Green Design
Sunnybrook Hospital abuzz with beekeeping first
Sunnybrook Hospital has become the first healthcare facility in Toronto to welcome honeybees to its 100-acre property.
A new home for first responders in Delta, B.C.
The facility brings together a multi-purpose satellite fire station, a live-fire training building, and a municipal emergency operations centre.
Lessons for upgrading older schools
When planning retrofits or renovations for older schools, administrators have the chance to implement green, sustainable and high-performance design solutions.
Fast tracking success
The SFU Sustainable Energy and Environmental Engineering Building was a challenging project for Bird Construction, who delivered the project on time.
Editorial: Lessons from a school infrastructure upgrade
School buildings that are 40-plus years old or more have been shown to pose barriers to teaching and learning, says the U.S. National Center for
History and innovation blend at Hotel X Toronto
For Hotel X Toronto, a new urban resort from the Library Hotel Collection, intimate is the personality of choice, and it comes across in all its facets.
CaGBC launches energy disclosure challenge
The Canada Green Building Council (CaGBC) is challenging property stakeholders to be more open about their energy, water, and carbon usage. On March 27, the
Tim Hortons’ new HQ champions sustainability
Inside Tim Hortons’ move to a new sustainable head office in downtown Toronto that embraces the company’s Canadiana roots.
New architecture school brings lessons to life
Students of Canada’s newest architecture school won’t have to venture far to see lessons from the classroom come to life. The latest addition to Laurentian
Net zero facility to become teaching tool
The Joyce Centre for Partnership & Innovation is poised to become a teaching tool for current and future building professionals alike.
KPMG looks to clients in locating Vaughan office
When KPMG selected its new location, proximity to clients factored prominently, leading the growing professional services firm to set up shop in Vaughan.
LEED Gold-targeting campus built to climate
The University College of the North's new LEED Gold-targeting campus considers the local climate of Thompson, Manitoba, in its design.
Why LEED certification is becoming an essential
As LEED certification increasingly matters to tenants’ employees, sound environmental stewardship has moved from a nice-to-do to a must-do for many companies.
Design team selected for T.O. waterfront park
Aitken Place Park, a new 3,000-square-metre park planned for the Toronto waterfront, will be designed by landscape architecture firms Thomas Balsey Associates and Scott Torrance Landscape Architect Inc. The companies, based out of New York and Toronto respectively, were selected to collaborate on the project by Waterfront Toronto.
Inside U of T Mississauga’s Innovation Complex
To subsume or not to subsume. That was the question presented by the project brief for the expansion and renovation of University of Toronto Mississauga’s
Energy-efficient glass in the “battle for the wall”
Since the introduction of legislation, like the Ontario Building Code’s SB-10 supplementary standard for large buildings and the B.C. Clean Energy Act, what once was
Markham adopts bird-friendly building rules
The City of Markam has joined a growing list of municipalities that have adopted bird-friendly building guidelines for new construction.