Twelve Canadian buildings received the 2014 Governor General’s Medals in Architecture awards that reflect excellence in design.

The 2014 Residential Landscape Architecture Trends Survey by the ASLA found that low-maintenance landscapes and native plants are on trend.

The B.C. Wood Design Awards celebrated its 10th anniversary by handing out 12 different awards, recognizing leadership and innovation in wood design.

Five British Columbia-based interior designers were honoured at the Seattle Design Center’s 15th annual Northwest Design Awards.

The national CaGBC conference, now called Building Lasting Change, will explore the value of sustainable building, real estate and urban development.

The National Music Centre in Calgary was recognized at the 61st annual Progressive Architecture Awards.

Six Vancouver hospitality interior design firms have teamed up with six aboriginal artists to create Skwachàys Lodge, a new boutique arts hotel in Gastown.

The Canadian Society of Landscape Architects has announced the national and regional winners of its annual Awards of Excellence.

Work has begun on The Exchange, the new $200 million Credit Suisse office tower in downtown Vancouver.

The Auto West BMW Dealership in Richmond, B.C. has unveiled a 22-foot-high green wall in its showroom.

Cornelia Hahn Oberlander will be presented with the 2014 IDC/IIDA Leadership Award of Excellence on February 20.

Teresa Miller has joined Vancouver design firm Public as principal of interior design.

KPMB Architects from Toronto is one of five firms that have been shortlisted for designing the new Vancouver Art Gallery.

Vancouver-based GBL Architects has been selected as one of four winners for the ReGEN Boston International Housing Design Competition.

The Vancouver-based Patkau Architects is a finalist for the historic Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library renovation in Washington, D.C.

Vancouver-based architect and urban designer Bing Thom is the winner of the second annual $50,000 Margolese National Design for Living Prize.

Edmonton’s 2013 Urban Design Awards handed out five awards of excellence and three awards of merit to architects and designers of distinctive concepts.