architectural history

By Leslie Jen (Figure 1 Press, 2021). What is Canadian architecture? For author Leslie Jen, a former associate editor at Canadian Architect, there is no single…

This Sunday, a tribute to Cornelia Oberlander, LMBCSLA, FCSLA, FASLA, CC, will take place in Vancouver, honouring the famed landscape architect who died…

Vancouver’s historic MacMillan Bloedel Buiding will officially be renamed Arthur Erickson Place. Arthur Erickson designed the Modernist landmark at 1075 West…

Professor and Canadian Architect correspondent David Theodore  has been named Director of the Peter Guo-hua Fu School of Architecture at McGill University.…

When academic stallions are sent out to pasture, the last thing some are saddled with is a festschrift. These are collections of laudatory essays from…

Writing about modernism in colonial contexts, architectural historian Gwendolyn Wright proposes that “the physical environment became a strategy for enforcing…

Since they first began their collaborative practice, Brigitte Shim and Howard Sutcliffe have continuously dedicated their life in architecture to building…

When Cornelia Hahn Oberlander passed away this May, Canada lost a trailblazing landscape architect and a dear friend. Always a step ahead—and a quick step…

Equity, diversity and inclusion have been important topics of discussion throughout the AED industry in the past year. Some of the most sustained…

Sara Jacobs, an assistant professor of landscape architecture at the University of British Columbia, has received a Graham Foundation grant for her project…