Canadian Architect


Haeccity, Cambie Street

Haeccity completes revitalization of historic Cambie Street building


Heritage Ottawa, Château Laurier

Heritage Ottawa responds to new design for Château Laurier


Carleton announces winners for HODI Built Heritage Conservation Award


heritage conservation, Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon

Viewpoint: The Revitalization of Heritage


Montana, Whitefish Medical Centre, Frank Lloyd Wright

Group tries to save Frank Lloyd Wright building in Montana


The Weston Entrance. Photo via Royal Ontario Museum.

Historic Weston Entrance reopens at Royal Ontario Museum


Hariri Pontarini Architects, Toronto, 7 St. Thomas

Undulating Hariri Pontarini office building completed in downtown Toronto


Recladding transforms John B. Parkin’s Simpson Tower


Toronto Heritage Register

Heritage, development at odds as cities come under pressure from growth


From left to right, host Paul Kennedy moderates a CBC Ideas panel with Julia Gersovitz, Elsa Lam, Brian MacKay-Lyons and Jean Carroon

Editorial: Building Tension

Buildings are complex, and so are their contexts: urban, economic, societal, and otherwise. Pure preservation is at times warranted, as is complete demolition of older structures. But more often than not, there are other options that merit consideration—solutions that include some elements of both the past and future.