facility design
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Tapping into the disability purchasing market
Canadians with disabilities make up the largest potential market of consumers, clients, employees and homeowners, with an annual buying power of $25 billion.
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Coronation Park Sports and Recreation Centre begins to rise
The facility aims to demystify high-performance sport and encourage future generations of athletes by co-locating the velodrome within a community recreation centre.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Smarter care at Vaughan’s first hospital
Through the doors of Cortellucci Vaughan Hospital, the first hospital to ever rise in Vaughan, Ontario, life’s health challenges are met with comfort, safety and lots of natural light.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Solar technology in Canada’s facilities sector
Though solar energy has been utilized for some time, adoption has been hampered by poor aesthetics, high price tags and slow production.
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New design revealed for West Island at Ontario Place
New renderings of the West Island redevelopment at Ontario Place reveal green spaces aplenty.
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Plans move ahead for new science facilities at University of Victoria
The province of British Columbia and the University of Victoria are building new learning facilities to support growing demand in engineering and computer science.
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Scientists developing LED bulb that emits less blue light
A research team at the University of Houston is developing an LED bulb that emits most of its energy from the safer violet segment of the visible light spectrum.
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Advancements in LED illumination
Control and management of the visual experience and the extensive range of available applications have extended the possibilities of lighting performance within a built environment.
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Plans for $500M esports and entertainment complex in Toronto
OverActive Media and design firm Populous are building the first new sports or entertainment venue in Toronto since BMO Field in 2007. Plans also include a hotel complex.
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New chapter for Edmonton Public Library
The Edmonton Public Library recently revamped its flagship branch: the Stanley A. Milner Library.
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NRC’s new advanced materials research facility opens in Mississauga
The National Research Council's new advanced materials research facility, now open in Mississauga, will serve as a national clean energy hub.
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Cortellucci Vaughan Hospital celebrates ‘substantial completion’
The first new hospital to be built in Ontario's York Region in the last 30 years will be ready to welcome patients in 2021.
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New course guides design for zero-energy schools
Leading industry organizations have developed a new e-learning course on how to achieve cost-effective advanced levels of energy savings in schools.
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Markham Centre Campus to begin ascent
Markham Centre Campus (MCC)—an outpost for York University—will be the first public university in York Region when it rises in 2023.
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Community centres redefined for a new era
How to socially distance in spaces charged for social interactions? This is just one challenge facing community centres as they prepare for reopening—bit by bit—across
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Designing for wellbeing in residential healthcare
One area where cohesive design is becoming increasingly important is residential healthcare, which encompasses memory care and mental health.
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The Second City moving to One York complex
Toronto’s legendary comedy venue The Second City will bring a piece of history to a young and modern complex near the waterfront in 2020.
