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The Leon Lebeniste Facility: Squamish Valley, BC
Hemsworth Architecture brings design-savvy to a new architectural woodworking industrial facility in the heart of British Columbia’s Squamish Valley.
BC firms launch new report on wood use in K-12 schools
A new report on the use of wood in the design and construction of kindergarten to grade 12 schools has just been released. The report, titled Wood Use in…
Technical: Mass Timber Through a Life Cycle Lens
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…
Longview: Malahat Skywalk, Vancouver Island, BC
Last August, a new tourist attraction opened in Malahat First Nation, just north of Victoria, BC. The Malahat SkyWalk is a 600-metre walkway that spirals up…
Williams Lake First Nation government administration building, British Columbia
The Williams Lake First Nation government administration building is a dynamic two-storey hybrid mass timber facility located in the central interior of British…
New Wood Open Architecture Atlas launches
Researchers at X University (formerly Ryerson, renaming in progress) have launched the New Wood Open Architecture (NWOA) Atlas. The atlas is an open platform…
Wood Design & Building Awards Open for Submissions
The Wood Design & Building Awards program invites North American and International entries for their 2021-22 awards cycle honouring excellence in wood…
BC Wood Design Award Winners Announced
The Canadian Wood Council’s Wood WORKS! BC program recognizes excellence in contemporary design and building with wood in Vancouver at the virtual 16th Wood…
Attached to the Detached: South House, Mississauga, Ontario
PROJECT South House, Mississauga, Ontario
ARCHITECT Giaimo
PHOTOS doublespace photography
As you travel down Third Street in Lakeview, Mississauga—a…
Wood Design & Building Award Winners Announced
Wood Design & Building magazine has announced the winning projects from the international Wood Design & Building Awards program. This year, 16…
Après-Ski Sanctuary: The Osler Bluff Ski Club Clubhouse, Town of the Blue…
A renovated clubhouse retains the spirit of Osler Bluff’s original timber-built lodge.
Book Review: Canadian CLT Handbook + Tall Wood Buildings
Canadian CLT Handbook, 2019 Edition
Edited by Erol Karacebeyli and Sylvain Gagnon. (FPInnovations, 2019)
Tall Wood Buildings: Design, Construction and…
A New Heart for Old Hazelton: Upper Skeena Recreation Centre, Hazelton, British…
A timber-framed ice rink is a vibrant meeting place for a dozen communities in Central BC.
Unseen Forces: Temple of Light, Kootenay Bay, British Columbia
ARCHITECT Patkau Architects
PHOTOS James Dow, unless otherwise noted
The Temple of Light sits atop a cliff overlooking Kootenay Lake in British Columbia’s…
Call for participation in robotic fabrication workshop
Spots are available for professional architects to participate in a technical workshop on full-scale robotic fabrication, scheduled to be held at UBC from…