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The arrival of the new book series Building Arguments, a collaboration between Concordia University Press and the Canadian Centre for Architecture that…

Evidently, a lot can happen in ten years, which is the time since Harold “Hal” Kalman and Robin Ward last updated their popular Exploring Vancouver—a…

Modern Architecture: A Planetary Warming History By Hans Ibelings (The Architecture Observer, 2023) REVIEW Graham Livesey Hans Ibelings’s latest…

Innate Terrain By Alissa North (University of Toronto Press, 2022) REVIEW Jason Brijraj         Landscape architect and scholar Alissa North is no…

D’Arcy Jones Architects, 2009-2020  By D’Arcy Jones (Dalhousie Architectural Press, 2022) EXCERPT FROM INTRODUCTION BY Trevor Boddy Barely at the mid-point…

REVIEW Christian Maidankine Since taking over On Site Review in 2015, the designers, academics, practitioners, and journalists that make up The Site…

By Olivier Vallerand (McGill – Queens University Press, 2020) REVIEW Maya Orzechowska “Gender and sexuality’s influence on the design and use of a space are…

“Something akin to a miracle….” This is how John Fraser, Master Emeritus of Massey College describes his former institution, designed by Ron Thom in the early…

For the Temporary Accommodation of Settlers: Architecture and Immigrant Reception in Canada, 1870–1930  by David Monteyne has received two major book prizes:…

The following text is excerpted from A Portrait of Canada's Parliament by William P McElligott © William P. McElligott; essay copyright Stephen Fai and Allan…

Space and Anti-Space: The Fabric of Place, City and Architecture By Barbara Littenberg and Steven Peterson (ORO Editions, 2020).       “I regard the revival…

As a companion to our 2020 Holiday Gift Guide, here are our picks for the top books to add to the shelves of architects and other design-lovers this year.…