Submit an entry for the 43rd Annual Royal City Builders’ Awards being hosted by the New Westminster Chamber of Commerce and Presented by First Capital Realty Inc. These Awards have… Read more
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2014 Canadian Architect Awards of Excellence open for submissions…plus jury details!
By Staff Canadian Architect September 2, 2014 The Canadian Architect Awards of Excellence is an annual awards program open to all architects registered in Canada and to Canadian architectural graduates… Read more
A New Festival that Celebrates the Architecture of the Arctic Circle
By Shannon Sharpe September 8, 2014, Architecture News Norway Rintala Eggertsson Architects Last weekend saw the opening of a new cultural festival on Sandhornøy, a small Norwegian island within the… Read more
A New Concept for Shape-Shifting Architecture That Responds to Heat
By Liz Stinson September 9, 2014, WIRED With few exceptions, the buildings we occupy are rigid and stationary. This is generally a good thing. After all, no one wants an… Read more
Post Disaster Safety Assessment Program Coming to B.C.
With the recent earthquake in the Napa Valley, we are reminded of the need in BC to be prepared for an emergency event. Earlier this year, BC’s Auditor General published… Read more
World Architecture Festival to Kick-Off in One Month
By Katie WatkinsArchitecture News Arch Daily, Sept 2, 2014 With only one month to go before the 2014 World Architecture Festival (WAF) begins in Singapore, WAF has unveiled new additions… Read more
Pakistani Architect Pioneers Fresh Approach To Disaster Relief
By Zofeen T EbrahimEco-Business, September 2, 2014 Yasmeen Lari has built over 40,000 low-cost shelters using just mud, lime and bamboo. “You don’t need wood, cement and steel to build… Read more
The House of Hammocks in Vienna
By Elizabeth PagliacoloAzure, August 12, 2014 A public space for daydreaming – Austrian firm Heri & Salli builds a second Flederhaus in the Flugheld Aspern district. Imagine a public building… Read more
2014 Building Access Handbook
The Building Access Handbook 2014 is now available for your reference and can be found on our website. The content of the new handbook has been updated, from the 2007 edition,… Read more
Top 10 Quirkiest Homes in Canada
August 15, 2014 Weird, wonderful and wacky, you’ll be bewildered by our country’s quirkiest abodes. By Adena Leigh