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Canadian Society of Landscape Architects’ 2021 Awards Winners
The Canadian Society of Landscape Architects (CSLA) has announced the recipients of its 2021 Awards of Excellence.This year, 14 projects received a national award. Dale Hodges Park by 02 Planning and Design was selected to receive the…
Perkins&Will unveils new projects on two B.C. university campuses
Two British Columbia universities are raising the bar for the health and well being of its students and faculty members. Designed by Perkins&Will, the University of Victoria’s new mixed-use complex set passive house precedent, and a new…
Mass Timber to Make Two Vancouver Schools More Earthquake-Resistant
As part of it’s 2017 Budget Update, the B.C. Government invested $46.9 million to replace two Vancouver schools - $22.4-million for Vancouver’s Sir Matthew Begbie Elementary school and $22.5-million for Bayview Community Elementary school,…
Canoe Landing Campus, Toronto, Ontario
The new Canoe Landing Campus by ZAS Architects houses a $65 million community recreation centre, public and Catholic elementary schools and a childcare centre within one innovative campus. The masterplan development recognizes the need for…
McGill University – Power Plant
McGill University needed a new building to house three 1.5 MW emergency facilities, generators that will protect research activities in the event of a power outage.The McGill University thermal power plant and the Wong,…
The OAA announces Susan Speigel as new President
The Ontario Association of Architects (OAA) has appointed Susan Speigel, BA, B.Arch., (EQ. M.Arch), OAA, FRAIC, as the organization's new President. Speigel was acclaimed to the one-year position at an OAA Council meeting, which took place…
B+H, 3XN and Zhubo Design selected to design the new Shenzhen Natural History Museum
Toronto-based design firm B+H Architects, along with 3XN and Zhubo Design, have won an international design competition for the new Shenzhen Natural History Museum.The Museum is set to be one of Shenzhen’s "Ten Cultural Facilities…
Hill & Dale
Studio JCI recently completed a 75,000-square-foot mixed-use development at the corner of Yonge and Roxborough Street in Toronto’s Rosedale neighbourhood.The Hill & Dale project accommodates retail, offices and residences,…
Hariri Pontarini Architects wins bid to design new stand-alone Art Gallery of York University
The Art Gallery of York University’s (AGYU) new, stand-alone art gallery, will be designed and constructed by winning architectural firm Hariri Pontarini Architects. Hariri Pontarini Architects (HPA) was one of three shortlisted firms…
Design team selected for the new Art Gallery of Nova Scotia and Waterfront Arts District
The Art Gallery of Nova Scotia (AGNS) announced that the team of KPMB Architects with Omar Gandhi Architect, Jordan Bennett Studio, Elder Lorraine Whitman (NWAC), Public Work and Transsolar has won the international design competition for…