editorial

In late October, hundreds gathered by The Ring at Montreal’s Place Ville Marie’s to commemorate the life of landscape architect Claude Cormier, who died at…

This year, the Ontario government has continued to unfold plans for Ontario Place, on Toronto’s waterfront. In 2021, the province pledged to retain Eberhard…

When my mother graduated from McGill’s School of Architecture in 1973, her class set a record for the number of women that convocated. From the 60 students…

Toronto is the fastest-growing city in the developed world—a fact evidenced by real estate prices that remain well beyond affordability thresholds despite…

As we head towards the winter, many offices are settling into new patterns of work—some maintaining hybrid work options established during the pandemic, some…

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s 2022 report focuses on the impacts of climate change, and the capacities of natural and human systems to…

Are we headed towards a recession? And if so, what should architecture firms be doing to prepare? Over the past months, the Bank of Canada has steadily…

In architecture competitions, the runner-up scheme is sometimes the most interesting one. That’s the case in the recent Re-imagining Railways design…

As a juror on the Block 2 design competition, I had the immense privilege of participating in rich discussions about the architectural approach most suitable to…

This winter, the community at the University of Waterloo School of Architecture, where I studied in the 1990s, is mourning influential Professor Emeritus…

The international design competition for Block 2—the city block directly across from Parliament Hill—is without a doubt the most important competition in…

Equity, diversity and inclusion have been important topics of discussion throughout the AED industry in the past year. Some of the most sustained…

Over the past year, many of us have been working almost exclusively from home, collaborating remotely with colleagues. After work, much of our socializing has…

Architects and designers love to receive awards. And why not? They honour the top accomplishments and best buildings of the profession, creating an occasion for…

As Canadian cities slipped in and out of lockdowns over the past year, architecture firms have been periodically turning to virtual site visits to limit…

Equity, diversity and inclusion have come to the foreground as issues of central importance in the past months. Architectural organizations are beginning to…