In Memoriam: Geoffrey Massey
We are saddened to mark the passing of Geoffrey Massey, age 96, on December 1, 2020.
Massey worked in partnership with architect Arthur Erickson from 1963 to…
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In Memoriam: Peter Cardew, 1939-2020
For good, and sometimes for ill, Vancouver’s Peter Cardew has become Canada’s definitive ‘architect’s architect’ over the past several decades. For good, he…
International Icon: Vancouver House, Vancouver, British Columbia
PROJECT Vancouver House, Vancouver, British Columbia
ARCHITECTS Bjarke Ingels Group (design architect), DIALOG (architect
of record), James K.M. Cheng…
A New Heart for Old Hazelton: Upper Skeena Recreation Centre, Hazelton, British…
A timber-framed ice rink is a vibrant meeting place for a dozen communities in Central BC.
A Warm Respite: Northern Lights College – Trades Training Centre, Dawson Creek,…
A carefully detailed trades building brings warmth and light to campus life in an extreme northern landscape.
Malinka Addition, Naramata, British Columbia
In 2003, architect Florian Maurer built his personal home in Naramata, British Columbia. The original architecture—which won a Governor General's Medal in…
Unseen Forces: Temple of Light, Kootenay Bay, British Columbia
ARCHITECT Patkau Architects
PHOTOS James Dow, unless otherwise noted
The Temple of Light sits atop a cliff overlooking Kootenay Lake in British Columbia’s…
Call for participation in robotic fabrication workshop
Spots are available for professional architects to participate in a technical workshop on full-scale robotic fabrication, scheduled to be held at UBC from…
HDR Selected to Design 12-Story Mass Timber Hotel in Kelowna
RPB Hotels and Resorts has selected HDR to provide architectural design services for the development of a new 82-suite, 12-story mass-timber-constructed Ramada…
OAQ, OAA, AIBC, AAA issue COVID-19 guides for architects
Provincial and territorial architecture associations are issuing guidelines to their members on working during the coronavirus crisis.
The OAQ has worked…
Campos Studio unveils Sooke House
Campos Studio has unveiled new photos of Sooke House, a project completed in 2018. Made for a woman and her dog, the house sits on a rocky knoll, near…
Phyllis Lambert urges SFU to reconsider demolition of Erickson/Massey…
As part of its plans to expand student housing on campus, Simon Fraser University (SFU) is planning to demolish Madge Hogarth House, one of the original…
State of the Nation
What is on the minds of architects in different regions of Canada? To find out, Canadian Architect spoke to dozens of architects from coast to coast—to coast.
State of the Nation: British Columbia
British Columbia is leading the charge on sustainability in Canada. Starting in 2017, the province’s Energy Step Code has provided an incremental approach to…
Vancouver House
"The cantilevered form is in line with the profit centre of the building, and those profits probably pay for the structural gymnastics. It’s really quite…