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Canada Council announces Prix de Rome and J. B. C. Watkins Award winners
1+ hour, 47+ min ago (449+ words) Publisher - magazine for architects and related professionals The Canada Council for the Arts is recognizing the potential of emerging architects and the contribution of practicing architects by awarding the following prizes. The winners include the following: The Prix de Rome…...
Op-Ed: If Zero Carbon is the Goal, We Must Tear Down Our Silos
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (311+ words) Publisher - magazine for architects and related professionals As an industry, we now have access to better carbon data, stronger benchmarks and performance targets that are clear. What's scarce is our willingness to act before design decisions are cemented. The TRCA…...
Year-End Sprint: Why Canadian Design Firms Should Reass. ..
1+ day, 23+ hour ago (443+ words) Publisher - magazine for architects and related professionals As Canada's architecture and design sectors near the end of the year, firms are navigating rising costs, shifting client expectations, and economic uncertainty. For small and mid-sized practices, regular check-ins are a chance…...
Prime Minister Carney announces competition to restore residence at 24 Sussex Drive
2+ day, 1+ hour ago (483+ words) Publisher - magazine for architects and related professionals For more than 75 years, 24 Sussex Drive has served as the official residence of the Prime Minister of Canada and as a setting for diplomacy, public service, and decisions of national consequence. But following…...
Momentum Growing in Support of Supreme Court Case against Ontario Legislation
3+ day, 1+ hour ago (474+ words) Publisher - magazine for architects and related professionals In the coming months, the suit brought by Ontario Place Protectors (OPP) against Ontario's Rebuilding Ontario Place Act, 2023 (ROPA) is expected to be heard by the Supreme Court of Canada. Fourteen civil rights,…...
Design Week Calgary returns this summer
6+ day, 23+ hour ago (581+ words) Publisher - magazine for architects and related professionals Design Talks Institute has announced that Design Week Calgary will return for its second edition this August. Building on the momentum of its inaugural year, Design Week Calgary continues to create opportunities for…...
John Patkau to deliver inaugural Essy Baniassad Lecture at Dalhousie University
1+ week, 6+ day ago (384+ words) Publisher - magazine for architects and related professionals Dalhousie Architectural Press (DAP), its Board members, and the Dalhousie Faculty of Architecture and Planning will be hosting the inaugural Essy Baniassad Lecture. Presented by architect John Patkau in honour of the late…...
Two Canadian projects win AIA Architecture Awards
2+ week, 2+ day ago (456+ words) Publisher - magazine for architects and related professionals The Arbour House in Victoria, British Columbia, has been awarded a 2026 AIA Architecture Award. The building was designed by Vancouver's Patkau Architects, and the award marks the firm's fifth AIA Architecture Award. Intertwining…...
BC Embodied Carbon Awards winners announced
2+ week, 3+ day ago (460+ words) Publisher - magazine for architects and related professionals Six trailblazers have been recognized for their work in reducing embodied carbon in British Columbia's built environment at the fourth annual BC Embodied Carbon Awards. The'Zero Emissions Innovation Centre (ZEIC), through its Carbon…...
Architecture Firms Announce Mergers, Partnerships, and Expansions
3+ week, 1+ hour ago (409+ words) Publisher - magazine for architects and related professionals The grand opening of DIALOG's Ottawa Studio took place on May 19, 2026. As the design practice's'sixth'studio, DIALOG's Ottawa location will continue to support the delivery of successful projects in the region, where the'firm has…...