architectural history

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 has been selected to oversee the restoration and enlargement of Laval City Hall. The result of one of Quebec’s first architectural…

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

The Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design has announced that the 2020-21 Frank Gehry International Visiting Chair in Architectural Design is…

We are saddened to mark the passing of Geoffrey Massey, age 96, on December 1, 2020. Massey worked in partnership with architect Arthur Erickson from 1963 to…

Barry Sampson, my former partner in the firm Baird Sampson Neuert, died on Saturday, December 5. He is survived by his partner Judi Coburn and their two…

For good, and sometimes for ill, Vancouver’s Peter Cardew has become Canada’s definitive ‘architect’s architect’ over the past several decades. For good, he…

High-rise living in multi-unit residential buildings is, historically speaking, a relatively recent development. Traditional housing typologies—including…

On November 12, an online event celebrates and honours the legacy of architect, urban planner, educator and activist Blanche Lemco van Ginkel. The…

A 1966 Erickson/Massey home is for sale in West Vancouver, the nation’s de facto museum of West Coast modernism. But in one of Canada’s wealthiest postal…