Premier Doug Ford’s government is taking another swipe at green standards while nixing a requirement for municipalities to build climate change goals into their official plans. The new changes would...
The tallest residential mass timber building in Ontario is reaching completion. Soon, 60 apartments will be ready, surrounded by walls and framing free from emissions-intensive concrete. Large panels...
Imagine if we embraced wood as the primary solution for everything we are capable of building tall. As Canada and industry mobilize to scale our national housing stock under Build Canada Homes, I...
The 2026 SABMag Canadian Green Building Awards are now open for registration. Architects, designers, and builders are invited to showcase their innovative and sustainable projects. Eligible projects...
As architects, designers and city builders, we spend our days thinking about the systems that make cities work: how a tree canopy cools a sidewalk; how a cycling route can be safe and continuous; how...
Urbanarium presents Decoding Timber Towers, a competition that encourages dialogue and design exploration while promoting housing affordability and addressing climate change impacts. The competition...
The Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (RAIC) has announced the students, graduates, interns and other recipients of the 2025 RAIC Foundation awards, bursaries, grants and scholarships. This...
The City of Kingston has been recognized with two national awards for its progress in cutting emissions and improving energy efficiency across its municipal buildings. The Canada Green Building...
Winners of the 2025 CAGBC Awards were recently announced at the Building Lasting Change (BLC) conference gala in Vancouver and recognized outstanding individuals and groundbreaking...
A newly released report from city staff says Toronto still has the authority to mandate new buildings meet certain climate and sustainability targets, despite concerns those powers could be undercut...