As architects increasingly leverage the sun to light, heat and power their designs, understanding the interactions between the sun and the built environment is…
Hamilton-based Thier + Curran Architects has recently unveiled the 95 King Street East Arts Centre and Lofts in downtown Hamilton, a handsome new addition that…
The Canada Green Building Council (CaGBC) has announced that the City of Vancouver has won a World Green Building Council (WGBC) Government Leadership Award for…
Bonnie Burnham, president of World Monuments Fund (WMF), recently announced that WMF has awarded the 2012 World Monuments Fund/Knoll Modernism Prize to the…
The Transforming Seattle's 520 Floating Bridge 2012 International Design Ideas Competition is challenging the design and art communities to envision new,…
A new exhibit at the Architectural Institute of British Columbia Gallery offers a unique perspective on social unrest: the connection between human behaviour…
When second-year Ryerson School of Interior Design student Kathlene McGuinness undertook a research project on displacement shelters for Haiti in her first…
UCLA's cityLAB has announced the finalists for "WPA 2.0: Working Public Architecture," the urban think tank's open competition seeking innovative, implementable…
On Wednesday, November 28, 2007, at 6:30pm, Dr. Guy Proulx will give a presentation on how art and design are changing the way we care for the aging brain.…
American Express and the World Monuments Fund recently announced a new initiative that rewards and encourages the responsible stewardship of historic sites by…
The pioneering environmental work of Guelph area architect-planner Charles Simon has been recognized with a Toronto Regional Green Building Festival Lifetime…
After five years of extensive Northridge earthquake damage repairs and mould, hazardous material, and termite mitigation, the City of Los Angeles Department of…
Point Pleasant Park lies on a rocky 75-hectare promontory jutting into the Atlantic at the eastern end of the Halifax peninsula, and has been a place of…
An inspection of Thai villages and ports struck by tsunami waves has uncovered some engineering lessons that might reduce casualties and destruction in future…
Heritage sites under federal control will be lost to future generations unless action to protect them is undertaken soon, according to Sheila Fraser, Auditor…