Full House
The project started with a simple question: How do we design a house that will last a hundred years or more, and accommodate multiple generations of family…
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B.C. Building Code Adjusted Upwards To Allow 12 Storey Wood Buildings
OKANAGAN FALLS, B.C. – The height limit for wood buildings in British Columbia is rising to 12 from six storeys in a move that Premier John Horgan expects to…
Winning projects celebrated at BC Wood Design Awards
Inspired architecture and innovative structural engineering using wood in a remarkable diversity of building types, sizes and purposes were in the spotlight…
RAIC introduces new federated chapter model in British Columbia
As the New Year begins, the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (RAIC) is excited to initiate the updated federated chapter model for the organization.…
UBC students want to build and study effectiveness of ‘tree canopy’ bus shelters
Students at the University of British Columbia are hoping to build bus shelters with environmental benefits.Tabinda Shah, a final-year urban forestry…
2018 AIBC Recognition Ceremony Celebrates Outstanding Dedication to the…
Eva Matsuzaki Honorary Member of the AIBC Receives Prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award Architects AIBC John J. McCormack and Russell Hollingsworth Honoured…
Handsome Hybrid: Wilson School of Design, Kwantlen University, British Columbia
A fashion-focused design school in British Columbia is modernist-cool outside, and casual-chic inside.
Architectural Reconciliation: Indian Residential School History and Dialogue…
In June 2008, Prime Minister Stephen Harper stood before Parliament to make a formal apology on behalf of the federal government to survivors of Indian…
B.C. introduces ‘Better Buildings’ net zero incentive program
The Province of BC and Integral Group have launched a new incentive program and juried competition called Better Buildings BC: The Net Zero Energy Ready…
Architects selected for UBC residence on Student Union Boulevard
Hotson Architecture and Ryder Architecture in association has been selected to design a new gateway student residence building on Student Union Boulevard at the…