The ACCE building's design includes features like the green roof, solar panels, a storm water recovery system, and many other green innovations incorporated into the building's design.

Algonquin Centre for Construction Excellence receives LEED Platinum certification

The Algonquin Centre for Construction Excellence has officially received LEED Platinum certification from the Canada Green Building Council (CaGBC). Opened on Algonquin College’s Woodroffe Campus in September 2011, the Algonquin Centre for Construction Excellence (ACCE) brings the next generation of carpenters, plumbers, civil engineering technologists, interior designers, and many other trades and professions under a…

November 24, 2012

News

Artist live/work studios being developed in Toronto’s Junction Triangle

Artscape and Castlepoint Studio Partners have announced their intention to partner on the creation of 70 new affordable artist live/work studios at 158 Sterling Road, located on the grounds of the former Tower Automotive sheet-casting facility in the Junction Triangle neighbourhood. The partnership would see Artscape purchasing up to 70 live/work studios from Castlepoint, ranging…

November 21, 2012

Striking front and east-facing facade of new George Brown College of Health Sciences, overlooking Lake Ontario in Toronto. Buildings are wrapped with horizontal solar shading devices and ventilated to increase energy performance. Photo by Tom Arban

News

Stantec + KPMB = design excellence for George Brown College

Recently, one of the first major initiatives to revitalize Toronto's waterfront, the new George Brown College Waterfront Campus, opened. Overlooking the harbour of Lake Ontario, the striking 507,000-square-foot building focuses on the shift to Inter-Professional Education (IPE) that will transition Canada's healthcare system towards a patient-centred, team-based care delivery model. It consolidates George Brown's schools…

November 9, 2012

First Place: Langley Street Loo, Victoria, British Columbia

News

Crown the Throne

Cleanliness, convenience and customer service converge at Langley Street near Bastion Square in Downtown Victoria, British Columbia, where the City’s prized public potty offers around the clock relief to residents for free. Victoria’s Langley Street Loo was a fan favourite in Cintas Canada’s annual contest beating out the other four top contenders to take the…

November 7, 2012

Designboom Mart creates an interactive platform for emerging and established designers from around the world to meet with visitors within the best of international design fairs.

Products

Coming to IDS13: Designboom Mart

Designboom was founded in 1999 and was one of the world’s original online and architecture magazines. Time Magazine chose designbook The Designboom mart as one of the top 100 design influencers in the world. In 2005, Designboom created an interactive platform for emerging and established designers from around the world to meet with visitors within…

October 25, 2012

Products

Welcome to a new culinary playground!

On Oct. 3, a new culinary playground, Distinctive Appliances Kitchen Lifestyle Centre at SOFA, opened. Anthony Amiel’s passion is on display at the new Distinctive Appliances Kitchen Lifestyle Centre at SOFA. Not only has Amiel created the most comprehensive luxury kitchen appliance showroom in the GTA, he has transformed the typical showroom with a design…

October 15, 2012

The spectacular new Ryerson Image Centre was designed by Diamond Schmitt Architects.

News

Coming soon: the Ryerson Image Centre

It's almost here! The Ryerson Image Centre (RIC), the latest addition to Canada's gallery landscape and Toronto's newest cultural destination, opens its doors this Saturday, Sept. 29. The grand opening marks the establishment of an innovative arts centre dedicated to collecting, research and public exhibition of photography and related arts, including new media, installation art and…

September 26, 2012

In the Ambulatory Care Centers category, an Honorable Mention went to Toronto-based Gow Hastings Architects, for the Executive Medical Clinic in Toronto. Photo by Tom Arban

News

IIDA’s Healthcare Interior Design Awards

The International Interior Design Association (IIDA) recently announced the winners of the inaugural Healthcare Interior Design Competition, an international interior design competition honouring and celebrating outstanding originality and excellence in the planning and design of healthcare interior spaces. The winners of the competition were selected from over 100 submissions from around the globe by an…

August 21, 2012

Centre for Professional Training- (CFP) Vocational School Centre de formation professionnelle des Riverains

News

King of the Throne

Will Canada’s next Best Washroom be a metallic mobile public toilet complete with solar powered lighting? Will it feature rustic hardwood floors and exposed ceiling pipes? Or will it showcase plush and scrumptious looking fabric in rich hues? How about floor-to-ceiling custom designed wallpaper and oversized oak wood doors? These are the five public washrooms…

August 17, 2012

Shane Williamson, Donald Chong and Betsy Williamson in their office at 235 Carlaw Ave. in Toronto. (photo courtesy of Williamson Chong)

News

Good with Wood

The Canada Council for the Arts honoured a Toronto firm for their efforts to unlock the design potential of new wood products and create buildings that are as beautiful as they are ecologically sound by giving Williamson Chong Architects the Professional Prix de Rome. The $50,000 prize is for their project entitled Living Wood. They…

July 19, 2012