Subindustria
"The work is evocative: subversive while remaining rigorous in the response to what this might all mean."
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UBC Gateway
"This building has a clarity in plan despite its multifaceted occupancy of public-facing, university community-facing and faculty-specific activities."
Andrew Gruft Passes Away
Andrew Gruft, a prominent member of the Canadian architectural and cultural community, has died. Gruft, 84, was Professor Emeritus at the University of British…
Canadian scholar receives Graham Foundation grant to study racialized landscapes
Sara Jacobs, an assistant professor of landscape architecture at the University of British Columbia, has received a Graham Foundation grant for her project…
Diamond Schmitt Architects and HDR Revitalize the Biosciences Complex at UBC
The second phase of the University of British Columbia’s Undergraduate Biosciences Complex has opened.
The new wing and renovation designed by Diamond…
Polyvalent Adaptations
"This project takes a very real situation—rising sea levels—and deals with it in a thoughtful and modest way."
Canadian Firms win 2019 SCUP Excellence in Architecture Awards
At the Society for College and University Planning’s (SCUP) 2019 Awards of Excellence; four Canadian projects won Excellence in Architecture awards within the…
UBC students want to build and study effectiveness of ‘tree canopy’ bus shelters
Students at the University of British Columbia are hoping to build bus shelters with environmental benefits.
Tabinda Shah, a final-year urban forestry…
Architects selected for UBC residence on Student Union Boulevard
Hotson Architecture and Ryder Architecture in association has been selected to design a new gateway student residence building on Student Union Boulevard at the…
Big Pond: Ponderosa Commons, University of British Columbia, Vancouver
An ambitious mixed-use project creates a microcosm of urbanism within a sprawling campus.
Standing Tall: Brock Commons Tallwood House, University of British Columbia,…
Completed on time and on budget, the world's tallest mass-timber building is ready for its close-up.
New forecasting tool by UBC predicts Vancouver houses at risk of teardown
Approximately one-quarter of detached homes in Vancouver’s housing market could be torn down between now and 2030, according to a new forecasting tool…
LafargeHolcim Awards for Sustainable Construction open for submissions until March…
The 5th International LafargeHolcim Awards competition is now open for submissions. Organized by the LafargeHolcim Foundation for Sustainable Construction,…
Construction of world’s tallest timber tower continues at UBC
Construction of UBC Brock Commons, a record-breaking 18-storey mass timber development at the University of British Columbia, is well underway.
Acton Ostry…
Exhibition Review: Your Future Home—Creating the Future Vancouver
An exhibition and debate series dives into Vancouver’s most contentious urban issues, including housing affordability, densification and transportation.