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Human-centered Design and the Future of Workplace
As we navigate the new normal of a hybrid workplace, global architecture, design, and planning firm Gensler is leading conversations with our clients on how…
Explainer: Emerging Contracting Models
Calgary-headquartered Graham Construction has put together the following explainer to help architects and owners understand new and emerging contract models.…
Home Is Where the Bookshelf Is: Architecture Inspired Reads for Kids
Text Courtesy of The Canadian Children’s Book Centre.
Since I have a pre-schooler who loves books, the Canadian Children's Book Centre recently asked me for…
The cost (and necessity) of fuel-switching
Our current Prime Minister is our COVID Prime Minister. The next Prime Minister will be our climate change prime minister. They will be the PM that meets the UN…
Book Excerpt: Canadian Architecture—Evolving a Cultural Identity
What is Canadian architecture? For author Leslie Jen, a former associate editor at Canadian Architect, there is no single satisfactory response—but exhibiting…
Pundit of the Public
When academic stallions are sent out to pasture, the last thing some are saddled with is a festschrift. These are collections of laudatory essays from…
Settler-Colonial Modern
Writing about modernism in colonial contexts, architectural historian Gwendolyn Wright proposes that “the physical environment became a strategy for enforcing…
Editorial: Back to the Office
This summer, Canadian Architect’s owner made the decision to give up the magazine’s physical office space. It follows a precedent set by many other magazines…
2021 RAIC Gold Medal: Teaching and Pedagogy
On the occasion of Brigitte Shim winning the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada’s Gold Medal 2021 with her partner, A. Howard Sutcliffe, Professor Shim…
2021 RAIC Gold Medal: Architecture of Insistence—Crafting Place, Building Material…
Since they first began their collaborative practice, Brigitte Shim and Howard Sutcliffe have continuously dedicated their life in architecture to building…
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