Launched in 2019 and held biennially, the SHIFT Architectural Challenge is an awards program where OAA members are invited to create imaginative and cutting-edge design ideas on societal issues. This...
Do you run a camp, conduct tours or have a website with activities for youth about architecture, urban planning or anything related to the built environment? If so, the Toronto Society of Architects...
Three years after the business world reacted to the rise of Black Lives Matter activism by escalating its embrace of DEI, the architectural profession has made notable strides towards becoming a more...
Ottawa- Gov. Gen. Mary Simon presented Canada’s top architecture and landscape architecture honours at a ceremony held Jan. 24 at Rideau Hall. The Governor General’s Medals in Architecture and...
Toronto - The council of the Ontario Association of Architects (OAA) has a new president. Settimo Vilardi, a Windsor, Ont.-based architect, was acclaimed to the one-year position at the first OAA...
A Kitchener, Ont.-based architect sees plenty of opportunities for mass timber to help solve the affordable housing crisis. Matt Bolen, principal with EDGE Architects, said the firm’s design of the...
OTTAWA — The federal government has announced effective now, the new Canadian Board for Harmonized Construction Codes (CBHCC) has been given responsibility for the development...
TORONTO — The Toronto Society of Architects’ (TSA) Gingerbread City is back for its third consecutive year of edible creations. The event brings together architects, designers and gingerbread lovers...
Recently, in recognition of Women’s History Month, we’ve highlighted stories we ran in our Women in Construction feature on our social media sites and below we have a video focusing on several...
Mass timber buildings are in the headlines but despite the movement’s positives of high-performance, sustainability, low-embodied energy and esthetics, the “knowledge gap” in the building industry is...