University of Waterloo

A simple building, a complex client, and a deeply meaningful library

September 30 is the first National Day of Truth and Reconciliation, recognizing and commemorating the intergenerational harm that residential schools…

To write about a building you cannot visit is a daunting task. When I took on this assignment amid a global pandemic and in an emergency stay-at-home order in…

Beginning my career as an architect in Canada, my worldview of gender roles within the workplace took on a distinctly North American perspective. I joined B+H…

What efforts are being made to address systemic racism in Canada’s architecture schools? School of Architecture Director Anne Bordeleau reports on the progress…

"This thesis takes a rigorous approach to a pertinent aspect of sustainability that is part of the health of urban environments."

In October and November, events in Vancouver, Lethbridge, Waterloo, Toronto, Waterloo and Halifax are  planned for the book Canadian Modern Architecture, 1967…

In partnership with the University of Waterloo School of Architecture, the Canadian Clay and Glass Gallery is hosting an exhibition of 3D printed façade systems…

Canadian architects are finding innovative applications for a mechanical adhesion technology originally developed for car brake pads.

Anne Bordeleau has been appointed Director of the School of Architecture at the University of Waterloo. An architect and historian who has been a professor…

Canada’s architecture schools—including in Toronto, Sudbury, Waterloo, Vancouver, and Saskatoon—are in an unprecedented phase of growth and change.