Sean Ruthen provides a review on Jim Taggart and Michael Green’s new edition of Tall Wood Buildings. The new book provides updates to the 2017 edition.

The advent of self-driving vehicles are now underway, ushering in one of the biggest changes to cities that we will see in our lifetime.

Net zero has long been used to describe the highest performing buildings – an objective in the building industry to reduce its environmental footprint.

Last year, the commercial real estate industry faced a number of diverse challenges and successes that are expected to develop throughout 2017. Here, REMI’s award-winning

Heartwood the Beach Condos, due to enter construction this spring, is likely to become Toronto’s debut six-storey wood-frame development.

Current green building practice remains focused on individual buildings without acknowledging the larger system context as regenerative design would.

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

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

Building Integrated Photovoltaics (BIPV) is one of the most promising and elegant ways of producing on site electricity directly from the sun — silently, without environmental harm or pollution, and without depletion of resources.

Designed with the beauty of Canada’s first national park in mind, the Bow River Pedestrian Bridge in Banff, Alta., is a striking timber superstructure.

As density increases in cities and land for new parks becomes scarce, areas including Toronto are now looking to privately owned public spaces.

Designers have a significant role in providing design solutions that address terms and conditions of green leases.

UBC's Biological Sciences complex recently received LEED gold, which was very challenging to achieve due to the ...

The newest version of the LEED rating system is set to push the envelope in transforming the market to achieve improved environmental outcomes.

Discerning connoisseurs now have the ability to bring the character of a wine barrel into their cellar by ...

The USGBC has introduced an ergonomics pilot credit that promotes the creation of spaces and buildings that support occupant health and performance and have lower operational costs.

The stunning new visitor centre at VanDusen Botanical Gardens has set a new benchmark for sustainable design and conservation.