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…
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PH5 Architecture releases Urban Design Study of Vancouver’s Gastown
The streets and lanes of Gastown, a historically and culturally significant neighbourhood in downtown Vancouver, is set to undergo change as a part of the…
Book Review: Sir Banister Fletcher’s Global History of Architecture
Edited by Murray Fraser (Bloomsbury Press, 2019)
Sir Banister Fletcher’s A History of Architecture on the Comparative Method is something of a legend in our…
Canadian landscape architecture icon Cornelia Oberlander dies at 99
VANCOUVER — Canadian landscape architecture icon Cornelia Oberlander has died at the age of 99.
The Cultural Landscape Foundation, which created a prize in…
RAIC President’s Medal for Multimedia Representations of Architecture…
EDITORS Elsa Lam and Graham Livesey
CHAPTER AUTHORS George Baird, Brian Carter, Ian Chodikoff, Odile Hénault, George Kapelos, Lisa Landrum, Steven Mannell,…
Book Review: The Architecture of Point William
Chronicling the evolving vision of a site in Muskoka over several decades, The Architecture of Point William: A Laboratory for Living (ORO Editions, 2021) is…
CCA Master’s Program students release Toward Unsettling syllabus
An open-access syllabus focused on critically examining colonial practices in Canadian architecture has been released by the Canadian Centre for…
Affleck de la Riva Architects to restore and expand Laval City Hall
Affleck de la Riva Architects has been selected to oversee the restoration and enlargement of Laval City Hall. The result of one of Quebec’s first architectural…
From the Ground Up: Addressing Systemic Racism in Canada’s Architecture…
What efforts are being made to address systemic racism in Canada’s architecture schools? School of Architecture Director Anne Bordeleau reports on the progress…
Daniels Faculty announces Douglas Cardinal as 2020-2021 Gehry Chair
The Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design has announced that the 2020-21 Frank Gehry International Visiting Chair in Architectural Design is…