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On the day I dropped out of architecture school, just a few weeks shy of completing my second year, my professor turned to me with a knowing look and said: “I think it’s for the best. This is not a...

The City of Toronto is now accepting submissions for the 2025 Toronto Urban Design Awards, which are held every second year to recognize achievements in urban design, architecture, and landscape...

Timea Jakab, a studio director at Gensler, has penned an op-ed for Canadian Architecture that seeks to explore the barriers women face within the architectural profession. Although women make up...

Explore how architecture firms can tackle industry challenges via strategic human resources initiatives. Janet Candido’s op-ed for Canadian Architect aims to address critical issues like an aging...

Architects Against Housing Alienation (AAHA) occupied the Canadian Pavilion at the Venice Biennale of Architecture in 2023 with Not for Sale!, their campaign of ten demands for decommodified housing...

Architecture and design have longstanding reputations as male-dominated industries. In fact, women didn’t even begin practicing architecture in the United States until the mid-1800s. But despite the...

Recognizing the immense impact of design on culture and communities, Canadian architects Shane Laptiste and Tura Cousins Wilson teamed up to create their own practice with the aim of broadening the...

New research on the costs and strategies to retrofit existing office towers and schools to improve accessibility has been published by the Rick Hansen Foundation (RHF) and architecture and design firm...

The OAA Registrar, Christie Mills, has certified the following officers were elected at the Council meeting held on January 18, at the Association’s headquarters in Toronto: President Settimo...

Architecture Without Borders Quebec's (AWBQ) "Architecture + Homelessness: Inclusive Practices for a Supportive City" catalogue is now available in English. The increase in homelessness in urban areas...