In Memoriam: Peter Cardew, 1939-2020
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…
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High-Rise Habitats, 55 years later
High-rise living in multi-unit residential buildings is, historically speaking, a relatively recent development. Traditional housing typologies—including…
November 12: For Her Record—Notes on the work of Blanche Lemco van Ginkel
On November 12, an online event celebrates and honours the legacy of architect, urban planner, educator and activist Blanche Lemco van Ginkel. The…
Erickson’s Fuldauer House goes up for sale
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…
Man in/and his World
Our August profile of RAIC Gold Medallist Blanche Lemco van Ginkel included a preliminary plan for Expo 67 with the caption “Blanche’s vision statement for…
Book Review: Modern Architecture and Climate—Design before Air Conditioning
Modern Architecture and Climate: Design before Air Conditioning
By Daniel A. Barber (Princeton University Press, 2020)
It’s been more than 50 years since…
CA Recommends: Manual of Physical Distancing
Manual of Physical Distancing
Principal investigators Paul Lewis, Guy Nordenson, David J. Lewis and Marc Tsurumaki. Updated August 2020,…
Book review: Race and Modern Architecture
Race and Modern Architecture: A Critical History from the Enlightenment to the Present
University of Pittsburgh Press, 2020.
Edited by Irene Cheng, Charles L.…
Epidemics, architecture and city-building
Throughout history, disease and urban life are bound together, and together they’ve had a profound impact on the design of cities.In the 19th century,…
Longview: 50 Modernist Churches
My creative practice as an architectural photographer is centred around making evocative images that go beyond a straight documentation of buildings. How can a…