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Shim-Sutcliffe to Design Canada’s First Ace hotel
Atelier Ace is opening its first Canadian property, Ace Hotel Toronto, in the heart of the city’s vibrant Fashion District next fall. Situated next door to the St. Andrew’s Market and Playground, Ace Hotel Toronto is a legacy project and…
Coming soon: Architecture & Design Film Festivals in Vancouver and Toronto
After the successful run of its 11th season in New York City this past September, the Architecture and Design Film Festival (ADFF) is coming to Canada to debut two new festivals in Vancouver and Toronto, showing the best films from around…
OAA Announces SHIFT 2019 Event
On Wednesday, November 6 members of the architecture profession—from emerging students to experienced practitioners will present thought-provoking projects as part of the OAA’s inaugural SHIFT Challenge program.The SHIFT Architecture…
Hariri Pontarini Architects Wins 2019 RAIC International $100,000 Prize for Excellence in…
The Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (RAIC) is pleased to announce the Baha’i Temple of South America in Santiago, Chile as the winner of the 2019 RAIC International Prize. The architects are Hariri Pontarini Architects of Toronto,…
René Menkès (1932-2019)
Renowned Canadian architect, René Menkès, passed away on October 7th in Montréal, at the age of 87. A striking figure in modern, national, international and contemporary architecture, René Menkès was a respected and admired man. We owe him…
Toon Dreessen: What It’s Worth
Arnaud Marthouret: Why is the current procurement of professional services model a problem?Toon Dreessen: I think it is a problem we have this illusion that what we buy we have to equate with getting best value and there's this belief…
The Opeongo Pavilion
Occupying 230-square-metres of Parc du Mont-Orford’s scenic landscape — amid lakes, mountains, and forests — is the modernized Opeongo Pavilion.The name, Opeongo, derives from the Anishnaabe word opeauwingauk (sandy narrows); it…
Three Political Parties Respond to the RAIC’s Built Environment Questions
Three parties have responded to questions from the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (RAIC) about sustainability, living conditions in Indigenous communities, federal procurement, and a national architecture policy for Canada.The…
Ryerson University Centre for Urban Innovation
For Phil Silverstein, the process of designing Ryerson University’s new Centre for Urban Innovation was very much like playing “the ultimate game of Tetris.” Located on the site of a century-old heritage building in downtown Toronto, the…
RAIC Highlights Climate Change for World Architecture Day
On World Architecture Day, the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (RAIC) is calling on architects to lead in the fight against climate change and bring discussion of the built environment to the federal election.In response to the…