Built on the shore of Lake Revdor, in Quebec’s Laurentians region, the Break Residence reveals different faces, depending on whether it is seen from the water or the ground.
Tag: news
The design for the Nunavut Inuit Heritage Centre draws inspiration from the patterns formed in snowdrifts by the prevailing wind—“kalutoqaniq” in Inuit, which also serves as a natural wayfinding system for Inuit—to create a...
Arup, a global sustainable development consultancy, has been selected as the technical advisor on Metrolinx’s massive commuter rail project as the GO Transit moves to add a two-way, all-day train service in cities and...
Toronto’s Rogers Centre will continue its $300 million renovation with the stadium’s 100-level seating bowl and structure, which will be fully demolished—from foul pole to foul pole—at the end of the 2023 season and...
Sustainable building solutions company, Lafarge Canada, a member of Holcim Group, has switched to producing a new brand of low-carbon cement, offering a minimum of 30 per cent reduction in CO2 emissions per tonne...
A single-family residential project in Montreal, named L’Escher, is based on a non-traditional layout, centred around a sculptural staircase connecting the three levels of the house, evoking similarities to a renowned lithograph of an...
Saint-Gobain North America and its building products subsidiaries CertainTeed Canada Inc. and Kaycan have renewed their national partnership with Habitat for Humanity Canada to continue building affordable housing in communities across Canada.
Enbridge Sustain, an energy solutions company, and SEAN, a developer of sustainable housing, will build a new 73-unit townhome and condo community in Barrie that will be sustainably heated and cooled using a dedicated...
The new building, Manitou a bi Bii daziigae, at Winnipeg’s Red River College (RRC) Polytech features dynamic building-integrated photovoltaic (BIPV) panels on its facade, concealing solar cells behind nano-coated glass. The PV system generates...
The new Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières (UQTR) building is a centre devoted to digital manufacturing, embracing the wooded settings to create a bright, inspiring exterior and interior space to foster the development of...