Storefront Manitoba appoints new Executive Directors
Storefront Manitoba has recently welcomed Peter Sampson and Liz Wreford as its new Executive Directors.
Peter Sampson, MAA, OAA, AAA, FRAIC, is Principal…
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City Dreamers receives SAH Award
Canadian director Joseph Hillel has received an award at this year’s Society of Architectural Historians' awards. The film received an honourable mention in…
In Memoriam: David Penner
The Winnipeg architecture community is marking the sudden passing of architect and advocate David Penner, FRAIC (1958-2020). Penner was born and raised in…
CAFÉ Calls for Manifestos
As part of the CAFÉ initiative (Canadian Architecture Forums on Education), students, faculty and professionals are invited to submit a manifesto,…
The Unignorable Tower Brings Attention to Poverty in Toronto
KPMB Architects, along with the United Way, Norm Li Studio and TAXI, are bringing attention to the size and scale of poverty in Toronto by visualizing a tower…
Exhibition Review: Chicago Architecture Biennial
The Chicago Architecture Biennial challenges the profession’s entanglement with neoliberal economics, and its accompanying social and environmental ills.
Diamond Schmitt Wins Rock The Joint: Battle Of The Bands Competition
Last Thursday, the AEC sector rocked the Mod Club stage with a group of bands competing for the Rock the Joint Champion title, to raise funds for the Arthritis…
Making Choices
As I write this in mid-October, it is a critical time for architects across the country to make important choices. In Ontario, as well as many of the other…
Climate change is a top issue for Canadians. What should voters look for?
From forest fires in Siberia to record-high temperatures in Alaska to the melting of the Greenland ice sheet, 2019 has seen the mounting evidence of climate…
RAIC Highlights Climate Change for World Architecture Day
On World Architecture Day, the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (RAIC) called on architects to lead in the fight against climate change and bring…