Design
REMI Network
Tom Patterson Theatre wins Civic Trust Award
The Tom Patterson Theatre at the Stratford Festival is the only project from Canada to be recognized in this international awards program.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Architecture schools strategic to accessibility
Ontario's EnAbling Change program delivers a new round of grants to support shared-cost projects led by not-for-profit corporations, industry organizations or professional associations.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
National prospects for accessibility standards
Accessibility Standards Canada is now formally under the umbrella of the Standards Council of Canada, putting it on a path to develop national standards.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Ontario to review accessibility in public spaces
Julie Sawchuk, an educator, accessibility strategist and RHFAC designated professional, will chair the newly announced standards development committee.
REMI Network
XO2 Condos underscores health-conscious living
A theme throughout XO2 Condos and its 18,000 square feet of indoor and outdoor amenity space is healthy living and virus mitigation.
CondoBusiness
Landscaping a new condo hotel in Vaughan
While designing the condo hotel grounds, the approach was to reduce high maintenance turf areas with trees, shrubs and perennials that will maintain their beauty against snow, salt and wind.
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.
REMI Network
Calgary’s Glenbow Museum begins massive overhaul
Calgary's Glenbow Museum kicked-off a three-year, $120-million renovation that will eliminate barriers to accessibility never considered when the building was designed in the 1970s.
REMI Network
New handbook proposes designs for safe outdoor dining
Researchers at Carleton University’s Azrieli School of Architecture & Urbanism have created a design handbook that envisions new ways to enjoy safe outdoor dining in Ottawa during and after pandemic restrictions.
Design Quarterly
Buoyant property upgrade option makes a splash
Ontario’s Municipal Property Assessment Corporation reports a 53 per cent upsurge in the number of swimming pool permits issued in the province last year.
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.
REMI Network
U.S. looks to United Kingdom’s BIM expertise
Building sciences practitioners in the United States are looking to the United Kingdom for guidance as they develop a national building information management (BIM) program aligned with international standards.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Canadian students in design competition finals
This year, 105 teams from 61 universities in Canada, the United States and Singapore took up the challenge to forge a mixed-use, mixed-income scheme for the East Village neighbourhood in downtown Kansas City, Missouri.
REMI Network
Quest to capture Passive House philosophy
The winning effort will be incorporated into a planned year of active messaging on the theme that energy efficiency is the foremost step in reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Permeable plaza earns plaudits for Chambly, QC
Pôle culturel de Chambly took top honours for a commercial project incorporating a variety of hardscape products, with the city recognized as both the contractor and designer.
REMI Network
New standard for accessible homes announced
The a new, national standard for affordable, adaptable and accessible homes will form the foundation of a new Rick Hansen Foundation Accessibility Certification module.
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.
