2020 Canadian Architect Awards of Excellence open for entries
The 2020 Canadian Architect Awards of Excellence competition is now open for entries.For 53 years, the magazine's national awards has focused on projects in…
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Virtual experience brings historic Parliament building to life
A new online virtual reality (VR) experience is opening the doors to a landmark building that was the site of debates and decisions that shaped Canada for…
CSLA Announces the Recipients of the 2020 Awards of Excellence
The Canadian Society of Landscape Architects (CSLA) has announced the recipients of its 2020 Awards of Excellence. This year, 13 projects that illustrate how…
City Dreamers receives SAH Award
Canadian director Joseph Hillel has received an award at this year’s Society of Architectural Historians' awards. The film received an honourable mention in…
Burlington POA Courthouse offers development model for cash-strapped…
The new Ontario Court of Justice-Halton Provincial Offences Office by +VG Architects is a 34,000-square-foot building that recalls the spirit of its Burlington…
+VG Architects restores midcentury-modern courthouse in Hamilton
A midcentury-modern heritage building in Hamilton has undergone an extensive revitalization by +VG Architects and Invizij Architects Inc. The restoration…
Edmonton Convention Centre gets a poetic update with Canada’s largest BIPV system
The update of Edmonton Convention Centre’s iconic multi-level atrium that follows the slope of Edmonton’s river valley is nearing completion. The update…
Vancouver fire hall achieves Zero Carbon first
Vancouver Fire Hall No. 17 has become the first fire hall in Canada to earn the Zero Carbon Building (ZCB) design certification, and the first project to be…
UK architectural drawing prize opens to international entries
The Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize is now launching a milestone edition. 2020 will be the 3rd year of support for the Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize by the…
The OAA announces theme for the SHIFT 2021 Challenge
The OAA announced the theme for its second biennial SHIFT Challenge as resiliency. The organization challenges entrants to explore the intersection of…
Pembina Institute makes recommendations to rebuild Canada’s economy post-COVID-19
A new paper from the Pembina Institute proposes four guiding principles and a suite of recommendations that support job maintenance and climate action in the…
+VG Architects Renovates the Peterborough Public Library
The renovation and addition to the main branch of the Peterborough Public Library exemplifies an important trend in urban living, explains Peter Berton of +VG…