A Canadian is the recipient of an international award for his research in the forest product industry.

Being recognized for his work on nanocrystalline cellulose (NCC) fibre, Derek Gray, PhD, was honoured with the Marcus Wallenberg Award.

Plans for the Iqaluit International Airport—Canada’s most northern public-private-partnership (P3)—are getting underway.

Arctic Infrastructure Partners (AIP) is the consortium selected to build, finance, operate, and maintain the facility for the next three decades. Additionally, the government’s PPP Canada will partially fund the $230-million project and Stantec are design consultants to AIP.

Canada’s national newspaper, The Globe and Mail, is getting a new 46,451-m² (500,000-sf) home in downtown Toronto.

The Globe and Mail Centre will be a part of the city’s east-end St. Lawrence neighbourhood and office district. Designed by Diamond Schmitt Architects, the 17-storey tower will feature a high-performance building envelope, advanced glazing system, and 3-m (10-ft) high windows.

Vancouver’s VanDusen Botanical Garden Visitor Centre was recognized with a 2013 Chairman’s Award from the Metal Construction Association (MCA).

The Van Dusen project, designed by Perkins+Will, received the award in the Metal Roofing category. The building’s unique orchid-inspired design employs metal panels that reach the ground in a half-barrel shape.

On September 26 and 27, the 29^th annual IIDEX Canada show welcomed designers, architects, and developers to Toronto’s Direct Energy Centre.

Produced by Informa, the two-day event featured more than 350 exhibitors, six keynote presentations, and more than 80 seminars. The show is co-presented by Interior Designers of Canada (IDC) and Architecture Canada | RAIC.

Toronto’s Ryerson University is building a smart grid energy laboratory to test ideas and products to be used by energy consumers across the province.

The idea behind the smart grid is to connect electricity systems to technology and information that will increase efficiency, detect and restore outages, and reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.

Ryerson University’s newest campus addition, Church Street Development (CSD), will be designed by Perkins+Will.

The project comprises both residential and academic components, including approximately 250 student residence spaces.

Winnipeg will be the next location to see the inclusion of an energy-efficient Holmes community housing development, spearheaded by contractor and television personality, Mike Holmes.

The Holmes Group develops sustainable, high-performance, and healthy residential communities across the country.

The third Sukkahville pop-up housing event will take place in Toronto’s Mel Lastman Square later this month.

Presented by the Kehilla Residential Programme (KRP), the program’s goal is to draw attention to housing design trends, as well as the city’s lack of affordable housing.

Building permits in July increased overall by 20.7 per cent, but institutional and industrial construction remain down, according to Statistics Canada.

The $8 billion rise was mainly due to commercial construction permits for office buildings, retail, and recreation facilities. The non-residential sector increased a total of 45.5 per cent, or $3.9 billion.