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Canadian Facility Management & Design
York Region piloting Passive House at new facility
A new men's emergency and transitional housing facility, set to rise in Aurora, Ontario, has opened the door to pilot-testing Passive House in York Region.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Smarter care at Vaughan’s first hospital
Through the doors of Cortellucci Vaughan Hospital, the first hospital to ever rise in Vaughan, Ontario, life’s health challenges are met with comfort, safety and lots of natural light.
Canadian Property Management
Accessibility carries a simple business case
Many commercial real estate operators are making the simple business case for buildings that are functional for all potential users. It’s a quest that can begin with simple investigations, simple low-cost measures and simple mindfulness.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Guidelines inform resilient healthcare facilities
Newly released guidelines offer a standard for approaching the planning and designing of healthcare facilities from a resiliency perspective.
Construction Business
An award winning renewal effort
The SFU Plaza Renewal Project is a multi-phase extensive renovation at the iconic SFU Burnaby Campus, replacing the rooftop public surfaces.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Pandemic expands an aging workforce
The pandemic is pushing people to reconsider their post-work-life ambitions.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
What can the new workplace learn from retailers?
Just as bricks-and-mortar stores embraced experiential retail to entice consumers who might otherwise shop online, organizations are now hoping to woo their remote-savvy workers back to the office.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Campus high-rise brings health to new heights
Dingy is a word that conjures thoughts of old institutional spaces. Academic buildings with dimly-lit hallways and windowless classrooms punctured with fluorescent glare. Rarely are
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Purpose-built Indigenous hub will be Ontario first
Construction is officially underway on what will be Ontario's first mixed-use, purpose-built Indigenous hub in the West Don Lands of Toronto.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Indigenous voices hushed in planning processes
Indigenous communities across Canada continue to be sidelined or completely excluded from initial planning phases of new developments and renovations.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
New home for world’s largest Inuit art collection
Qaumajuq, meaning “it is bright” or “it is lit” in Inuktitut, opens virtually this week, but the 40,000-square foot addition has been almost a decade in the making.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
New chapter for Edmonton Public Library
The Edmonton Public Library recently revamped its flagship branch: the Stanley A. Milner Library.
Design Quarterly
Connecting community and nature
With its striking black and sculptural form, the Capilano Library is a bold new architectural landmark in Edmonton by Patkau Architects.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
The rise of the hybrid office
Ultimately, the hybrid office will have at its heart a planning principle based on people rotating in and out of the office, with flexible schedules they have more control over than ever.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Niagara Welland Commons comes to light
Crafted into a mix of interconnected brick buildings circa 1970, Niagara Welland Commons brings natural light to a decades-old campus.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
How will campuses change because of COVID-19?
Colleges and universities are questioning how much space will be needed in the future campus, how it will be operated, and how to make our built environment more healthy, sustainable and resilient.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
‘15-minute city’ making a comeback
As urban planners re-evaluate the way our cities were designed through the lens of today’s health and wellness needs, the concept of 'the 15-minute city' is making a comeback.