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Ontario Recognizes Excellence in Wood Architecture

Building Mar 13, 2020

The Canadian Wood Council’s Ontario Wood WORKS! program and the Ontario Forest Industries Association (OFIA) joined forces at the 77th OFIA Annual Meeting and Convention to recognize six winning projects as part of the Ontario Wood Design…

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TimberFever design-build competition returns to Ryerson University

Building Sep 19, 2018

TimberFever’s fourth annual design-build competition begins this week. The event is presented by Moses Structural Engineers and will take place September 20-23. Architectural and civil engineering university students from across Canada will…

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Submissions sought for IDS Toronto’s Ontario Wood program

Building Aug 31, 2018

Taking place in January, IDS Toronto is poised to return to Canada’s biggest city for its 21st year. For next year, Ontario Wood is a returning initiative to help consumers identify and purchase locally made Ontario Wood products. Ontario’s…

Architecture

Canada Wood Council publishes Brock Commons case study

Building Aug 1, 2018

The Canada Wood Council's WoodWorks! program recently published an in-depth case study analyzing the design and construction process for the University of British Columbia's record-breaking Brock Commons, which became the world's tallest…

Architecture

Construction startup Katerra acquires wood pioneers Michael Green Architecture

Building May 31, 2018

Katerra, a technology company striving to revolutionize the construction industry, and Michael Green Architecture Inc. (MGA), a globally recognized Canadian leader in mass timber architecture, announced a partnership today that underscores…

Architecture

14-storey tall wood building proposed at University of Toronto

Building May 9, 2018

Just south of Bloor Street, the University of Toronto is planning a striking addition to downtown’s St. George campus. Rising above the Goldring Athletic Centre, the design for a 14-storey mass timber and concrete hybrid tower has been…

Architecture

Winning design chosen for George Brown’s wood frame building

Building Apr 3, 2018

George Brown College has announced that Moriyama & Teshima Architects + Acton Ostry Architects have been selected to design The Arbour — moving one step closer toward construction of Ontario’s first tall wood, low carbon institutional…

Architecture

Geroge Brown College reveals shortlisted architects for tall wood building

Building Mar 26, 2018

This week, Toronto’s George Brown College announced the four finalist architectural teams to design ‘The Arbour’, which will be a 12-storey mass-timber, low-carbon building to be constructed at the heart of the college’s growing waterfront…

Architecture

Alberta’s Lethbridge College expansion claims Prairie Wood Design Award

Building Mar 19, 2018

An expanded trades and technologies centre at Alberta’s Lethbridge College received top honours at the Prairie Wood Design Awards for the institutional building category. The Trades Technologies Renewal and Innovation Project (TTRIP)…

2018 Wood Design Awards celebrate tall building innovation in BC

Building Feb 28, 2018

Innovative architectural and structural design in taller and larger mass timber buildings headlined the 2018 Wood Design Awards event at the Vancouver Convention Centre (West) this week. The 14th annual event, organized and hosted by Wood…

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