Green Building coalition pushes for performance-based building codes
Passive House Canada and Vancouver’s Zero Emissions Building Exchange (ZEBx), participated in the UNECE High Performance Building Initiative at UN Headquarters…
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DIALOG shares lessons of designing Canada’s first ‘Living…
The Bill Fisch Forest Stewardship and Education Centre is the first project in Canada to be recognized by the International Living Future Institute (ILFI) as…
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The 2015 change in the Ontario Building Code that permits wood structures up to six storeys and the resulting surge in the construction of these buildings,…
Chmiel Architects project gets ‘Zero Carbon Building – Performance’ certification
The Canada Green Building Council (CaGBC) announced today that 100 Murray Street in Ottawa, ON has been awarded Canada’s first Zero Carbon Building (ZCB) –…
Diamond Schmitt’s UTSC complex wins CaGBC sustainable design award
The innovative Environmental Sciences and Chemistry building at the University of Toronto Scarborough (UTSC) is the winning design of the 2018 Institutional…
DIALOG unveils net-zero MacKimmie Complex design at University of Calgary
The University of Calgary has released new renderings of The MacKimmie Complex and Professional Faculties Building Project, now under construction at the heart…
B+H and mcCallumSather’s Joyce Centre certified a ‘Zero Carbon…
Mohawk College has been awarded Zero Carbon Building – Design certification from the Canada Green Building Council (CaGBC) for the Joyce Centre for Partnership…
Patkau and MJMA unveil 14-storey wood tower at U of T’s Goldring Centre
Just south of Bloor Street, the University of Toronto is planning a striking addition to downtown's St. George campus. Rising above the Goldring Athletic…
Perkins+Will’s Albion Library a sole Canadian winner at AIA COTE
Yesterday, the American Institute of Architects (AIA) revealed the winners of the 2018 COTE Top Ten Projects Awards, which are granted by the AIA's Committee on…
Women led projects take top prizes at LafargeHolcim sustainability awards
Projects in Mexico, Niger, and the USA win the 5th Global LafargeHolcim Awards for Sustainable Construction. As diverse as the three top projects are in terms…
Moriyama & Teshima + Acton Ostry win competition for ‘The Arbour’
George Brown College has announced that Moriyama & Teshima Architects + Acton Ostry Architects have been selected to design The Arbour — moving one step…
Technological innovation takes centre stage at 2018 Wood Design Awards
Innovative architectural and structural design in taller and larger mass timber buildings headlined the 2018 Wood Design Awards event at the Vancouver…