Benchmark Report 2023: The State of Canadian Architectural Practice
In early 2023, the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (RAIC) and Canadian Architect partnered to refresh and update the Canadian Architectural Practices…
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Benchmark 2023: How’s your firm’s financial health?
Net Fee per Full Time Equivalent (NF/FTE) and Operating Profit Margin (OPM) can provide valuable insights into your practice’s fiscal health.
Benchmark Report 2023: Mixed Prospects
In a rapidly changing and complex world, architecture has increasingly become a difficult business. We are facing pressure from clients to do more and charge…
Benchmark Report 2023: Architecture and Capital “M” Marketing
Every architectural firm is founded for a reason. Industry peers or spouses decide to partner in business. An entrepreneurial architect decides to venture on…
Benchmark Report 2023: Firm Expectations—Managing Remote Work and Flexibility
The hyper adoption of remote work remains one of the most significant impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic lockdowns. Often expressed as days-per-week employees are…
Benchmark Report 2023: Women in Canadian Architecture—An Update
Six years ago, I wrote an article for Canadian Architect entitled Because it’s 2017: Gender Diversity in Canada’s Architectural Profession (see CA, Jan 2017).…
Benchmark Report 2023: Competitive Compensation
In the ever-evolving landscape of architecture, the key to success lies not only in designing high-quality buildings, but also in nurturing a talented workforce…
Benchmark Report 2023: Looking Ahead—Succession Planning and Firm Value
In the Canadian Architectural Practices Benchmark Report, half of firms identified economic factors as one of the greatest challenges to the profession in the…
Benchmark 2023: Future Forward—Adaptive Change in Architecture Education and…
Recent surveys point to the need to adapt education and practice to address sustainability challenges.
In an era of momentous change, architecture is facing…
Building Impact: Interviews with Daniel Cohlmeyer, Shallyn Murray, John Patkau,…
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…
Aphantasia and Architecture
As an architecture student with aphantasia, the way I experience my environment offers lessons on being present in the everyday.
Editorial: The Technologists’ Dilemma
Twenty years ago, the Ontario Association of Architects (OAA) created a program that enabled technologists to become licensed professionals with the OAA.…
AIA Canada Society Journal: Navigating AI’s Impact on Visual Communication in…
How does using AI change the role of architects in visual communication?
Spreading the Wood: Three projects that are leading the way in Canadian mass…
A look at the latest mass timber innovations by Michael Green Architecture, Moriyama Teshima Architects, Acton Ostry Architects, and Intelligent City.
Editorial: Cultivating Connection at the Calgary Central Public Library
Calgary’s Central Public Library, designed by DIALOG with Snøhetta, is one of those special places that has been beloved by both architects and residents…
RAIC Journal: The New Social Value of Architectural Quality
How can we determine new ways of understanding architectural quality that are sufficiently comparable and socially representative to be able to guide…