The OAA Wraps Up Headquarters Building Renewal
The OAA’s Don Mills Headquarters was designed by Toronto architect Ruth Cawker, winner of a 1989 province-wide design competition. It had been built to the…
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Three Political Parties Respond to the RAIC’s Built Environment Questions
Three parties have responded to questions from the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (RAIC) about sustainability, living conditions in Indigenous…
Climate change is a top issue for Canadians. What should voters look for?
From forest fires in Siberia to record-high temperatures in Alaska to the melting of the Greenland ice sheet, 2019 has seen the mounting evidence of climate…
Endress+Hauser Invests in a Customer Experience Centre in Burlington
Endress+Hauser Canada is investing in a sustainable, $28 million, Customer Experience Centre in Burlington, Ontario designed by mcCallumSather.The new…
East Port Properties Warehouse Awarded Zero Carbon Building Design Certification
East Port Properties’ 355 Wilkinson building—part of the Wilkinson Warehouses in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia — has achieved the Zero Carbon Building Design…
Active House Symposium Makes North American Debut In Toronto
The 7th Active House Symposium is being held for the first time in North America in Toronto on September 16-17 at Evergreen Brick Works. Active House is an…
Sustainable. Becomes the First Certified B Corp Architecture Firm in Canada
Sustainable. Architecture for a Healthy Planet is now among 230 Certified B Corporations in Canada, and the first Canadian architectural firm to receive the…
The City of Toronto’s King Street Parklets
In addition to last year’s King Street Transit Pilot, the City of Toronto launched Everyone is King, a Design Build Competition which provides an opportunity…
The Biosphère Introduces a New Permanent Exhibition
This summer the Biosphère presents MTL+, a new permanent exhibition that showcases 14 architectural firms who looked forward to 2067, and reinvented Montréal’s…
Canada Green Building Council Honours Canada’s Green Building Leaders at Awards…
Green building projects and developers that demonstrated industry leadership were honoured at the Canada Green Building Council (CaGBC) Leadership Awards Gala…