Editorial: Block 2 Winner is a Canadian Choice
As a juror on the Block 2 design competition, I had the immense privilege of participating in rich discussions about the architectural approach most suitable to…
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Global Affairs Canada reveals winning design for Commemorative Artwork
Global Affairs Canada revealed that a design by Team MacLeod has been selected as the commemorative artwork to honour those who have died in service to…
Shortlisted designs unveiled for LGBTQ2+ National Monument
The shortlisted design proposals for the LGBTQ2+ National Monument have been unveiled. The monument will be located in downtown Ottawa, at the intersection of…
Finalist designs revealed for National Monument to Canada’s Mission in Afghanistan
Five design concepts for the National Monument to Canada's Mission in Afghanistan have been revealed. The structure will recognize the commitment and sacrifice…
Jury named for Block 2 Competition
The jury has been named for the Block 2 international design competition in Ottawa. The Block 2 project aims to redevelop the existing property and buildings…
Editorial: The New Public Library
In the 2018 film The Public, a group of homeless library patrons refuses to leave a downtown public library after closing time. A cold front has hit…
Carleton University Professors Receive Funding To Improve Canada’s Building…
Carleton University’s Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering professor Cynthia Cruickshank, and Burak Gunay, an assistant professor in the…
Four Recipients of the 2019 OLA New Library Building Award Announced
The Ontario Library Association (OLA) has announced four recipients of the 2019 Ontario Library Association New Library Building Award. These recipients…
Controversial Chateau Laurier Expansion Not Good Enough, McKenna says
OTTAWA — Environment Minister Catherine McKenna wants the owners of the iconic Chateau Laurier by Parliament Hill to come up with another plan for an addition…
Ottawa City Council Gives Controversial Chateau Laurier Addition Go Ahead
OTTAWA — A controversial addition to the historic Chateau Laurier was approved Wednesday, but Ottawa's city council will meet again Thursday to vote on it one…
Running on Time: Senate of Canada Building, Ottawa, Ontario
Housed in a former train station, the new Senate of Canada Building sits at the junction of nineteenth-century craft and twenty-first-century technology.
RAIC contributes design ideas for Ottawa’s 2017 festivities
The Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (RAIC) is delighted that the Ottawa 2017 Bureau and the City of Ottawa have decided to adopt the RAIC’s proposal…
Victims of Communism memorial site cancelled
On Wednesday, the National Capital Commission (NCC) rescinded land use and decontamination approval for the National Memorial to the Victims of Communism.…
Bank On It: Sir John A. Macdonald Building, Ottawa, Ontario
An ambitious renovation of the former Bank of Montreal expands and repurposes it as a stylish reception and meeting space for today’s parliamentarians.
Editorial: Misguided Monument
Ottawa’s plans for a Memorial to the Victims of Communism are under fire, and rightly so.