Ideas

In the Canadian Architectural Practices Benchmark Report, half of firms identified economic factors as one of the greatest challenges to the profession in the…

Recent surveys point to the need to adapt education and practice to address sustainability challenges. In an era of momentous change, architecture is facing…

This summer, the career of mid-century Modernist architect John Di Castri (1924-2005) was featured in an exhibition at Wentworth Villa Architectural…

While disguised by his innate humility, Raymond Moriyama, who died at age 93 in September, is proving to be one of the most influential architects Canada…

Modest Hopes By Don Loucks and Leslie Valpy (Dundurn Press, 2021) Modest Hopes is a deep dive into the experiences of Toronto’s immigrants during the…

Architects often seem to have a relationship with their work that connects deeply with the idea of artistic legacy. Like painters, they design an oeuvre by…

The arrival of the new book series Building Arguments, a collaboration between Concordia University Press and the Canadian Centre for Architecture that…

Evidently, a lot can happen in ten years, which is the time since Harold “Hal” Kalman and Robin Ward last updated their popular Exploring Vancouver—a…

As c\a\n\a\d\a’s leading voice in architectural journalism, and at a time when support for architectural criticism has waned, Canadian Architect’s review of…

As an architecture student with aphantasia, the way I experience my environment offers lessons on being present in the everyday.

Architect, theorist, and educator George Baird died at his Toronto home on October 17, 2023, at the age of 84.  A member of the Order of Canada (OC),…

An exhibition at MoMA looks at today’s environmental dilemmas through the lens of architectural imagination.