architecture
Why Moshe Safdie wants Canada to rebuild its sense of adventure
“The public often thinks a building can be functional but ugly as hell. To me, that’s impossible.”
Inside UBC’s Indian Residential School History and Dialogue Centre
Fusing Western design with Indigenous tradition is at the heart of architect Alfred Waugh’s craft
Behind the evolution of Montreal’s Biodôme
The animals that inhabit Montreal’s beloved Biodôme are at the centre of its recent overhaul
Inside the Stratford Festival’s $72-million theatre makeover
This summer—after years of delays—the show will finally go on at Stratford’s immaculately redesigned Tom Patterson Theatre
This Winnipeg art gallery is a monument to Inuit culture
Qaumajuq is not just an art gallery or a stylish feat of architecture. It’s much more.
Israeli-Canadian architect Moshe Safdie’s bright and green designs are travelling the globe
More than 50 years after Habitat 67 was built, its principles are finding new life around the world
The rise of Japandi design and the quest to create a calm place in a turbulent world
A blend of Japanese and Scandinavian aesthetics has created an increasingly popular style that’s ‘simple and calm and restful’
A post-pandemic Architecture Biennale
The 2021 Biennale poses the questions: Will life ever return to “normal”? Do we really want it to? This year’s exhibits imagine how we’ll live alongside fungi, bacteria—and each other.
The Chateau Laurier fiasco exposes the idiocy of city amalgamations
Stephen Maher: The politicians who voted to let this happen represent people who have as much to do with the Laurier as people in Nova Scotia
The Chateau Laurier battle, and the risk of marring Ottawa’s historic core
In the Parliament Hill precinct, just about everything built, upgraded or repurposed demands scrutiny
For Canada 150, architects should aim for solutions, not landmarks
Canada’s centennial spurred a slew of architectural glories. But 50 years later, a truly great monument would be a design for a better country
The trouble with Trudeau’s Indigenous centre plan
Architecture professor David Fortin explains why ‘nothing about the building would reflect Indigenous people’