The visionary concept of a carbon-absorbing building may soon be a buildable reality, based on a reductive approach to construction—rather than the typical additive one, which builds a structure first and adds to it—, plus materials that sap carbon from the surroundings, and low embodied carbon materials to regenerate carbon-dense environments.
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Construction has started on “Haleco,” a mixed-use development project in Montreal and the winner of C40’s Reinventing Cities competition.
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Montreal-based design firm civiliti has set a new urban trend in its home city with its newest project, Place Monique-Mercure.
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Upgrades for Brentwood SkyTrain Station will soon come around the bend, as several tiers of government have dedicated funding to the project.
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Located on one of Vancouver’s main avenues, Fifteen Fifteen tower stands as a new beacon at the entrance to Vancouver from the North Shore and Stanley Park.
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This fall, seven projects were honoured at the Mississauga Urban Design Awards for exceptional reflectance of the Toronto suburb competition’s theme, “Transformation by Design.”
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Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) has reported the country’s trend measure of housing starts was 185,586 units in July compared to 184,035 in June. The trend is a six-month moving average of the monthly seasonally adjusted annual rates (SAAR) of housing starts.
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