Design
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.
CondoBusiness
Design revealed for Reina condo in Etobicoke
Canada’s first all-female development team offers new visuals of Reina, a condo tower planned for Etobicoke.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
IES opens lighting design resources to students
Students enrolled in a lighting design program at a participating post-secondary institution will get free access to the Illuminating Engineering Society’s archived research materials.
CondoBusiness
Sights and sounds of proposed code changes
A package of proposed changes to Canada's National Building Code aims to improve navigability and safety in large buildings for people with mobility, vision and/or hearing constraints.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Windows and doors in the net-zero frame
A wider selection of high-performance windows and doors is expected to hit the market as Canada's National Energy Code continues to push the envelope toward net-zero-energy-ready development.
Design Quarterly
Prize to celebrate elegant energy efficiency
Any building that has attained Passive House, Low Energy or EnerPHit for existing building retrofit certification is eligible for the international architecture competition.
