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The conversation surrounding the construction climate in Toronto and the GTA isn’t a simple one, with the hot-topic of tariffs only one part of an ever-evolving situation. “The message I think...

The challenge to strengthen the next generation of professionals has been in the limited opportunity for student and intern voices to be present in academic and non-academic settings. It resorts to...

As both a practising architect and as the president of the governing Council of a provincial architecture regulator, I have been following the national housing design catalogue initiative with a lot...

Ontario’s housing crisis was a significant newsmaker in 2023 and despite measures, legislation and other initiatives the government rolled out, affordability and availability remained at crisis...

Allan Teramura is the past president of the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada. That the federal government is taking an interest in housing design is welcome news, as it’s an issue it has long...

As the world continues to seek solutions to a housing emergency that is reaching all corners of the globe, architects are increasingly being called on to contribute solutions. So it was appropriate...

All those with OAA status can now register for free to attend this year’s International Architectural Roundtable, “Design Solutions for the Housing Crisis.” The event takes place at the Metro Toronto...

In May, six organizing members of the group Architects Against Housing Alienation (AAHA) held a rally in front of the Canada Pavilion at the Venice Biennale. "What do we demand?" they yelled toward a...

A research team at the University of Manitoba is cooking up ideas to help tackle the housing crisis in Manitoba's north, developing new materials made not from steel or concrete — but...

Ontario residential construction stakeholders have unqualified praise for a recent Housing Affordability Task Force report that calls for sweeping changes to the province’s planning, zoning...