covid-19

The RAIC recently issued a statement on long-term care and inadequate standards and codes.

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) – The coronavirus already changed the way we work. Now it's changing the physical space, too. Many companies are making adjustments…

Global fossil fuel emissions dropped by about seven per cent in 2020 compared with 2019. But a rebound is likely to occur when lockdowns ease up unless COVID-19…

The public message was clear: maintain six feet apart. As people began to physically distance themselves to prevent the spread of COVID-19, cities and rural…

This September brings a back-to-school like no other. Remote learning will be the norm at universities across the country, presenting particular challenges…

When June 21 marked 100 days since universities collectively flipped to remote learning, I completed a qualitative analysis of the suddenly-virtual classroom…

The Main Street Design Challenge – developed by the Canadian Urban Institute (CUI) and the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (RAIC) – invites all Canadian…

We remain in the midst of a global pandemic, with the possibility of a second wave of infection on the horizon. How are architectural design and…

TEXT Caroline Robbie, Quadrangle In early June, The New York Times surveyed 511 epidemiologists on when we could return to a variety of everyday…

TEXT Robert Davies, Director and Principal, Montgomery Sisam Architects During the COVID-19 pandemic, long-term care homes have seen a significant share of…

TEXT Jason-Emery Groen, Design Director, HDR What can COVID-19 teach architecture firms about the optimal structure of design teams? The pandemic swiftly…

TEXT Darryl Condon, Managing Principal, and Melissa Higgs, Principal, HCMA For many neighbourhoods, community centres are the single most important space for…

Ever since the arrival of COVID-19, every restaurant reliant on table service has had to close or reinvent itself by finding new ways to encourage people…

Quadrangle and its social-impact brand, Human Space, are offering a “Wellness Ready” program to help organizations successfully plan for reopening, and…

A multi-disciplinary team led by Citizen Care Pod Corporation, in collaboration with WZMH Architects, PCL Construction, Insight Enterprises and Microsoft, has…

Stantec, along with fellow Alberta-based Companies Sprung Structures and CANA Construction, has been selected by Alberta Health Services (AHS) and the…