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Editorial: Site Unseen
As Canadian cities slipped in and out of lockdowns over the past year, architecture firms have been periodically turning to virtual site visits to limit…
Developing Interests
“Show me a wealthy architect,” architect Lloyd Hunt once quipped to his class at the University of Waterloo School of Architecture, “and I’ll show you a…
Redesigning a networking practice in the post-pandemic era
Architects intuitively understand the importance of networking. However, it’s also a concept that often gets implemented only after dealing with our …
Spotlight on Universal Design: Q&A with Stanis Smith
In early March, the Rick Hansen Foundation hosting their annual conference online. #APN2021: Accelerating Access brought together thought-leaders,…
A New Apprenticeship
The delicate dance that occurs among collaborators when tackling a design problem is a balance of ideas, communication and ego. Innovation can be sparked with a…
Acoustical Considerations for Designing Spaces in the Post-Pandemic World
It has been nearly a year since most people have gone into the office. Boxing Day deals were not the same without the crowds, and meeting at the coffee shop is…
Hope scrapes the sky
Over the past year, DIALOG have been designing a prototype for a supertall zero-carbon hybrid timber tower; we’re calling it the Beacon of Hope. At 105 stories,…
What every architect needs to know about air and SarsCov2
Any infection control strategy can be compared to Swiss cheese. A single strategy is like a single barrier, full of holes. A number of slices of defences…
From the Ground Up: Addressing Systemic Racism in Canada’s Architecture…
What efforts are being made to address systemic racism in Canada’s architecture schools? School of Architecture Director Anne Bordeleau reports on the progress…
Voices of the Unheard: Making injustices inherent in architectural education and…
Ten years ago, on my first day of architecture school, I walked into a lecture hall filled with Apple laptops—something I could not afford—and felt an…
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