Best of Show was awarded to Centennial College Library and Academic Facility by Diamond and Schmitt Architects Incorporated

OAA Awards unveils three more honours: Best of Show, the Michael V. and Wanda Plachta Award, and the People’s Choice award

The annual Ontario Association of Architects (OAA) Celebration of Excellence Awards on Fri., May 9, showcased the best in architectural design and innovation by Ontario architects. Fifteen new buildings in Toronto, Ottawa, Winnipeg, Bracebridge, Hamilton, Brampton, Midhurst, and Halifax were distinguished in this year’s Design Excellence category. The 2014 award-winning projects reflect their environment and…

May 15, 2014

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Diamond Schmitt Architects takes part in Doors Open Toronto, offering two afternoons of presentations, videos and displays

Diamond Schmitt Architects returns for a 5th year to Doors Open Toronto presented by Great Gulf (May 24-25) with two afternoons (open from 1-5 p.m.) of presentations on current projects around the GTA and further afield. Visitors will learn from DSA's architectural staff about the newly opened Peter Gilgan Centre for Research and Learning at…

May 15, 2014

Copper Finish, designed by Flos Architectural

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Shining stars: three new lights from Flos

Flos debuted 10 additions to its architectural lighting line at the Light+Building fair in Frankfurt, held in April. Following are three of our favourites. COPPER FINISH Designed by Flos Architectural. A new alternative for style, available for the most refined project featuring the successful Kap family and the Light Bell. A natural, materic and tactile shade…

May 13, 2014

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Spanish lighting company Parachilna introduces new lamps from Stephen Burks and Jaime Hayon

Spanish lighting company Parachilna was born from its owners love of luxury. For them, luxury is about the integrity of the design, the quality of the materials and the artisanal craftsmanship that creates it - preserving the skills and knowledge of the few remaining metalsmiths, glass blowers, ceramicists and other skilled craftsmen that still remain in…

May 6, 2014

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Architects from 12 Canadian cities are named 2014 Fellows by the RAIC | Architecture Canada

The Toronto designer of a Baha’i temple in Chile, a Vancouver wood champion, a Halifax historic conservation expert and a Montreal hospital specialist are among the architects from across Canada to be named 2014 Fellows by the RAIC | Architecture Canada. The RAIC College of Fellows bestows Fellowship in recognition of outstanding achievement. Criteria include design…

May 5, 2014

Rendering of the Hanwha HQ remodelling by UNStudio. The concept for the animated facade lighting responds to the media activities on Hanbit Avenue

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Ben van Berkel/UNStudio’s design is selected as winning entry for the remodelling of the Hanwha headquarters office tower in Seoul

Amsterdam-based UNStudio’s design has been selected as the winning entry in the competition for the remodelling of the Hanwha headquarters building in Seoul. The renovation of the office tower incorporates the remodelling of the facade, the interior of the common spaces, lobbies, meeting levels, auditorium and executive areas, along with the redesign of the landscaping.…

April 24, 2014

Corus Quay, Toronto - 2010. Photo by Richard Johnson

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Diamond Schmitt Architects reports: the living wall biofilter – an installation of tropical plants adorning buildings – turns 10

A Canadian invention that improves indoor-air quality and reduces a building’s energy costs turns 10 years old this spring. The living wall biofilter – an installation of tropical plants adorning office, academic, commercial and civic buildings – is a sustainable design response to create a healthy indoor environment and lower the carbon footprint. Developed by…

April 22, 2014

Teknion's recently expanded 22,000-square-foot showroom on the 10th floor of The Merchandise Mart in Chicago was designed by Vanderbyl Design

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Teknion’s Atlanta and Chicago showrooms are the latest to receive LEED green building certification from USGBC

Teknion Corporation announced today that its Atlanta and Chicago showrooms have been awarded LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) for Commercial Interiors 2.0 Gold by USGBC (the United States Green Building Council). Teknion now has a total of eight showrooms in North America certified to a LEED standard. “We continue to look at all…

April 21, 2014

Westminster Pier Park (Westminster BC); PWL Partnership Landscape Architects Inc. The park is the first phase in the city's long-term vision to integrate the waterfront with the historic downtown core, and to reconnect people to the previously industrialized Fraser River

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Projects in 12 Canadian cities receive 2014 National Urban Design Awards

Cities across Canada are seeing “renewed creativity and sensitive attention being paid to the public realm,” says the jury of the 2014 National Urban Design Awards. A dozen cities received awards: Calgary, Edmonton, Guelph, Montreal, Nanaimo, Ottawa, Thunder Bay, Toronto, Trois Rivières, Waterloo, Westminster and Winnipeg. The winning projects, which range from renewed brownfield sites to improved…

April 16, 2014

JOLLY JELLIES A view of Planet Jellies, the world's largest kreisel tank (a special circular tank for jellies). It is backlit with a custom rack of fluorescent fixtures extending above the ceiling and below the floor of the gallery. The side and top-lit are lit with RGB fixtures: the linear, narrow beams shoot the light down the centre of the tank, creating the effect of the jellies changing colour. Photo by Harold Clark Photography

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The art of lighting Ripley’s Aquarium Canada, Toronto’s newest big attraction

Toronto’s newest big attraction – Ripley’s Aquarium Canada – is not only the largest indoor aquarium in the country but also a first-of-its-kind in lighting design, as it is the only aquarium of its size in the world featuring tanks lit entirely with LED technology. When Toronto-based lighting designers and engineers Mulvey & Banani first…

April 11, 2014