Here’s a brief construction update on the BIG-led new KING Toronto development with Diamond Schmitt Architects. The design pays homage to the definitive modularity of Moshe Safdie’s seminal Habitat 67, with 514 units rotated on a 45-degree angle and arranged as through a canyon overlooking the... View full entry

The University of Waterloo’s School of Architecture has shared its Arriscraft Canada Brick Speaker Series information for the Fall 2024 semester.  Upcoming events include a panel discussion on 'Climate Resilience Inspired by Monsoon Culture' with Turenscape founder and 2023 Oberlander Prize... View full entry

A new tri-national Mutual Recognition Agreement (MRA) has been signed by the three largest North American groups representing professional architects in their respective countries.  The updated agreement between the Regulatory Organizations of Architecture in Canada (ROAC), Mexico’s Comité... View full entry

Field Operations has announced they are working with Canadian partners Brook McIlroy on a new public realm rehabilitation project dubbed The Bentway Islands in Toronto.  The plan calls for the redevelopment of three traffic islands into a new space that totals 125,000 square feet. Design... View full entry

Toronto-based architecture and interior design studio Atelier Kastelic Buffey (Akb) has designed a modern cottage secluded amidst the natural beauty of Ontario’s Georgian Bay.  Image: Doublespace The retreat is located three hours north of Toronto on a small island called Whistling Wind in... View full entry

A student housing project combining heritage conservation with facadism, the new 19-story LINK design from ACDF Architecture, is now ready for use in Montreal’s Shaughnessy Village.  Just steps away from Concordia University and other local colleges, the project provides much-needed... View full entry

The latest addition to Toronto’s skyline, PEI Architects’ 2221 Yonge Street tower, is now open after a 2022 completion. New images of the 56-story design reveal the presence of cantilevered wraparound balconies leading down to a six-story podium with a grand porte-cochère and sloped... View full entry

Construction has begun on the new Scotia Place events center in downtown Calgary from HOK and DIALOG.  The arena design reportedly considers its site’s Indigenous forebears from the Treaty 7 Peoples and the Metis Nation and establishes a new home for the Calgary Flames NHL franchise while... View full entry

The important Gordie Howe International Bridge project is nearing completion at the U.S. border with Canada. The latest construction update now states that the design’s critical bridge deck component has now been installed on the entire length of the 2,800-foot span, connecting both countries... View full entry

Ottawa-based architecture firm Kariouk Architects has designed a family retreat defined by its open spaces and close relationship to the landscape in a remote Ontarian forest.  Photo: Scott Norsworthy The home was designed for a large family who wanted a large space for summer and winter... View full entry

3XN, in collaboration with Arcadis IBI, has revealed the design for a new, unified Rotman Commerce Building at the University of Toronto. The building aims to prepare students for professional life after university by fueling both learning and networking through open and interconnected... View full entry

Calgary-based studio Modern Office of Design + Architecture (MODA) — the winners of Canada's 2022 RAIC Emerging Practice Award — has completed a forward-thinking mixed-use development that combines multi-residential housing and urban farming to build community and foster social... View full entry

In Toronto, Dubbeldam Architecture + Design has completed a new residence distinguished by projecting and retracting volumes and the way it offers occupants a meaningful relationship with the outdoors. Called Shift House, the 3,200-square-foot home’s façade is also highlighted by contrasting... View full entry

Moriyama Teshima Architects has provided a statement in rebuke of the sudden closure of its late founder Raymond Moriyama’s beloved Ontario Science Centre in Toronto. The closure was announced Friday by the provincial government, citing the need for repairs in many of its RAAC roof... View full entry

The Art Newspaper is reporting on the failure of a legal challenge that would have blocked Toronto’s controversial plans to realize a massive spa complex on the site of Ontario Place after the provincial Superior Court of Justice’s June 11th decision.  The project is contentious on both... View full entry