affordable housing

From coast to coast, Canadian cities are showing increased interest in so-called “missing middle” housing. The term encompasses a range of typologies—from…

When the federal government wanted help in designing its new Indigenous Homes Innovation Initiative, it turned to members of the RAIC Indigenous Task Force.…

Gair Williamson Architects shares observations on Vancouver's housing crisis—and proposes some modest ways to move forward.

Canadian architecture firm 5468796 Architecture is one of four winners of the Housing Northwest Arkansas Professional Design Competition. Led by the Fay Jones…

The United Church in British Columbia is stepping forward to help address the province’s affordable housing crisis by offering up some of its properties for…

As we turn our focus to housing in this issue, it’s worth noting—and lamenting—that architectural innovation in the middle- and low-income sectors continues to…

Provinces and territories have agreed to fund a key financial pillar supporting the Trudeau Liberals’ decade-long housing strategy, vowing to spend billions to…

This week, Ryerson’s Department of Architectural Science (DAS), will host their annual collaborative exercise, involving all 450 DAS students from all four…

In Vancouver's Marpole neighbourhood, a new modular housing concept aiming to combat homelessness in the urban core garnered both praise and criticism from the…

Community-building synergies are behind a pair of Thier + Curran's recent projects: a social service oriented development in Hamilton, and another in Richmond…