editorial

Architecture has traditionally been a profession of generalists, but can offer fulfilling opportunities for those who choose to specialize.  This was the…

Will quicker approvals result in more homes in Ontario?

As co-chair of the RAIC Awards Advisory Committee, and a jury member for numerous architectural awards over the past decade, I’ve had many opportunities to…

When North America’s building codes were first drafted in the late 1800s, they had strict measures to prevent the spread of fire—a reaction to…

What happened between November 2021 and June 2023 that made the government decide to overturn the jury's decision? Some 400 pages of internal documents,…

Toronto’s Koffler Centre for the Arts is currently presenting a small but powerful exhibition on The Synagogue at Babyn Yar. Designed by Swiss architect…

In late October, hundreds gathered by The Ring at Montreal’s Place Ville Marie’s to commemorate the life of landscape architect Claude Cormier, who died at…

This year, the Ontario government has continued to unfold plans for Ontario Place, on Toronto’s waterfront. In 2021, the province pledged to retain Eberhard…

When my mother graduated from McGill’s School of Architecture in 1973, her class set a record for the number of women that convocated. From the 60 students…

Toronto is the fastest-growing city in the developed world—a fact evidenced by real estate prices that remain well beyond affordability thresholds despite…

As we head towards the winter, many offices are settling into new patterns of work—some maintaining hybrid work options established during the pandemic, some…

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s 2022 report focuses on the impacts of climate change, and the capacities of natural and human systems to…

Are we headed towards a recession? And if so, what should architecture firms be doing to prepare? Over the past months, the Bank of Canada has steadily…

In architecture competitions, the runner-up scheme is sometimes the most interesting one. That’s the case in the recent Re-imagining Railways design…

As a juror on the Block 2 design competition, I had the immense privilege of participating in rich discussions about the architectural approach most suitable to…

This winter, the community at the University of Waterloo School of Architecture, where I studied in the 1990s, is mourning influential Professor Emeritus…