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The assessment process, in the Auditor General’s summary, “was irregular, subjective, and not always followed.”

PROJECT Maisonneuve Library, restoration and extension ARCHITECT EVOQ Architecture PROJECT Octogone Library, transformation and extension ARCHITECT…

Eight years in the making, a new report offers a comprehensive review of the current practice of architecture in Canada, and calls on stakeholders to contribute…

Winner of a 2023 RAIC Advocate for Architecture Award In the past decade, Edmonton has become a hotbed of contemporary Canadian architecture. At…

Residents of Ottawa deserve better places. Better buildings for social events, learning and forging community. Places that are accessible, welcoming…

In a compact new book, former Smith Carter Principal and C.O.O. Rick Linley describes a simple method for understanding the financials of any architecture…

A major research partnership on quality in the built environment is bringing together 14 universities, 70 researchers and 68 public and private organizations at…

For architects responding to Requests for Proposals (RFPs), one of the most consistent head-scratchers is detailing a firm’s portfolio: not on independent…

TEXT Elsa Lam with Kelly Edzerza-Bapty, Dr. David Fortin, Tiffany Shaw, Dr. Patrick Stewart, and Alfred Waugh In the past few years, there has been an…

When emerging architecture firms begin to scale up to larger projects, it often means plunging into the world of publicly posted Requests for Proposals…

The basis of a contract is that there is a fair exchange. Usually this is money for a service or product. When you order a coffee at your local coffee shop,…

Earlier this summer, the Ontario Association of Architects (OAA) launched a Practice Tip to help architects decipher the language of RFPs and client-architect…

Findings from the Charbonneau Commission were underlined, namely that with lowest-price contracting there is a risk of collusion, undue pressure on bidders’…

The Association des Architectes en pratique privée du Québec (AAPPQ) and the Association des firmes de génie-conseil – Québec (AFG) applaud the recent decision…

The Association des Architectes en pratique privée du Québec (AAPPQ), Quebec's association of private practice architects, and the Association des firmes de…

Canada would benefit from implementing quality-based guidelines for commissioning architects and building architecture.