Coolearth Architecture is excited to host a mural for this year’s Window Wonderland in the Junction celebration in our window-gallery at 386 Pacific Avenue. The mural is still in progress, but we will share photos and a link in this blog post when it is completed. The artists we are hosting are Stephanie Avery and …
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Architectural design is about iterating and testing new ideas to see if you can find a creative, pragmatic, beautiful solution given the myriad constraints of the project. Today we are going to share some in-progress 3D visualizations for the bar, kitchen, and lounge areas of a teahouse and meditation space we are designing for a …
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A New Environmentally Conscious Condo Building Targeting Passive House Certification Built to achieve the Passive House standards of environmental design, Rossmont condos are setting the bar for what an urban dwelling can and should be in 2022. Eco-concious multi-unit housing! Rossmont achieves Passive House via a highly energy efficient envelope and windows, air-tight construction, improved …
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Expert architects wanted to inform National Building Code development on future wall design As innovation occurs in the field of wall design, research baselines supporting the Building Code and low carbon design require updating to reflect current practices. As part of a research project from the NRC, this is your chance to contribute your knowledge …
Sheena wrote an article this month about the Canadian Election and Climate Change for Canadian Architect magazine. See this months Canadian Architect magazine, or check out the article online at “Who should be our climate change Prime Minister?” “Our current Prime Minister is our COVID Prime Minister. The next Prime Minister will be our climate …
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The following editorial was written by Sheena Sharp on February 18th: Should Canada have an Indigenous Governor General? As a representative of the Queen? I have never been an advocate of getting rid of the Queen as our head of state, NOT because of tradition, but because the rest of the system works fairly well …
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