Pandemic effect
We remain in the midst of a global pandemic, with the possibility of a second wave of infection on the horizon. How are architectural design and…
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Pandemic effect: Equity in architecture firms
TEXT Betsy Williamson, Principal, Williamson Williamson
The atomization of architecture offices during the pandemic presented an immediate and profound…
Pandemic effect: Office design
TEXT Caroline Robbie, Quadrangle
In early June, The New York Times surveyed 511 epidemiologists on when we could return to a variety of everyday…
Pandemic effect: Climate crisis
TEXT Susan Gushe, Principal and Managing Director, and Kathy Wardle, Associate Principal and Director of Sustainability, Perkins and Will
As we respond to…
Pandemic effect: Long-term care homes
TEXT Robert Davies, Director and Principal, Montgomery Sisam Architects
During the COVID-19 pandemic, long-term care homes have seen a significant share of…
Pandemic effect: Academic facilities
TEXT Bruce Kuwabara, Partner; Geoff Turnbull; Director of Innovation; Kael Opie, Senior Associate; Mitchell Hall, Principal, KPMB Architects
Post-secondary…
Pandemic effect: Hospital design
TEXT Michel Broz, Partner, Jodoin Lamarre Pratte architectes
Planning new hospital facilities is a long-term process, sometimes spanning more than a decade.…
Pandemic effect: Team structure
TEXT Jason-Emery Groen, Design Director, HDR
What can COVID-19 teach architecture firms about the optimal structure of design teams? The pandemic swiftly…
Pandemic effect: Community centres
TEXT Darryl Condon, Managing Principal, and Melissa Higgs, Principal, HCMA
For many neighbourhoods, community centres are the single most important space for…
Pandemic effect: Housing retrofits
TEXT Ya’el Santopinto and Graeme Stewart, ERA Architects / The Tower Renewal Partnership
As Canada sets out on the path toward COVID-19 recovery, retrofits…
Pandemic effect: Theatre design
TEXT Matthew Lella, Principal, Diamond Schmitt Architects
Performance venues have a long history of coping with a pandemic playbook. Shakespeare’s Globe…
Pandemic effect: Retail and hospitality
TEXT Vincent Van Den Brink, Architect Partner, Breakhouse
In the retail and hospitality sectors, the COVID-19 pandemic is not fundamentally changing…
Photo Essay: Night Walks
Early in the pandemic, architectural photographer James Brittain ventured into his Montreal neighbourhood on a series of walks at night with his camera.…
Gusto 501, Toronto, Ontario
Ever since the arrival of COVID-19, every restaurant reliant on table service has had to close or reinvent itself by finding new ways to encourage people…