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If you ask its three co-founders about their firm’s name, you’ll get at least three answers. PLOTNONPLOT references CAD, with the plot and non-plot layers…

After three years designing for offices in Hong Kong, in 2013 itinerant travellers Arnold Chan, MRAIC and Casey Burgess took a huge leap of faith…

When she launched a solo practice in August 2010 out of a room in her house, Rayleen Hill, MRAIC had little idea where it might lead. “I pictured doing small…

In the website photo of Sixteen Degree Studio’s two principals, Kelly Doyle and Stephanie Vermeulen are wearing dark, monochromatic clothing and standing in…

When Jessie Andjelic and Philip Vandermey, MRAIC founded SPECTACLE Bureau for Architecture and Urbanism in 2013, the University of Calgary grads set out to…

Matthew Kennedy, MRAIC and Mark Erickson have led eerily parallel lives. Both grew up in Calgary, attended the same high school, even drove the same kind of…

Canada would benefit from implementing quality-based guidelines for commissioning architects and building architecture.

Andrew Bramm reviews Howard Shubert's architectural history of ice rinks.

David Valldeby reviews the book Tall Wood Buildings: Design, Construction and Performance, by Michael Green and Jim Taggart.

A simple but sublime artwork marks the lobbies of Toronto's recently completed Bay Adelaide Centre East.

Digital tools are changing the way we experience architecture. Here's a roundup of download-worthy apps, podcasts, videos and interactive websites that inspire…

Happy 150th birthday, Canada! As July 1 approaches, celebrations from coast-to-coast are materializing—from themed art exhibitions to free national park access.