affordable housing

PROJECT Habitations Saint-Michel Nord, Montreal, Quebec ARCHITECT Saia Barbarese Topouzanov Architectes PHOTOS James Brittain One’s first impression of…

Located in Vancouver’s Killarney neighborhood, Johnston Davidson Architecture (JDA)’s Vancouver Fire Hall No. 5 is the city’s first fire hall collocated with…

The Rick Hansen Foundation (RHF) is supporting the development of a new national standard for affordable, adaptable and accessible homes across Canada.  The…

TEXT Ya’el Santopinto and Graeme Stewart, ERA Architects / The Tower Renewal Partnership As Canada sets out on the path toward COVID-19 recovery, retrofits…

Cities across Canada are exploring the missing middle as opportunities to welcome more homes and people in their communities. The term "missing middle"…

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…