RAIC Journal

Certain works of architecture are so carefully woven into the times, places and cultures within which they are set, they seem to have always been there. Such…

The worsening global climate crisis impacts architecture and society to a magnitude that is nearly impossible to overstate. To provide proactive leadership to…

Since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic, the nature of work has shifted in Canada. This shift has affected how the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada…

In 2020, a design competition kicked off in Ottawa to reinvigorate an oft-forgotten portion of Parliament Hill. Block 2—the city block directly facing…

The Symposium focused on Indigenous representation, narratives, and collaborations, with sessions related to two themes: Making Room for New Indigenous Voices…

TEXT Tanner Morton PHOTOS Blanche Lemco van Ginkel fonds and van Ginkel Associates fonds, CCA, Montreal (unless otherwise noted) The RAIC Gold Medal is…

When the federal government wanted help in designing its new Indigenous Homes Innovation Initiative, it turned to members of the RAIC Indigenous Task Force.…

Maria Cook Editor, RAIC Journal Rédactrice en chef, Journal de l’IRAC Canadian architects are invited to submit their outstanding projects for a chance to…

Maria Cook Editor, RAIC Journal Rédactrice en chef, Journal de l’IRAC A new RAIC task force aims to advocate for appropriate, sustainable and culturally…

Calvin Brook, FRAIC Principal, Brook McIlroy Architects, Toronto Associé principal, Brook McIlroy Architects, Toronto The Four-Percent Disconnect…

In their newly published book, Canada: Modern Architectures in History, Michelangelo Sabatino and Rhodri Windsor Liscombe examine the place of Canadian design…

Architectural criticism is in a state of flux and malleability as it attempts to adjust and remain relevant within the changing context of mass communication.

Marie-Pier Bourret-Lafleur, a French literature graduate student at McGill University, reviews the Marc-Favreau Library, designed by Dan Hanganu Architectes.

Kristen Smith, an architecture student at Ryerson University, reviews Ryerson’s new Student Learning Centre, designed by Snøhetta and Zeidler Partnership…

The MAQ Young Architectural Critic Competition, created in 2011 by the Maison de l’architecture du Québec (MAQ), aims to encourage architectural criticism…

Over the next few months, the RAIC will announce new program and advocacy initiatives aimed at strengthening architectural practice, raising the profile of…