Ideas

On Nov. 6, the co-working firm WeWork filed for bankruptcy. WeWork, founded by Adam Neumann and Miguel McKelvey in 2010, had a simple business…

For the Temporary Accommodation of Settlers: Architecture and Immigrant Reception in Canada, 1870–1930  by David Monteyne has received two major book prizes:…

This Wednesday, September 29th at 6pm, the team at BEAT will join forces with the Toronto-based design firm FORREC  to produce the next BEAT Talk session…

The Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize is now launching a milestone edition. 2020 will be the 3rd year of support for the Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize by the…

As a global leader in entertainment projects, Toronto-based design firm FORREC has an opportunity to impact environments, the people who experience them and the…

A new building monograph, Eppich House II, presents the story of a masterful Gesamtkunstwerk designed by architect Arthur Erickson, landscape architect Cornelia…

Tips from an architecture marketing expert on how to design a website that stands out from the competition.

Architect Pierre Thibault’s work is known for its minimalist sensibility, with projects sitting quietly in their urban and rural settings. The studio has now…

One of the tech buzzwords these days is cloud computing: the delivery of computing services—servers, storage, software, databases and so on—over the internet.…

Gair Williamson Architects shares observations on Vancouver's housing crisis—and proposes some modest ways to move forward.

An ideas competition imagines new possibilities for a derelict site on Winnipeg’s Red River.

Shelagh McCartney reviews a new volume on indigenizing architecture.

Daniel Libeskind’s National Holocaust Monument in Ottawa is a powerful statement—but what does it say?

The prime minister’s official residence at 24 Sussex Drive is in critical condition. Its last major renovation was in 1951, and, according to an NCC report…

A new series of weekly webinars by the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (RAIC) is part of the ambitious expansion of its continuing education program.

The Moriyama RAIC International Prize is unique in Canada, and indeed the world, for its emphasis on how great architecture transforms society.