Prime Minister Mark Carney held a meeting with hundreds of First Nations chiefs Thursday, July 17, amid widespread skepticism and frustration over his controversial major-projects legislation. Bill...
Two years ago, jurisdictions on both sides of the U.S./Canada border were moving briskly ahead with legislation to curtail CO2 emissions. At the same time, programs that discouraged non-fossil power...
This week, 25 years after the launch of the U.S. Green Building Council’s (USGBC) first version of the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) program, the council has announced the...
Picture this: You and your partner are invited over for a grand dinner party to celebrate your friend’s new house in suburbia. Arriving at night, things look pretty much as one might expect, with big...
The Ontario Association of Architects' podcast, Architecturally Speaking, has earned a spot on Canadian Architect's prestigious list of best podcasts and films for Canadian architects for the year...
The Canadian Society of Landscape Architects (CSLA), a non-profit organization dedicated to the advancement of landscape architecture, has announced a new continuing education program on climate...
Design students from eight universities, including, for the first time, the University of Toronto, will develop concepts and renderings for the communities of Portland and South Portland in Maine to...
After the latest report on climate change issued by the United Nations, architects weigh in on next steps...
Worldwide — and in Canada — there is a fledgling architectural movement that is pushing the envelope of green construction beyond simply structure or mechanical elements and right into the bushes in a...
No matter how humble, Canada’s architecture is a renewable resource that can help us meet sustainability goals. Reduce, reuse, recycle: adaptive reuse fits the sustainability mantra of the "three...