Ideas

Work/Shop came about from a simple desire: “I needed to get out from behind the computer,” says founder Liane Veness. “As architects, we cannot become master…

“Ideas are cheap,” says Jesse Garlick, MRAIC, 40, of Vancouver’s Platform Architecture + Design. “Finding a way to make them happen is the key.” Since…

When Dustin Couzens, 42, and Ben Klumper, 43, aren’t making buildings, they’re making music—and they say their creative process is similar for both. Instead…

Geology, geography and business plans inform the work of Toronto-based Architects Luc Bouliane. Raised in ruggedly rocky Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Luc…

As an exchange student at the University of Copenhagen, Kim Pariseau, 35, was smitten with the sunshine pouring into houses. “The light is precious there,”…

Every year, a growing cohort of architects hang out their shingle and head out to find clients. Some are recent graduates. Others have worked under established…

The architecture and design firm UUfie was founded by Eiri Ota and Irene Gardpoit in Japan in 2009; they then relocated to Toronto in 2013. The firm’s…

Thomas Balaban laughs when I tell him he’s still an “emerging architect.” After working for Frank Gehry and Saucier + Perrotte, Balaban established his own…

Kfir Gluzberg circled back to Toronto after a University of Waterloo undergraduate degree, two New York City years, studies at the robotics-focused Institute…

“There were a number of constrictions on the site that turned into pretty fabulous opportunities,” Angela Tsementzis says of Concrete House, her first…

This summer, I’ve been keeping healthy by biking to work—and also biking at work. I’ve swapped my chair for an upright bicycle, putting the active workstation…

At a time when many firms compete on low fees, what are the best practices for setting healthier fee expectations?