As a juror on the Block 2 design competition, I had the immense privilege of participating in rich discussions about the architectural approach most suitable to this complex site. In the last days of deliberation, as the juror moved towards...

SHANE HOMES YMCA AT ROCKY RIDGE ? CALGARY, ALBERTAGEC Architecture Every two years,  the Manitoba Association of Architects (MAA), Saskatchewan Association of Architects (SAA), and Alberta Association of Architects (AAA) celebrate those setting new...

The Governor General?s Foot Guards? (GGFG) organizing committee has selected a winning proposal, by architecture students at Carleton University, for Ottawa?s Confederation Park. Marking the 150th anniversary of the GGFG, Standing Steady, by...

Claude Provencher One of Quebec?s most important architects died on Friday, May 6. Claude Provencher was a generous man?and an architect with a visionary mind. He loved Montreal, his hometown, and had a major impact on the city?s urban fabric over...

PHI has selected two grand finalists to advance in the final stage of the international architecture competition for PHI Contemporary. Kuehn Malvezzi + Pelletier de Fontenay and OFFICE Kersten Geers David Van Severen have been selected by the...

Following an international design competition, the Canadian Ministry of Public Services and Procurement today announced the selection of Zeidler Architecture Inc. in association with David Chipperfield Architects as the competition Laureate for...

The Ontario Association of Architects (OAA) has revealed three winners of the 2022 Design Excellence Awards have won more honours at the Inspiring Climate Action conference. From May 11 to 13, the OAA held an in-person Conference at Toronto’s...

By Alex Guibord from Toronto, Canada via Wikimedia Commons Ryerson University’s Board of Governors unanimously approved a motion to rename its institution ?Toronto Metropolitan University? effective immediately. ?Our new name Toronto...

Artistic Rendering of New Toronto Court House Daylight by Renzo Piano Piece by Piece: Inside Renzo Piano Building Workshop is composed of 11 tables with 11 projects selected to reflect RPBWs? working process. The works present the studio?s...

The Association of Chinese Canadian Entrepreneurs (ACCE) has recognized Ms. Brigitte Shim as the recipient of the 2022 ACCE Lifetime Achievement Award. ACCE, along with title sponsor Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC), and in association...

DTAH STUDIO, DOORS OPEN TORONTO 2018 The Toronto Society of Architects (TSA) has announced the return of three in-person programs reflecting on this year?s theme ?Renewal?, as part of Doors Open Toronto 2022. The annual event provides public...

It is with great sadness that the partners and staff at Provencher_Roy announce the death of Claude Provencher, award-winning architect and co-founder of the practice, on May 6, 2022, at the age of 72.  Considered one of the instigators of the new...

University of Toronto?s School of Cities recently rolled out a three-pronged, city-building plan emphasizing mixed-use development. According to U of T News, family shelters below upscale condos, student housing above a rec centre and affordable...

The Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec (MNBAQ) has launched an architectural competition for the design of the future Espace Riopelle pavilion. This new building, located at the heart of Quebec City’s Plains of Abraham, will promote and...

The St. Lawrence Centre Redevelopment Committee has marked the next phase for a reimagined St. Lawrence Centre for the Arts, lead by TO Live and CreateTO. The committee is now seeking City Council?s endorsement of the program; if approved, it...

Global Affairs Canada revealed that a design by Team MacLeod has been selected as the commemorative artwork to honour those who have died in service to Canada.Team MacLeod comprises Polymétis, an artist from Toronto; James B. Lennox & Associates,...

The Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (RAIC) has announced the 29 Fellows inducted into the RAIC College. A Fellow?of the?RAIC?College?is a member of the?RAIC who has achieved professional eminence or has rendered distinctive service to the...

Canada has a small but growing number of Indigenous architects and Indigenous designers working in allied fields such as interior design, planning and landscape. Here, we take a deeper dive into the work of ten of these practitioners whose names may...

Photo by Stationpoint Photographic Last year, Winnipeg?s Nestaweya River Trail included a striking ruby-red shelter. Its swooping form was inspired by the red jingle dresses that have become a symbol of commemoration for missing and murdered...

Developing professional responsibility and awareness when working with Indigenous communities requires intent as well as follow-through. Providing a high level of service means understanding how to meaningfully build a project with an Indigenous...

The timber-and-steel SkyWalk is a newly opened structure that elevates visitors above the treeline of Malahat First Nation, north ?of Victoria, BC. Photo by Hamish Hamilton Last August, a new tourist attraction opened in Malahat First Nation, just...

?? a space that is somehow meaningfully organized and on the very point of speech, a kind of articulated thinking that fails to reach its ultimate translation in proposition or concepts, in messages ? the various landscapes, from frozen inland...

Our guest editor for this issue of Canadian Architect is Edmonton-based Métis architect Tiffany Shaw There has been a major shift since the release of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission?s 2015 report, with its 94 calls to action. While we are...

Gold Medallist Jerome Markson (centre) with George Baird (left) and the building contractor on the construction site of Chatelaine Design Home ?63, Bramalea, Ontario. Photo courtesy George Baird Certain works of architecture are so carefully woven...