The $560-million University of British Columbia’s (UBC) Lower Mall Precinct Phase One project is the province’s largest funded housing project.
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A team of students from the University of British Columbia (UBC) have built a near-zero embodied carbon building on campus using hempcrete, wood, and steel as primary materials.
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A series of five student residences at the University of British Columbia (UBC), tə šxʷhəleləm̓s tə k̓ʷaƛ̓kʷəʔaʔɬ (The Houses of the Ones Belonging to the Saltwater), address the importance of student wellness, inclusivity, and sustainable design through their dynamic programming, visual transparency, and context-responsive materiality.
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New Passive House-certified faculty and staff rental housing at University of British Columbia, Vancouver, will aid in future research relating to lifecycle performance of similar buildings, focused at helping the broader development community design affordable and energy efficient infrastructure.
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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 market condominium projects in North America constructed using mass timber.
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Researchers at University of British Columbia (UBC) Okanagan have determined smart memory alloys are a safer and more cost-effective alternative to steel reinforced concrete bridges in earthquake-prone areas like the Lower Mainland in B.C. Memory alloys, which can be flexed without experiencing permanent damage, can maintain a bridge’s structural integrity and significantly reduce repair costs after a seismic event, finds the study.
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Except as a tool to connect with one another or conduct research, how important can Wi-Fi really be to design/construction professionals? B.C. expert Stefan Storey has created a system that adjusts ventilation according to the number of Wi-Fi users in a space.
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