Ideas

Thank you for shining a light on the enormous blind spot of our industry—embodied energy—in July’s issue of Canadian Architect.  Anthony Pak’s observation that…

Founded in 1989 by Janna Levitt, FRAIC and Dean Goodman, MRAIC, LGA Architectural Partners (formerly known as Levitt Goodman Architects) is a 30-person firm…

Location Vancouver, British Columbia Architect DIALOG Photos Ema Peter The Campus Energy Centre (CEC) is a state-of-the-art hot water facility that…

Thank you for running Anthony Pak’s article on embodied carbon (CA, July 2019). As an industry, we’re catching on to the idea that embodied carbon is…

UUfie is an interdisciplinary research-based architecture studio founded in 2009 in Tokyo, Japan, by partners Irene Gardpoit, MRAIC and Eiri Ota. In 2013,…

Jessie Andjelic, MRAIC is an architect, urbanist and educator based in Calgary. She runs a practice, teaches, mentors intern architects and regularly lectures…

Location Borden Park, Edmonton, Alberta Architect gh3* Photos gh3* The Borden Park Natural Swimming Pool is the first chemical-free public outdoor pool to…

On September 11, the Canadian Centre for Architecture (CCA) announced a major change in its leadership. Director Mirko Zardini will be stepping down at the…

A recent competition for missing middle housing is part of Edmonton’s ongoing campaign for quality architecture.

The next generation of BIM opens up new horizons—and fresh challenges—for architects.

From coast to coast, Canadian cities are showing increased interest in so-called “missing middle” housing. The term encompasses a range of typologies—from…

How can we expand the discussion of women architects beyond the boundaries of the star system?