Shane Laptiste and Tura Cousins Wilson met as early participants in the Black Architects and Interior Designers Association of Canada (BAIDA). They’re now…
“What’s new?” is a default question. But for Toronto’s Giaimo, “What can we do with what already exists?” is a more interesting line of enquiry. Founded in…
When emerging architecture firms begin to scale up to larger projects, it often means plunging into the world of publicly posted Requests for Proposals…
“Architects have a crapload of responsibility,” says Guillaume Fafard on the phone from his Quebec City office. It’s not a complaint, but a strong-held…
Sanaz Shirshekar’s story sounds almost like a movie premise: promising young architect builds her career at two bigtime firms (KPMB in Toronto and the New…
In 2016, a group of four recent design graduates entered a City of Montreal ideas competition for redeveloping vacant spaces and protecting empty heritage…
Caffettiera: a ’90s-nostalgic Italian cafe with crazy-quilt Formica-topped tables and prodigal expanses of fake walnut. Hinterhouse: a prefabricated cabin with…
Architect Anya Moryoussef’s work is luxurious, yet pared back. It’s characterized by a thoughtful minimalism that feels complete, atmospheric and unique.…
It takes courage to launch any business, but starting an architectural practice is especially daunting. Architecture presents many complexities: from finding…
A member of Xaxli’p First Nation in the British Columbia interior, Dave Kitazaki is committed to using his profession to help Indigenous people across B.C.…
The founding principals of Uoai (pronounced “wai” / “y” / “why”), Stanislav Jurković and Vis Sankrithi, met while teaching architecture design studio at Ryerson…