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Diamond Schmitt and RWDI receive the Green Building Pioneer Award from CaGBC
Diamond Schmitt Architects and RWDI have received the Green Building Pioneer Award from the Canada Green Building Council (CaGBC) of Greater Toronto for their groundbreaking innovation called ecoMetrics.“ecoMetrics was developed in…
A proposed 65 storey skyscraper prompts Quebec City to grapple with its identity
MONTREAL – Quebec City's centuries-old architecture has earned it a reputation as one of Canada's most beautiful cities, but opponents of a plan to build the province's tallest skyscraper fear that is about to change.At public meetings…
Myhal Centre for Engineering Innovation & Entrepreneurship
Ten years ago, the Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering at the University of Toronto recognized a pressing need to construct a new facility that would foster research excellence and support the potential of its growing students and…
Creating the “Future-Proof” School
A marijuana snooze-ateria? A cellphone keep (in the archaic sense of “keep” as a fortified castle tower or dungeon)? We can all play the mug’s game of guessing which new facility will be deemed essential in tomorrow’s public schools.…
Official opening: Design of new Calgary library gets positive reviews
CALGARY – Hundreds of people were lined up down the block today for the official opening of Calgary's new central library.The space covers 22,000 square metres and is already drawing positive reviews for its modernist design.The…
Great Gulf and Partners Break Ground on 8 Cumberland
Developers Great Gulf and Phantom Developments Ltd., along with The Kadima Group and MM Realty Ventures Inc. celebrated the ground-breaking of 8 Cumberland, a modern 51-storey high-rise condominium with a century-old brick Victorian podium.…
The Canadian Institute of Planners (CIP), the Canadian Society of Landscape Architects (CSLA),…
The Canadian Institute of Planners (CIP), the Canadian Society of Landscape Architects (CSLA), Engineers Canada and the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (RAIC) are pleased to announce the signing of a Letter of Understanding.…
Montreal ‘shoebox’ homes highlight challenges of urban heritage preservation
MONTREAL – A Montreal borough's quest to preserve its humble ``shoebox'' homes is highlighting the challenges that come with trying to balance heritage preservation with homeowners' rights in a growing city.
Officials in Rosemont have…
North Bay Parry Sound District Health Unit
Under the guiding principle that “movement is life,” Mitchell Jensen Architects Inc. and Carlyle Design Associates recently completed the North Bay Parry Sound District Health Unit. The 150-person, 58,000-sq.-ft. facility works to promote…