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In 2020, I led a studio at the University of Toronto’s John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape and Design that asked: How can we halve the carbon…

In 2013, architect Michael Green recorded a TED talk entitled “Why We Should Build Wooden Skyscrapers.” To date, it’s been viewed more than 1.3 million times…

ARCHITECTS Lemay / Atelier 21 PHOTOS Stéphane Groleau Since its grand opening on January 16, 1971, the Grand Théâtre de Québec has been a prized cultural…

Like many architects, we have begun to pay much closer attention to the embodied carbon associated with the materials we are specifying. All other things being…

It has been nearly a year since most people have gone into the office. Boxing Day deals were not the same without the crowds, and meeting at the coffee shop is…

Any infection control strategy can be compared to Swiss cheese. A single strategy is like a single barrier, full of holes. A number of slices of defences…

As part of pandemic control measures, museums and galleries in many parts of Canada have been closed, partially opened, and closed again over the past year.…

TEXT Eric A. Charron and Randy Van Straaten Heritage masonry buildings make up a large portion of Canada’s urban structures—from the historic warehouses in…

High-rise living in multi-unit residential buildings is, historically speaking, a relatively recent development. Traditional housing typologies—including…

The challenge we face is overwhelming and complex. Our industry’s emissions currently account for 40 percent of total global annual CO2 emissions. Of that, a…

When presenting our work on reducing embodied carbon in our projects in Kigali, we’re often asked some version of the question: “You can do that in Rwanda,…

Embodied carbon explained “Embodied carbon” is an imperfect term. The word “embodied” sounds like we’re talking about carbon encapsulated in a material.…

PROJECT 80 Atlantic ARCHITECT Quadrangle TEXT Javier Zeller PHOTOS Bob Gundu Can a building material have moral weight? The way architects have associated…

TEXT AND DIAGRAMS J. David Bowick The most novel architectural material in Canada right now is an old one—wood. But when made into mass timber beams and…

A new series of weekly webinars by the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (RAIC) is part of the ambitious expansion of its continuing education program.

British Columbia (UNBC) has a public mandate to be a leader in high-performing buildings and innovative wood projects. Working with UNBC, our design team at…