How will the design of commercial and multi-unit residential buildings change,…
The current global pandemic has quickly transformed our spaces, affecting how people are living, working, and moving through their day-to-day lives.…
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COVID-19
What’s the future of university campuses? An architect asks 50 post-secondary…
When June 21 marked 100 days since universities collectively flipped to remote learning, I completed a qualitative analysis of the suddenly-virtual classroom…
Main Street Design Challenge showcases first submissions
The Main Street Design Challenge – developed by the Canadian Urban Institute (CUI) and the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (RAIC) – invites all Canadian…
Reimagining Community Spaces After Collective Isolation
The shuttering of community spaces around the world, in the hope of limiting the spread of COVID-19, created an oddly shared global experience of…
Citizen Care Pod Corporation introduces a New COVID-19 Smart Screening and Testing…
A multi-disciplinary team led by Citizen Care Pod Corporation, in collaboration with WZMH Architects, PCL Construction, Insight Enterprises and Microsoft, has…
Azrieli School faculty members receive COVID-19 Rapid Response Research Grants
Last month, Carleton University developed an internal funding opportunity to provide seed funding for individuals or teams of researchers for solutions to…
Epidemics, architecture and city-building
Throughout history, disease and urban life are bound together, and together they’ve had a profound impact on the design of cities.
In the 19th century,…
Designing for Higher Education in a Pandemic World
From halting classes to delaying new construction projects, the pandemic has had a measurable impact on post-secondary institutions.
Quick adaptation to…
Main Street Challenge calls on designers for COVID-19 solutions
A new Canada-wide challenge launches today to generate responsible, sustainable, and resilient design solutions that can be implemented during COVID-19…
CA recommends: The Transscalar Architecture of COVID-19
By Andrés Jaque / Office for Political Innovation and Iván López Munuera
Part of The World Around, an online Earth Day summit, this 13-minute film is a…