Design
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Lab facility demos energy-saving ‘earth tubes’
Energy-saving 'earth tubes' were among the features expected to help earn UTSC's new Environmental Sciences and Chemistry building LEED Gold status.
Building Strategies & Sustainability
Cladding absorbs pollution at Montreal facility
STM Stinson Transport Centre, the first bus depot in Canada to earn LEED Gold certification, boasts sustainable cladding that improves air quality.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Standing desks raise student participation
A landmark study found that standing desks raised student participation in elementary schools, as classrooms apply lessons from office environments.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Italia for Contract event launches firms in T.O.
Italia for Contract, in partnership with IIDEXCanada and with the support of the Udine Chamber of Commerce, recently held a two-day exhibition in Toronto’s Distillery
Building Strategies & Sustainability
Room needed atop energy performance scale
The high-performance design metric is envisioned to support the green building sector's pursuit of net-zero energy and provide a standardized, recognizable rating that would be useful for the real estate market.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
MLSE scores goal with BMO Field makeover
BMO Field hosted the celebration of two goals at the TFC’s home opener May 7. One was the completion of the sports venue’s $150-million transformation.
CondoBusiness
Streamline site plan approval: Ontario architects
Toon Dreessen, president of the Ontario Association of Architects, is renewing the OAA’s call for a streamlined site plan approval process.
Design Quarterly
Transforming the Queensway Transit Exchange
A new transit bus exchange in Kelowna, B.C. is a visually stunning example of what is possible when it comes to budget constrained public buildings.
Building Strategies & Sustainability
What biophilic design does for workspaces
From green roofs and living walls there is an increasing need for biophilic design in buildings in relation to wellbeing, according to recent studies support this notion.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
UBC library facility takes a page from Harvard
UBC has taken a page from Harvard with its newly opened Library PARC facility, using a model that extends the shelf life of books from 30 years to 300.
Building Strategies & Sustainability
ASHRAE explores achievable energy savings
Researchers modelled a range of technically advanced and commonly used building systems and equipment that could collectively outperform the ASHRAE 90.1 standard for energy use by nearly 48 per cent.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
OAA’s 2016 Design Excellence award winners
The Ontario Association of Architects (OAA) has selected 10 recipients of this year’s Design Excellence award, the largest category of the annual OAA Awards. The
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Inside the transformation of Halifax’s Pier 21
Halifax’s Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 has reopened following a $30-million capital and thematic expansion.
REMI Network
Vancouver building to be Shigeru Ban’s tallest
Pritzker Prize winning architect Shigeru Ban is planning to design his tallest structure ever for Vancouver’s Coal Harbour neighbourhood.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Preparing the workplace for Gen Z
If organizations want to be ready when Gen Z enters the workforce five years from now, it’s time to start designing with this demographic cohort in mind, says Kay Sargent.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Designs for Rexall Place redevelopment revealed
Northlands and the City of Edmonton have recently revealed the design for an updated Rexall Place and the 160 acre Northlands site. Designed by DIALOG
CondoBusiness
SCOOP to become first condo on its block
SCOOP will become the first condo on its block when the boutique six-storey collection of 72 suites rises at St. Clair Avenue West and Osler Street.
