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…
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Architecture, Anthropology and Social Acceptance
For over two decades, architect Sean McEwen and medical anthropologist Dan Small have been involved in designing and advocating for vulnerable populations in…
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…
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.…
Book Review: The Empty Room—Fragmented Thoughts on Space
By Reza Aliabadi (Actar, 2020)
In this pocket-sized manifesto, Persian-Canadian architect Reza Aliabadi explores the idea of emptiness as the essence of…
Book Review: Biennials/Triennials—Conversations on the Geography of Itinerant…
By Léa-Catherine Szacka (Columbia Books on Architecture and the City, 2019)
Considering the inherent limitations around exhibiting architecture, it is a…
Turn the norm (not a return to norm)
When lockdowns and stay-at-home orders began to respond to Covid-19, so did questions of when things can “return to normal”. This line of questioning…
Letter from Barcelona
LiMa Housing, Berlin, by Herman Hertzberger. Photo: Axel Burvall courtesy are.na
With lockdown in effect in many parts of the world, and urban streets and…
The New Socially Distanced Contract
Some people are simply more self-aware than others when it comes to social distancing. The bigger question is how this will affect the way we think about public…
For Vittorio
The dismal reality of the COVID-19 pandemic has hit with the first death of a colleague and hero. I write this just after learning that Vittorio Gregotti…
Exhibition Review: Building a new New World
When curator Jean-Louis Cohen introduces journalists to his new exhibition at the Canadian Centre for Architecture, his enthusiasm bubbles over. Before he…
Exhibition Review: Chicago Architecture Biennial
The Chicago Architecture Biennial challenges the profession’s entanglement with neoliberal economics, and its accompanying social and environmental ills.
Book Review: Canadian Modern Architecture, 1967 to the present
Trevor Boddy reviews a newly released book edited by Canadian Architect’s Elsa Lam with architectural historian Graham Livesey.
Now Available: Canadian Modern Architecture, 1967 to the present
The book Canadian Modern Architecture, 1967 to the present is now available. The book is co-edited by Canadian Architect’s Elsa Lam and architectural historian…
Editorial: From Zardini to Borasi
On September 11, the Canadian Centre for Architecture (CCA) announced a major change in its leadership. Director Mirko Zardini will be stepping down at the…