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Canadian Architect Awards

They’re 50

Looking back on five decades of architectural hopes, triumphs and signs of our times.

Canadian Architect and Canadian Interiors magazines to host architecture and design awards party on November 29


Job Posting: Publisher, Canadian Architect & Building


Job Posting: Assistant Editor


In Memoriam: Robert Gretton


Boom-Time Beginnings

A discussion of the national and cultural context of 1955 sheds light on the beginnings of The Canadian Architect, as it was then known.

The jury for the 1969 Canadian Architect Awards of Excellence, from left to right: Victor Prus of Montreal, founding editor James Murray, associate editor Patricia Gillespie, managing editor Robert Gretton and Jerome Markson of Toronto. Reprinted from The Canadian Architect Yearbook, 1969.

Editorial: Celebrating 60 Years

Editor Elsa Lam takes a look back through The Canadian Architect's archives.

A view of the presentation model for the GPRC project, which was one of the first to use the bold curved forms that would become characteristic of Douglas Cardinal's architecture.

Grande Prairie Regional College

Completed in 1976, Grande Prairie Regional College (GPRC), designed by Douglas Cardinal, FRAIC, was an early embodiment of many of the architect’s principles of design.

jim murray's former coach house in the annex neighbourhood of toronto

At Home With Jim Murray

When we purchased 6A Kendal Avenue in Toronto almost four years ago, my husband and I had no idea of its true legacy. Only later did we learn that it had once been home to Canadian Architect founding editor Jim Murray.

Elsa Lam catches a reflection of herself and the Western Canadian landscape while photographing Craigie Hall at the University of Calgary. Elsa Lam

Editorial: Introducing New Editor Elsa Lam

Almost a decade ago, I filed my first article as a freelance contributor to Canadian Architect. Now, it is my privilege to accept the position of editor at this magazine.