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90-foot LED art screen anchors Toronto's new Berczy Square lobby renovation
2+ week, 1+ day ago (265+ words) constructconnect. com 90-foot LED art screen anchors Toronto's new Berczy Square lobby renovation TORONTO " Renovations to the lobby of Toronto's Berczy Square have been unveiled. Carried out by GWL Reality Advisors (GWLRA), the renos are anchored by a 90-foot LED…...
20 finalists in the running for OAA's 2026 Design Excellence Awards
2+ week, 4+ day ago (183+ words) TORONTO " The Ontario Association of Architects (OAA) has unveiled the 20 finalists for its 2026 Design Excellence Awards, which feature a diverse range of building types this year, including sustainably designed community centres, innovative housing solutions, revitalized academic and cultural facilities and…...
Canada's first tall timber Passive House inspired by B. C.'s Coast Salish basketry
1+ mon, 1+ day ago (254+ words) VANCOUVER " GBL Architects is celebrating the completion of Canada's first tall timber Passive House building, which features a unique fa'ade that's envisioned as a woven cedar basket. Created for the'BC Indigenous Housing Society (BCIHS) the all-electric 81-unit purpose-built rental housing…...
UBC's Gateway Health building a student hub for health care
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (319+ words) VANCOUVER " UBC's newest building, Gateway Health, is opening as a student health hub along with interdisciplinary teaching and collaborative research areas. The 270, 550-square-foot building is home to the school of nursing, consolidates kinesiology programs from eight campus locations and centralizes…...
A "once-in-a-generation" project: Petition launched to expand Toronto"s Allan Gardens Conservatory
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (247+ words) TORONTO " Volunteer-based charitable organization Friends of Allan Gardens has launched a petition that calls on all levels of government to support the expansion of the historic Allan Gardens Conservatory in Toronto. "Built in the 1860s for a city of approximately 40, 000 people,…...
Design firms WW+P and Sv N merge
2+ mon, 4+ week ago (190+ words) TORONTO " Worldwide design practices WW+P and Sv N have announced they are merging, unifying their teams of architects, urban planners, urban designers and landscape architects. The new practice will integrate planning, urban design, landscape and architecture to deliver projects…...
12 Ossington wins gold as part of Brick in Architecture Awards
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (138+ words) TORONTO " A four-storey, 17, 500-square-foot commercial building in downtown Toronto has been named among several gold winners as part of the Brick in Architecture (BIA) Awards competition, which showcases clay brick projects from across the globe. Undertaken for client Hullmark, Toronto's…...