Covid-19: A push for sustainable construction
How will the Covid-19 pandemic affect the built environment? Will we have to rethink concepts such as urban densification—or will we simply return to “business…
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Turn the norm (not a return to norm)
When lockdowns and stay-at-home orders began to respond to Covid-19, so did questions of when things can “return to normal”. This line of questioning…
CAFÉ: Last call for manifestos and input
The Canadian Architecture Forums on Education (CAFÉ) is issuing a last call for manifestos and feedback from architecture students and educators. Over the…
RAIC announces Emerging Architect award winner
Drew Adams MRAIC, a Toronto-based architect who integrates a passion for sustainability with excellence in built design, is the recipient of the 2020…
RAIC announces two recipients of Emerging Architectural Practice Award
The RAIC has announced that two firms have been selected for the 2020 Emerging Architectural Practice Award. Toronto-based PARTISANS and Charlottetown’s…
Working from home during the coronavirus pandemic creates new cybersecurity…
Shelter-in-place directives mean that more and more people are working remotely from home, producing more technological vulnerabilities. (Mimi Thian/Unsplash)…
Montreal invites cities to share design-focused crisis responses
Montreal's Bureau du Design is assembling a database of COVID-19 crisis response initiatives by designers, to share with the international network of UNESCO…
Public consultation in the age of COVID-19
As our entire industry acclimates to its new normal, amidst stay-at-home orders, one of the critical emergent issues for architects and planners will be the…
Ontario updates list of essential workplaces; restricts construction work
On Friday, April 3, Ontario Premier Doug Ford announced an update to the list of essential workplaces that can remain open.As part of the restrictions,…
How the architecture industry will change post COVID-19
How will the architecture industry change after the COVID-19 crisis? Marianne McKenna, founding partner of KPMB Architects, offers her insights:Greater…