Across Canada, the demand for rental housing is intensifying. The unprecedented demand for rentals is a result of several factors, including Canada’s population growth, ongoing inflation, constraints...
The City of Hamilton is stepping up efforts to address the housing crisis with a plan for 2025, prioritizing expansion of affordable housing options, enhanced support for vulnerable communities and...
Last month, the federal government announced that it would be investing $10 million for 18 applied research projects that explore “specific, impactful ways” to help Canada meet its housing and...
For a day or two in December, the architectural imagination migrates its medium, and the workaday tribulations of CAD, Revit and Grasshopper give way to the tactile, aromatic pleasures of cloves...
Other Canadian cities have innovated in order to ensure their residents are housed. Surely the nation's capital can do the same. Last month, the federal government formally announced a commitment of...
Construction technology company, ICON, has opened submissions for Initiative 99, a global architecture competition for 3D-printed affordable housing that can be built under $99,000 (USD). With a total...
Globally, two billion additional homes will be required to be built over the next 75 years. This will only add more pressure within the housing sector, which is already responsible for 17-21% of...
Compared to other G7 nations, Canada has the lowest number of housing units per capita overall – this has contributed to a housing shortage, which in turn has driven up rental prices across the...