editorial

The international design competition for Block 2—the city block directly across from Parliament Hill—is without a doubt the most important competition in…

Equity, diversity and inclusion have been important topics of discussion throughout the AED industry in the past year. Some of the most sustained…

Over the past year, many of us have been working almost exclusively from home, collaborating remotely with colleagues. After work, much of our socializing has…

Architects and designers love to receive awards. And why not? They honour the top accomplishments and best buildings of the profession, creating an occasion for…

As Canadian cities slipped in and out of lockdowns over the past year, architecture firms have been periodically turning to virtual site visits to limit…

Equity, diversity and inclusion have come to the foreground as issues of central importance in the past months. Architectural organizations are beginning to…

As we look to the end of 2020, many architects are breathing a sigh of relief at having navigated, with more or less success, a harrowing year. While office…

How are architects faring as we head into the second wave of the pandemic? Two surveys in late August—one by the Ontario Association of Architects, the other…

Architects of African, Caribbean and Black descent represent less than two percent of licensed practitioners in North America. Black women architects…

In the 2018 film The Public, a group of homeless library patrons refuses to leave a downtown public library after closing time. A cold front has hit…

In 2004, the cover of the Canadian Architect awards issue featured a drawing of the nine-sided Bahá’í Temple of South America, a design by Hariri Pontarini…

One of my first assignments as a freelance writer was an interview with product designer Itai Azerad. As we looked at photos of his Nemo lounge chair, he…

From coast to coast, Canadian cities are showing increased interest in so-called “missing middle” housing. The term encompasses a range of typologies—from…

Ever since initial renderings of a proposed addition to Ottawa's Chateau Laurier were released in 2016, there has been public outcry against the modernist…

This month’s issue reports on the state of architecture across Canada. It’s based on interviews with almost 50 architects, from firms of different sizes and…

Architects must find new ways of constructing that will address the unfolding climate crisis.