Vote Yes for Better Transit and Transportation in Vancouver!
The RAIC Metro Vancouver Chapter is giving its voice and support to the Better Transit and Transportation Coalition, a broad-based coalition of business,…
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Teknion receives environmental excellence award from the Government of Ontario
The Teknion Corporation has announced that it has received a Minister’s Award for Environmental Excellence from the Government of Ontario. Teknion was…
eVolo 2015 Skyscraper Competition
eVolo magazine invites architects, students, engineers, designers, and artists from around the globe to take part in the eVolo 2015 Skyscraper Competition.…
Milan’s Bosco Verticale wins the International Highrise Award
Bosco Verticale, a residential high-rise development with its own urban forest in Milan, won the International Highrise Award 2014. The award was presented by…
Loh Architects Associates Inc. and Ryerson University work to improve building air…
Toronto-based Loh Architects Associates Inc. and the Research and Innovation office of Ryerson University have initiated a green architecture project to jointly…
Winners of Wood WORKS! BC 2014 Wood Design Awards announced
Ten years of Wood Design Awards in British Columbia were celebrated by more than 350 distinguished design and building professionals last week at the Vancouver…
Innovative approaches to Managing Suburban Sprawl in Canada
A panel discussion focused on managing suburban sprawl in Canada takes place from 8:00am to 11:00am on Monday, January 20, 2014 in the Segal Building at Simon…
Interface’s Net Effect collection utilizes discarded nylon fishing nets to…
Carpet tile manufacturer Interface is no stranger to thinking outside the box. It has journeyed beyond the typical design boundaries of carpet squares and…
eVolo 2012 Skyscraper Competition
eVolo is pleased to invite students, architects, engineers, designers, and artists from around the globe to take part in the eVolo 2012 Skyscraper Competition.…
Green Infrastructure: The Effects of Urban Rail Transit on Air Quality
Alex Whalley, Assistant Professor of Economics at the University of California, Merced, delivers a lecture on Tuesday, July 19, 2011 from 11:00am to 12:00 noon…
Transport and Environment Policies: European Union Perspective
This lecture will be delivered on Thursday, July 23, 2009, from 11:00am to 12:00 noon by Professor Demetrio C. Festa at the University of Toronto in Room 3103…
Walking Around the World: Innovation and inspiration for Designing, Engineering…
The obesity epidemic, congestion, pollution, peak oil and climate change are just five of the imperatives that demand we walk more — and walk more often.…
Ramses Square Competition in Cairo
The Egyptian Ministry of Cultural Affairs has announced the launch of an international single-stage competition for the urban design of Ramses Square, situated…
Landscapes Infrastructures Symposium: Emerging Practices, Paradigms &…
Cities are sustained by infrastructure. Highways, airports, power plants and landfills largely figure as the dominant effigies of contemporary urbanism. The…
Pierre Blanger and WILLIAMSONWILLIAMSON INC. win Canada Council for the Arts…
The Canada Council for the Arts announced today that Toronto landscape architect Pierre Blanger is the winner of the Professional Prix de Rome in Architecture…
Mayor Ken Livingstone praised for greening homes in London, UK
Canada has a lot to learn from the UK. Mayor Livingstone's new initiative to improve the energy efficiency of London homes is being welcomed by Friends of the…