A rigorous conservation process, focused on improving building envelope performance, seismic resiliency, and accessibility, has brought new life to a 1930s church. The restoration has received the Vancouver Heritage Award from the city.
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The new landmark building for the School of Continuing Studies at York University’s (YorkU’s) Keele campus exhibits a distinct twisted shape, emblematic of the school’s identity and culture, which is centred around accelerated professional...
The Polygon Gallery in North Vancouver is the winner of the the Mies Crown Hall Americas Prize (MCHAP) at the Illinois Institute of Technology, a biennial award recognizing excellence in built works of architecture...
Halifax architect appointed to Order of Canada
(02/14/2023)
Halifax architect, Brian MacKay-Lyons, a founding partner of MacKay-Lyons Sweetapple Architects Ltd., has been appointed to the Order of Canada for his contributions to architecture, reverent of Nova Scotia culture.
Deceptively simple in form, Calgary’s 17th Avenue Clinic’s articulation seeks to bring in light and enhance privacy and transparency. For its seemingly basic design, it has received a 2022 World Architecture Festival award.
An engineering student at Polytechnique Montréal, studying steel decarbonization methods, has received $30,000 from the institution as part of the Order of White Rose scholarship, which commemorates the 1989 mass killings at the institution.
The Highway 401/409 Rail Tunnel project is the Tunnelling Association of Canada (TAC)’s 2022 project of the year over $100 million, for the level of engineering and understanding of underground construction displayed by project...
A $300.3-million public-private partnership (P3) to build Alberta high schools received the gold award at the 2022 National Awards for Innovation and Excellence in Public-Private Partnerships, for adapting and refining the “made-in-Canada” P3 model...
Cherry Street Stormwater Management Facility has won the inaugural design review panel award by Waterfront Toronto in the category of excellence in built work, for its remarkable sculptural design and innovative solution to stormwater...
Quebec architect, Alain Fournier, founding partner of EVOQ Architecture, has been awarded 2022 Ernest-Cormier Prize, recognizing his outstanding achievements going beyond the field of architecture into the scope of Indigenous advocacy and activism.