Construction + Materials

Over the past year, DIALOG have been designing a prototype for a supertall zero-carbon hybrid timber tower; we’re calling it the Beacon of Hope. At 105 stories,…

The following excerpt is taken from Concrete: From Ancient Origins to a Problematic Future  by Mary Soderstrom (University of Regina Press, 2020). The book can…

The late Sonja Bata, working with her husband Tomáš Bata, was the driving force behind the creation of the modernist factory town of Batawa, located 175 km east…

Stainless steel is the metal of choice in hospitals. Shutterstock Fantasilandia in Chile, one of Latin America’s largest theme parks, has replaced its most…

Spots are available for professional architects to participate in a technical workshop on full-scale robotic fabrication, scheduled to be held at UBC from…

In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, a few construction sites in Canada are ramping up: those that expand the capacity of the healthcare system. The…

Canadian-based Nucap Industries and Farrow Partners has developed a state-of-the-art CLT building block that can be rapidly assembled into temporary…

FPInnovations—a non-profit specializing in creating solutions that support the Canadian forest sector and its government and industry partners—has launched the…

Wood WORKS! Alberta recognized a group of leading architects, engineers and project teams at the 13th annual Prairie Wood Design Awards Celebration. The…

The Ontario Association of Architects (OAA) has announced the 20 finalists for the OAA Design Excellence Awards. This year’s short-listed projects include…