As part of Architecture Week in the USA, we participated in a Crowd-sourced video initiated by Enoch Sears in which 50 architects from 12 countries submitted clips as they went about their day. Check out the results below: Thanks to Enoch for organizing and editing this! – CAI
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Go Bullfrog!
I am a Bullfrog customer because, while reducing energy loads from buildings through design is part of the solution, it is not the whole solution. Consider that when we add Photovoltaics to the roof of a high-performance office building with the best envelope we can design, they can only provide power for about three stories …
New U of T Architecture school, Green or Greenwash?
Thursday night I attended a presentation of the design for the new home of the U of T Faculty of Architecture and Landscape Architecture, designed by Nader Tehrani, principal of the firm NADAAA. The building is an addition to an historic building at one Spadina Circle. It’s in the current style that has sloped floors …
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Lecture – Making Better Buildings
Chris Magwood will be speaking about sustainable building practices in his new book “Making Better Buildings”. The event is happening in the Pit in the Architecture Building at Ryerson University on Tuesday March 18th at 7pm to 9pm. Professor Mark Gorgolewski of Ryerson’s School of Architecture says of Chris: “Chris Magwood’s considerable experience of sustainable …
Storefront – Heliotrope Spa
Sonia Yuan’s “Heliotrope Spa” project, completed as part of her 4th year undergraduate studio project at the University of Waterloo School of Architecture is now on display in our storefront. Sonia designed a building as well as the systems for the building, including a 1:1 prototype of a concentrating photo-voltaic facade system that uses …
Call for Storefront Installation/Exhibit Proposals
Call for Installations: We are looking for current or past student(s) who are interested in using our storefront gallery at 386 Pacific Avenue to exhibit, explore, and engage the community through any media. Whether it is models and panels from a masters or undergraduate thesis, an installation from class that can be re-adapted to the …
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