Winnipeg’s Veil House, designed by 5468796 Architecture, clinched the top spot in the “Completed Buildings-House & Villa” category at the World Architecture Festival 2023 in Singapore, selected from 18 shortlisted candidates from all corners...
Tag: structure
Tension fabric structures have served a key role as a cost-effective facility solution for years. In some cases, users have turned to fabric buildings when brick-and-mortar construction is not economically feasible or would take...
The U.S.-based Brick Industry Association’s (BIA’s) 2022 Brick in Architecture Awards have honoured the Drake Hotel’s Modern Wing in Toronto. Earning silver designation in the commercial category, it is among 45 other winning projects...
The S-Pace 1628 project, designed by architecture firm 1628 Inc., and located a few steps from Lake Memphremagog in Magog, Quebec, was created to house the company’s offices, as well as serve as a...
A patented technology of corrugated steel structural panels was used to build out an indoor soccer stadium, Saguenay, Que., which shifted the weight of the building to its walls, cancelling the reliance on columns...
Fixing thermal bridging in masonry foundation walls
(11/11/2022)
Thermal bridges occur all over a building in transitions, terminations, and penetrations. Foundation to wall transitions, balcony projections, window and door openings, and roof parapets can all serve as thermal bridges. However, while identifying...
Montreal-based design firm Imagine has wrapped up a complete renovation of the 19th century townhouse Maison Merveilleuse.
DAAi completes custom-designed pole barn
(01/25/2022)
Dory Azar Architect Inc. (DAAi) unveiled a fresh take on a traditional pole barn along Highway 3 in Tecumseh, Ontario.
Southwold township receives new modular steel bridge
(12/23/2021)
A modular steel bridge recently opened to carry traffic over Kettle Creek in the Township of Southwold, Ontario.
Centennial College has begun construction on a mass-timber higher-education building, based on the Indigenous concept of “two-eyed seeing.”