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The Brick Industry Association (BIA) has awarded 42 winning projects in the 2025 Brick in Architecture Awards, including three Canadian projects. The awards are the world’s leading design competition...

Mass timber manufacturer Element5 has more than doubled the size of St. Thomas plant and plans to add 150 employees as demand grows for wood panels, beams and columns used to build modular...

The Canada Infrastructure Bank (CIB) and Creative Energy have reached financial close on a $50-million loan to support the deep decarbonization of buildings through connection to district energy...

In Novae Res Urbis (NRU), senior reporter Lana Hall looks at how one of this year’s SHIFT Challenge  winners, "Speculative Assemblies," encourages building professionals to critically...

The federal government has announced nearly $19 million of investments to support 10 construction and homebuilding manufacturers across southern Ontario. Since 2015, FedDev Ontario has invested more...

The Canadian Wood Council (CWC) has announced the recipients of the 2024 Catherine Lalonde Memorial Scholarships. The memorial scholarships, which were established nineteen years ago, are awarded...

Compass is a benchmarking tool that aims to convert project data into something that can help inform future building design, ultimately reducing energy use and greenhouse gas emissions. Its use is...

The 2022 Green Building Festival, organized by Sustainable Buildings Canada, is coming to Toronto’s Marriott Downtown and also online on November 1. The event’s programming will focus on the...

Sustainable Buildings Canada’s 2021 Green Building Festival is happening online on Tuesday, October 5. Sustainability, regeneration, and resilience have given architects and the broader building...

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