Lemay acquires three Quebec entities from Toronto’s IBI Group
Lemay recently announced the completion of the acquisition of three Quebec entities from Toronto’s IBI Group, which are DAA, Cardinal Hardy Architectes…
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Moriyama RAIC Student Scholarships awarded to three students
The Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (RAIC) and the RAIC Foundation have announced the three winners of the inaugural Moriyama RAIC International Prize…
Next Big One: International Open Ideas Competition
Next Big One is an international open ideas competition organized by the Architecture for Humanity Vancouver Chapter, and raises awareness of the high-magnitude…
Shigeru Ban receives 2014 Pritzker Architecture Prize
Shigeru Ban will receive the 2014 Pritzker Architecture Prize, according to Tom Pritzker, Chairman and President of The Hyatt Foundation, which sponsors the…
How did Architects Respond Immediately After 3/11-The Great East Japan Earthquake?
From January 21 to February 9, 2014, the Centre d’exposition de l’Université de Montréal presents the Canadian premiere of…
Vancouver wins Global Government Leadership Award for Best Green Building Policy
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…
USGBC and AIA announce Burtland Granvil as second Architecture for Humanity…
Two years after the devastating earthquake that struck Haiti, the process of rebuilding has taken another step forward with the selection of Burtland Granvil,…
Newly renovated Biological Sciences Building at the University of British Columbia…
Acton Ostry Architects has announced the opening of the newly renovated Biological Sciences Complex, South and West Wings at the University of British…
Design Exchange to host Pecha Kucha Night Toronto for global Pecha Kucha Japan…
The Design Exchange (DX), Canada's National Design Centre and Museum, will be hosting project Pecha Kucha Night Toronto on April 16, 2011 to support…
CCA exhibition opens today: Journeys — How Travelling Fruit, Ideas and…
Although immigration is a dominant topic in contemporary culture, its discussion is often limited to the human experience, such as the crossing of borders and…
ARCHIVE launches housing and health campaign for Haiti
On the six-month anniversary of the Haiti earthquake, the international charity ARCHIVE (Architecture for Health In Vulnerable Environments) has launched the…
Ryerson Interior Design students create Haiti Shelter Initiative
When second-year Ryerson School of Interior Design student Kathlene McGuinness undertook a research project on displacement shelters for Haiti in her first…
Ryerson University team to build school in Ghana (April 28, 2009)
While other university students prepare for summer jobs, summer school or their last shot at international travel before “real life” sets in, a…
Ryerson University team to build school in Ghana (April 23, 2009)
While other university students prepare for summer jobs, summer school or their last shot at international travel before “real life” sets in, a…
Frank Lloyd Wright’s Hollyhock House reopens after five-year closure
After five years of extensive Northridge earthquake damage repairs and mould, hazardous material, and termite mitigation, the City of Los Angeles Department of…
Architectural competition for the San Francisco Prize
Fifteen years after the Loma Prieta earthquake devastated parts of San Francisco, an amazing silver lining is emergent in the City's Hayes Valley Neighborhood.…