Book Excerpt: Concrete—From Ancient Origins to a Problematic Future
The following excerpt is taken from Concrete: From Ancient Origins to a Problematic Future by Mary Soderstrom (University of Regina Press, 2020). The book can…
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Bata Shoe Factory, Batawa, Ontario
The late Sonja Bata, working with her husband Tomáš Bata, was the driving force behind the creation of the modernist factory town of Batawa, located 175 km east…
Copper is great at killing superbugs – so why don’t hospitals use it?
Stainless steel is the metal of choice in hospitals.
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Fantasilandia in Chile, one of Latin America’s largest theme parks, has replaced its most…
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…
Editorial: Building Capacity
In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, a few construction sites in Canada are ramping up: those that expand the capacity of the healthcare system.
The…
Farrow Partners develops Grip Timber CLT blocks for quick-assembly ICU wards
Canadian-based Nucap Industries and Farrow Partners has developed a state-of-the-art CLT building block that can be rapidly assembled into temporary…
FPInnovations launches new edition of the CLT Handbook
FPInnovations—a non-profit specializing in creating solutions that support the Canadian forest sector and its government and industry partners—has launched the…
Winners Announced for Wood WORKS! Alberta Prairie Wood Design Awards
Wood WORKS! Alberta recognized a group of leading architects, engineers and project teams at the 13th annual Prairie Wood Design Awards Celebration.
The…
Ontario Association of Architects Reveals Design Excellence Awards Finalists
The Ontario Association of Architects (OAA) has announced the 20 finalists for the OAA Design Excellence Awards. This year’s short-listed projects include…
Two building technology companies win in Breakthrough Energy Solutions Canada…
Architect-led housing and technology company Intelligent City Inc. and CarbonCure Technologies Inc. are among 10 winners to receive funding from the…
Canada’s first zero-carbon, mass timber higher-education building revealed
Centennial College is collaborating with EllisDon, DIALOG and Smoke Architecture to construct a mass timber higher-education building based on the Indigenous…
Diamond Schmitt Architects Wins an Architecture Award of Merit from USITT
The rejuvenation of Ottawa’s National Arts Centre by Diamond Schmitt Architects has won an Architecture Award of Merit from the United States Institute for…
Inclusive and Accessible Buildings Can be Constructed at No Additional Cost
According to new research from HCMA architecture and the Rick Hansen Foundation, inclusive and accessible new buildings can be constructed at no additional…
Sidewalk Labs Reveals a Timber Tower Digital Model
Sidewalk Labs, the urban infrastructure startup from Google parent company Alphabet, has released a “digital proof-of-concept” that details a new model for…
Diamond Schmitt Reveals Design for Ottawa Library and Archives
The design for the Ottawa Public Library – Library and Archives Canada Joint Facility by Diamond Schmitt Architects and KWC Architects has been revealed. The…
Canadian Curator Leads A+D Insider’s Tour of Portugal
Esther Shipman, former curator of architecture and design for Cambridge Galleries in Cambridge, Ontario, is leading a first-of-its-kind architectural tour…