Throughout history, disease and urban life are bound together, and together they’ve had a profound impact on the design of cities. In the 19th century,…

From halting classes to delaying new construction projects, the pandemic has had a measurable impact on post-secondary institutions. Quick adaptation to…

Evan Spence is an architect, set designer and humorist based in Calgary. More of his work can be seen at archimatects.com.

My creative practice as an architectural photographer is centred around making evocative images that go beyond a straight documentation of buildings. How can a…

By Shannon Mattern A visit to Sidewalk Labs’ workshop at 307 Lake Shore Boulevard in Toronto grounds this incisive analysis of the now abandoned Quayside…

By Michael Meredith & Hilary Sample (Canadian Centre for Architecture and Corrani Edizioni, 2019). “At first glance, children’s books seem like the…

By Andrés Jaque / Office for Political Innovation and Iván López Munuera Part of The World Around, an online Earth Day summit, this 13-minute film is a…

By Reza Aliabadi (Actar, 2020) In this pocket-sized manifesto, Persian-Canadian architect Reza Aliabadi explores the idea of emptiness as the essence of…

By Léa-Catherine Szacka (Columbia Books on Architecture and the City, 2019) Considering the inherent limitations around exhibiting architecture, it is a…

By John Ota (Penguin Random House Canada, 2020) The kitchen—always the most functional room of the house—has become the most socially pertinent room in…