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Fall public review opens for proposed changes to 2025 National Model Codes
The Canadian Board for Harmonized Construction Codes (CBHCC) invites code users, the Codes community, and the public to participate in the fall 2026 public review of proposed changes to the 2025 editions of the National Model Codes. The proposed changes included in this public…
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In Memoriam: Mark Sterling, 1956–2026
We had never seen a thesis project quite like it. The project that stretched the limits of urban design, the limits of the very notion of the city and of public space. The student who produced it was Mark Sterling. He had designed an enormous public building, a headquarters for…
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Editorial: Defenders of Democracy
In mid-October, the Supreme Court of Canada heard the case of Ontario Place Protectors v. Ontario. The matter originated in concerns about the government measures taken to fast-track a controversial development at the Ontario Place site on Toronto’s waterfront. As it moved its…
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Sustainability Blueprint: Toronto and Region Conservation Authority Headquarters, Toronto, Ontario
PROJECT Toronto and Region Conservation Authority Headquarters, Toronto, Ontario ARCHITECTS Bucholz McEvoy Architects + ZAS Architects TEXT Lloyd Alter PHOTOS Michael Moran The mission of the Toronto and Region Conservation Authority (TRCA) is “to enhance our region’s natural…
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Winning Opportunities
TEXT Peter Sealy PHOTOS AlexShootsBuildings, unless otherwise noted In August, I travelled to the town of Louňovice, Czech Republic, to visit an exceptional work of architecture by a Canadian firm—the LOŠBATES School by Montreal’s Pelletier de Fontenay, in collaboration with…
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Under One Roof: Freedom Mobile Arch, Vancouver, BC
PROJECT Freedom Mobile Arch, Vancouver, British Columbia ARCHITECT Revery Architecture Inc. TEXT Stacey McLachlan PHOTOS Ema Peter, unless otherwise noted For decades, the Pacific National Exhibition (PNE)’s amphitheatre was little more than a fenced-off patch of asphalt at the…
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Insites: Places of Healing
It’s widely acknowledged that healthcare is among the most technically challenging of specialties for architecture. Within this field, the subset of facilities for cancer treatment presents unique design complexities. These challenges include designing to support care models…
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Practice: Toward Circularity in the Built Environment
Over the past 30 years in Canada, various architects and other built environment actors have been exploring circular methods that rethink the use of materials, energy, and water in the built environment. Personally, I have been exploring deconstruction approaches since the…
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Book Review: Classicism in Canada
Classicism in Canada: Ambition, Utopia, Hubris Edited by Joan Coutu and David A. Galbraith (MQUP, 2026) REVIEW Graham Livesey Architectural history has been a contested field for some time. For many decades, the emphasis had been placed on neat descriptions of style, typology,…
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Book Review: Please Touch Everything
Please Touch Everything By Joan Francuz (Dundurn Press, 2026) REVIEW Elsa Lam Retired Ontario Science Centre staffer Joan Francuz started writing a history of the institution as a pandemic project. The book was about to go to press in mid-2024, when the building’s sudden closure…
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Book Review: The Dining Room
The Dining Room By John Ota (Appetite by Random House, 2026) REVIEW Elsa Lam Toronto architect John Ota’s sequel to his bestseller The Kitchen takes us into the sometimes-adjoining dining room. It explores the design of twelve iconic eating spaces: from George and Martha…
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Book Review: Eric Arthur—Architect, Educator, Gentleman of Taste
Eric Arthur: Architect, Educator, Gentleman of Taste By Harold Kalman (University of Toronto Press, 2025) REVIEW George Thomas Kapelos Library shelves are crowded with books on architects and buildings that herald modernity’s arrival—a rich and complex subject, involving many…
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Block Beautification
After the decade-long Union Station revamp came to a close last year, a final piece was added into the newly revitalized building’s grand plaza: a series of over five dozen large, concrete blocks, designed to prevent hostile vehicles from crashing into pedestrians. The oversized…
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November 2026
In our November issue This November, we focus on innovations—both in building construction and in the underlying processes of making architecture. Our cover story is the stunning Freedom Mobile Arch in Vancouver by Revery Architecture, with structural engineering by Fast + Epp.…
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Installation transforms Aga Khan Park’s central pool
Rising from the centre pool of the Aga Khan Park, a faceted crystal of light unfolds into a bloom of cupolas. Entitled materia prima, the new installation by Toronto studio JAH Qube premiered at Nuit Blanche 2026 as the featured outdoor work of the Aga Khan Museum’s program…
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Op-Ed: Advanced tower retrofit: renewing buildings, sustaining communities
At 444 Logan Avenue in Toronto, Canadian-made prefabricated panels are transforming a WoodGreen Community Housing seniors’ tower into a showcase for net-zero renewal—all while residents continue to call it home. The project is becoming a neighbourhood landmark, demonstrating how…
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Upcoming exhibition to feature sculptural works by Katherine Lapierre
An upcoming exhibition at UQAM’s Centre de design brings together models of self-built architecture and sculptural works by architecture-trained Katherine Lapierre, exploring the space between architectural research and artistic invention. For more than 20 years, Lapierre—an…
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Halifax-based architecture firm among winners of 2026 CCC Emerging Design Awards
The Canadian Creators Collective (CCC) has announced the winners of the inaugural CCC Emerging Design Awards, which recognize emerging design talent from across Canada. The evaluation process was overseen by a jury of industry leaders, including Philippe Malouin, Kwangho Lee,…
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Upcoming exhibition by James Brittain to explore Montreal’s winter landscape
From November 13 to 15, 2026, award-winning photographer James Brittain will be presenting a solo exhibition titled Winter Still at Studio 409 in Montreal. Originally from London, U.K., Brittain approaches the Canadian winter from an adopted perspective and is sensitive to the…
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Museum of Toronto announces permanent home in city’s downtown core
Museum of Toronto will move into a permanent home at 2 Queen Street East, marking a new phase for the institution’s growth and in the city’s evolving cultural landscape. The Museum is set to open its doors in spring 2027, supported by a $35 million gift from philanthropists…