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Residential designers across Canada are stretching to reach the low-energy metrics of the rigorous Passivehaus standard. Now, the standard is also stretching…

Canadian architects may be candidates for the $3.4 billion Scientific Research and Experimental Development Tax Incentive Program (SR&ED).

Ottawa’s plans for a Memorial to the Victims of Communism are under fire, and rightly so.

Even as the umbrella of P3s grows larger, a mounting body of evidence is pointing to the system’s flaws.

A recent symposium led by Ryerson University set out to highlight the institutions that put quality architecture in the public eye—and on city streets.

Architect Li Xiaodong has won the $100,000 award—one of the largest architectural prizes in the world—for a project that cost a little under twice that amount…

Health-care spending consumes over 10% of Canada’s GDP. In 20 years, one in four Canadians will be over the age of 65—more than the current population of…

Canada would benefit from imitating the historic preservation incentives of our southern neighbours.

Canadians had much to celebrate at this year’s Biennale: from Phyllis Lambert's receipt of the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement to the Canadian pavilion…

Design at Riverside salutes the 125th anniversary of the Ontario Association of Architects (OAA) with an exhibition of 25 award-winning architectural projects…

A book launch is taking place on Friday, June 20, 2014 at Shelf Life Books in Calgary to celebrate John C. Parkin, Archives and Photography: Reflections on the…

Long before LEED became an industry buzzword, Peter Busby was figuring out how to make buildings that consumed fewer resources.