ASHRAE 90.1-2010 Energy Standard for Buildings Except Low-Rise Residential Buildings requirements are based on the environmental conditions of the proposed building location. ASHRAE 90.1-2010 requires four climatic values to define… Read more
Determining ASHRAE 90.1-2010 Climate Zones Bulletin
Historic Vancouver building rains chunks of concrete onto Pigeon Park
By Staff CBC NewsAugust 13, 2014, CBC News Popular Downtown Eastside gathering spot closed while city engineers investigate A well-used gathering spot in Vancouver has been fenced off after chunks… Read more
Esquimalt Village Living Community Design Competition: Project Brief
The International Living Future Institute (ILFI) and the Cascadia Green Building Council(Cascadia GBC) is hosting an international design competition for a two-acre mixed-usetown centre, to be known as the Esquimalt… Read more
Architecture that doesn’t only live in nature but is made of it
By Allison Meier August 11, 2014, Hyperallergic Inspired by bird nests or vanishing building techniques, architecture based on natural materials is an expanding focus in both sculpture garden and urban… Read more
Rebel architects: building a better world
By Aaron Millar August 9, 2014, The Observer Working on the fringes of the law, rebel architects are trying to improve people’s lives in tough areas. From floating homes to… Read more
Member Advisory: Architek Sustainable Building Products Inc.
AUGUST 6, 2014 The AIBC Registered Educational Provider Program allows the institute to extend a wide variety of valuable professional development opportunities to Continuing Education System (CES) participants throughout the… Read more
Could Lego Architecture Studio Actually Be Useful For Architects?
By Oliver Wainwright August 6, 2014, The Guardian After over 60 years of firing up children’s imaginations and causing excruciating pain to their parents’ bare feet, Lego is growing up.… Read more
How a San Francisco Architect Reframes Design for the Blind
By Lamar Anderson August 6, 2014, CURBED Architect Chris Downey is standing next to a pile of Sheetrock, balancing a white cane in the air like a tightrope walker’s pole.… Read more
2014 Canadian Architect Awards of Excellence: Open For Submissions
The Canadian Architect Awards of Excellence is an annual awards program open to all architects registered in Canada and to Canadian architectural graduates for buildings designed in Canada and abroad.… Read more
$6M for Innovation Centre
By Trevor Rockliffe July 28, 2014, Castanet.net The Province announced a $6 million investment toward the development of the new state-of- the-art Okanagan Centre for Innovation in Kelowna on Monday.… Read more