Release: REFBC Building Change report released

People live in places. The places that we build – small towns, communities, cities, suburbs – all have impacts on our environment and... Read More

WWW: Inclusive urban visions

How to build inclusive communities Challenging urban segregation is essential for economic and social suitability but requires... Read More

Edited by Donlyn Lyndon & Jim Alinder, (Princeton Architectural Press, 2014) One hundred miles north of San Francisco, the Sonoma... Read More

Toronto

Until the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. (CMHC) released a new report showing that a shortage of supply wasn’t, in fact, the... Read More

Building floating cities in French Polynesia as an answer to climate change A Silicon Valley tech firm is developing self-contained... Read More

In a year when the high cost of housing dominates the headlines, this year’s federal budget is promoting a bright shiny object: the... Read More

Via The Tyee: When you think of high urban density, you might think of big land assembly projects that end up in blockbusting towers... Read More

It’s important to keep pre-existing buildings until they have outlived their usefulness. This makes sense economically... Read More

Toronto

Last week saw another of the regular surges of interest in laneway houses in Toronto. But we should also look to backyards without... Read More

ECODESIGN FOR CITIES AND SUBURBS A New Free Internet Course Offered on edX by the University of British Columbia Architects, urban... Read More