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: Urban Design
Designed by CLOU Architects, Starry Street Wuhou in Chengdu, China, offers a symbiotic three-body spatial system connecting living, retail, and social spaces in the community.
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 Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (RAIC), Canadian Institute of Planners (CIP), and Canadian Society of Landscape Architects (CSLA) are now accepting entries for the 2020 National Urban Design Awards (NUDA).
The ADHOC architects’ Le Jardinier (“the Gardener”), a multiresidential project in Montréal, has earned the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Platinum certification. The project also won the 2018 Inova Award by the...
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.
Montréal heritage studio earns LEED Silver
(12/04/2018)
The Wilder Building Espace Danse, a transformed heritage building in Montréal, has been awarded the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Silver certification in the new construction and renovation (NC) category.
The highly contemporary Vaughan Metropolitan Centre Subway Station is an artistic jewel on Toronto Transit Commission’s (TTC) Spadina Subway Extension project. One of six new facilities on the route, the station offers intermodal transit...
The Voltigeurs de Québec Armoury has reopened a decade after a fire caused extensive damage to the building. Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC) engaged a consortium comprising Architecture49, DFS Architecture and Design, and...