Copper is great at killing superbugs – so why don’t hospitals use it?
Stainless steel is the metal of choice in hospitals.
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Fantasilandia in Chile, one of Latin America’s largest theme parks, has replaced its most…
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Call for participation in robotic fabrication workshop
Spots are available for professional architects to participate in a technical workshop on full-scale robotic fabrication, scheduled to be held at UBC from…
Editorial: Building Capacity
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…
Farrow Partners develops Grip Timber CLT blocks for quick-assembly ICU wards
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 launches new edition of the CLT Handbook
FPInnovations—a non-profit specializing in creating solutions that support the Canadian forest sector and its government and industry partners—has launched the…
Winners Announced for Wood WORKS! Alberta Prairie Wood Design Awards
Wood WORKS! Alberta recognized a group of leading architects, engineers and project teams at the 13th annual Prairie Wood Design Awards Celebration.The…
Ontario Association of Architects Reveals Design Excellence Awards Finalists
The Ontario Association of Architects (OAA) has announced the 20 finalists for the OAA Design Excellence Awards. This year’s short-listed projects include…
Two building technology companies win in Breakthrough Energy Solutions Canada…
Architect-led housing and technology company Intelligent City Inc. and CarbonCure Technologies Inc. are among 10 winners to receive funding from the…
Canada’s first zero-carbon, mass timber higher-education building revealed
Centennial College is collaborating with EllisDon, DIALOG and Smoke Architecture to construct a mass timber higher-education building based on the Indigenous…
Diamond Schmitt Architects Wins an Architecture Award of Merit from USITT
The rejuvenation of Ottawa’s National Arts Centre by Diamond Schmitt Architects has won an Architecture Award of Merit from the United States Institute for…