Queen’s Marque Rising: Queen’s Marque, Halifax, Nova Scotia
PROJECT Queen’s Marque, Halifax, Nova Scotia
ARCHITECTS MacKay-Lyons Sweetapple Architects (Design Architect and Urban Design) with FBM Architects (Prime…
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Making the Grade: Marine Drive Academy, Sheet Harbour, Nova Scotia
PROJECT Marine Drive Academy, Sheet Harbour, Nova Scotia
ARCHITECT FBM
PHOTOS Julian Parkinson
In general, articles about new school designs concentrate…
Book Review: Adaptation
Adaptation
By Omar Gandhi, Jimenez Lai and John Leroux (Mexico City: Arquine, 2020)
“There is a mythology about the first ten years of young architects in…
State of the Nation: Atlantic
The postcard view of Canada’s Atlantic coast is dotted with small, colourful clapboard houses sitting by the ocean. But in some parts of the Atlantic, that’s…
BEA Atlantic’s inaugural Nova Scotia talk reveals Halifax’s zones of…
On March 19, Susan Fitzgerald, partner, award-winning architect and design principal at FBM Architecture | Interior Design, hosted the first Building Equality…
Call for Papers: 45th annual SSAC Conference
The Society for the Study of Architecture in Canada (SSAC) is now accepting paper proposals for its 45th annual conference, held in Halifax, Nova Scotia, May…
Nova Scotia hospital redevelopment project begins search for design team
The Nova Scotia government has issued two requests for supplier qualifications for the estimated $2-billion redevelopment of Atlantic Canada’s largest hospital…
RHAD Architects create commemorative Halifax Explosion markers
The Halifax Explosion Commemorative Marker project was designed by Nova Scotia's RHAD Architects — named one of Canadian Architect's top emerging firms in 2017…
Mackay-Lyons Sweetapple design Halifax’s landmark ‘Queen’s…
Developed by the Armour Group, a $200-million new mixed-use complex is under construction at the heart of Halifax's downtown waterfront. Dubbed 'Queen's…
Architecture49 to plan ‘major cultural hub’ on Halifax waterfront
Halifax is a big step closer to getting a key addition to its burgeoning waterfront — a “cultural hub” that would include the province’s art gallery and art…
Maritime Revival: Sallyway House, Halifax, Nova Scotia
In transforming this 150-year-old row house in a gentrifying neighbourhood, the architects applied a contemporary approach to space planning while retaining…
Emerging Talent: RHAD Architects
When she launched a solo practice in August 2010 out of a room in her house, Rayleen Hill, MRAIC had little idea where it might lead. “I pictured doing small…
Emerging Talent: Abbott Brown Architects
“Life’s a little slower here, and that means we can allow ourselves more time to think about process,” Jane Abbott says, explaining why she and her partner…
Governor General’s Medal Winner: Halifax Central Library
WINNER OF A 2016 GOVERNOR GENERAL’S MEDAL IN ARCHITECTURE