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TORONTO STARThe number of empty units in Toronto community housing has ''steadily increased'' in the last few months, despite efforts to fill those vacancies rapidly with people living in city shelters.While the agency reached a…

Bird Construction announced that it, as part of the Joint Use Mutual Partnership consortium, has executed two contracts with the Province of Saskatchewan to design, build, finance and maintain a cumulative of 18 pre-kindergarten to Grade 8…

Following the violent earthquake that hit Nepal on April 25th, 2015, Emergency and Development Architects (EDA) is launching a fundraising campaign to rally architects, construction professionals and citizens, to quickly start an integrated…

Bondfield Construction has been chosen to design, build and finance the construction of St. Michael’s Hospital’s new 17-storey patient care tower at the corner of Queen and Victoria streets and the renovation of approximately…

The fact that climate change is the new reality and is a global phenomenon that affects us locally with severe weather, flooding and drought is a topic Credit Valley Conservation’s Christine Zimmer explored in her keynote address at…

Peter Gilgan, the founder and CEO of Mattamy Homes, today announced a $30 million gift toward construction of a new patient care tower for critically ill patients at St. Michael’s Hospital.This is the single largest donation in St.…

As the Province of Ontario moves closer to a decision on regulations permitting taller wood-frame construction, two industry associations representing interests on either side of the debate continue the war of words, at least as it pertains…

Traditionally, building design has relied to a considerable extent on historic climate data accumulated over time to provide design criteria for everything in buildings including structural systems, cladding and windows, site drainage and…

Canada’s largest urban community developer, Concord Pacific, has unveiled Calgary’s newest multi-family development. Called The Concord, it will be located along the Bow River in the Eau Claire community, and will be, according…

While Toronto’s condo explosion is overwhelming most of the downtown, there are still pockets that have resisted the steel-and-glass invasion – for reasons both good and bad. One such pocket is the Queen St. East and Broadview…