Figurr Architects Collective (Figurr) has designed 159 Forward Avenue, an affordable housing project in Ottawa, which meets Passive House performance standards, and is three times more energy-efficient than previous projects built for the Centretown...
Tag: Sustainable Development
In a significant development, communities in Nunavut are set to receive a boost with a joint investment exceeding $194 million from both federal and territorial governments.
Montreal’s Rosemont Centre recently added an aquatic side to the facility, basing it on a layout of interconnected interfaces between the different programming areas of sports, cultural, and community activities, to kindle a sense...
Aiming for a Canada Green Building Council (CAGBC) Zero Carbon Building Standard design certification, the design concept for a mixed-use residential project in Kingston, Ont., reveals a mix of mechanical, electrical, and structural strategies...
Nominations are open the Margolese National Design for Living Prize organized by the University of British Columbia’s School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture (SALA).
To bring regenerative, collective habitation to all scales of development, Amsterdam (Netherlands)-based architecture practice GG-loop along with engineering company Arup is developing Mitosis: a modular building system created by a parametric design tool following...
The $100,000 Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (RAIC) International Prize for transformative architecture is inviting submissions for its third edition.Awarded every two years, the prize recognizes the power of architecture to transform society.
Québec park centre: Wooden slats act as light filter
(07/17/2018)
The Îles-de-Boucherville National Park in Québec is now equipped with a new discovery and services centre designed by Smith Vigeant Architectes, and entirely made of local wood.
Through the Dock Building project for the Royal Vancouver Yacht Club, the design team at Vancouver-based Michael Green Architecture (MGA) aimed to demonstrate, all projects, from working industrial buildings to boutique museums, can and...
Constellations and the Sans détour projects are the winners of the design competition “Architecture and community commitment: A tale of aluminum,” organized by the Centre d’expertise sur l’aluminium (CeAl) and Alcoa Innovation.