out of lockdowns over the past year, architecture firms have been periodically turning to virtual site visits to limit…
Developing Interests
“Show me a wealthy architect,” architect Lloyd Hunt once quipped to his class at the University of Waterloo School of Architecture, “and I’ll show you a…
Redesigning a networking practice in the post-pandemic era
Architects intuitively understand the importance of networking. However, it’s also a concept that often gets implemented only after dealing with our …
Spotlight on Universal Design: Q&A with Stanis Smith
In early March, the Rick Hansen Foundation hosting their annual conference online. #APN2021: Accelerating Access brought together thought-leaders,…
A New Apprenticeship
The delicate dance that occurs among collaborators when tackling a design problem is a balance of ideas, communication and ego. Innovation can be sparked with a…
Acoustical Considerations for Designing Spaces in the Post-Pandemic World
It has been nearly a year since most people have gone into the office. Boxing Day deals were not the same without the crowds, and meeting at the coffee shop is…