Katerra, a full-service design and construction company based in California, has purchased Vancouver-based Michael Green Architecture (MGA).
Tag: British Columbia
University of British Columbia (UBC) Museum of Anthropology (AES Engineering) and Emily Carr University of Arts and Design (WSP Lighting Studio) are the recipients of the Awards of Excellence in the 2018 Vision Awards.
BC Housing offers air barrier testing
(06/07/2018)
On June 26, BC Housing is conducting a seminar/webinar on “Building Smart with Airtightness Testing: Part One – The Essentials.”
Unhappy with the acoustics in his winery’s “viewing room,” the owner of Sandhill Winery in Kelowna, B.C., went in search of a solution. In the fall of 2017, the space the winery uses for...
UBC’s luxury mid-rise, mass timber condo completed
(05/23/2018)
Construction is complete on the much-anticipated Virtuoso project, a six-storey residential development located at The University of British Columbia’s (UBC’s) Wesbrook Village. Owned by Adera Development Corporation, this building is one of the first...
Natural Resources Canada has promised $6.7 million to expand the country’s curbside charging infrastructure for electric vehicles (EV). The funding will come from the Energy Innovation Program’s Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Demonstrations component.
Acton Ostry Architects announce three new associates
(04/30/2018)
Vancouver-based Acton Ostry Architects (AOA) expands its leadership team with three new associates—Milos Begovic, AIBC, MRAIC, Mark Simpson, AIBC, MRAIC, P.Eng., and Nathaniel Straathof, AIBC, LEED AP, MRAIC.
Architectural excellence celebrated at AIBC awards
(04/24/2018)
Thirteen projects have been honoured with the 2018 Architectural Awards by the Architectural Institute of British Columbia (AIBC). The winning structures, from a hot water boiler facility at the University of British Columbia to...
Architect offers tour of new campus building
(04/24/2018)
The Vancouver Chapter of CSC is organizing a tour of the Simon Fraser University’s (SFU’s) Sustainable Energy and Environmental Engineering (SE3P) building in Surrey, British Columbia, on May 10 from 12 to 1:30 p.m....
Victoria seminar explores moisture management
(04/09/2018)
The Vancouver Island Chapter of CSC will hold a lunch presentation on “Next Generation Bathrooms” at Fireside Grill on April 12. Maria Rudman (Schluter Systems Canada) will lead the discussion.