Housing policy issues
Over the past few years, housing shortages have provoked Canadian governments into a set of initiatives that may appear to alleviate the issue, but may actually work to increase it.
Our IDEAS
What does happen after your phone rings…?
Unless you are in a very small office, where one of the senior people ends up answering, you probably don’t know – and even then…
Interesting Insights into an amazing historical neighbourhood - The Yates Street Heritage District
There are many things to learn from this bit of urban structure.
The Future Includes Venice
The apocalypse might not come accompanied by massive bangs, but with widespread yawning - or worse.
Why Not Colour In Architecture?
Exterior colour might be one of the big enigmas in architecture. C. Howard Walker, architect and teacher at MIT (in 1893), pointed out that colour has long been a part of architecture, and gave numerous examples, but "...that it has always played an inferior part..." and offers the opinion that where it has been used extensively, the results have often been "grotesque".
SUSTAINABILITY – Part 2: SOME BASICS ABOUT BUILDINGS
In contrast to packaging, clothing, or even cars, whether a building is to be effectively sustainable or not is a long-term matter.
SUSTAINABILITY – Part 1: THE QUEST
Sustainability is a complex topic, and open to many misconceptions and over-simplifications.
Communications with a Heritage House
Perhaps my reader will wonder just what I am. Well! I am the spirit of the whole home of my master and mistress aforesaid. I am the spiritual embodying of all they call home or part of their home... I wanted to speak before now, but my master never gave me the opportunity until today…
Architects and the Facilitation of Development Meetings
An often-overlooked element of creating and renovating buildings is the facilitation of processes.
Understanding Ugly: Human Responses
Why do some buildings beguile us, others bewilder, and others repel? This downloadable book explores the complex relationships between people and the built environments we inhabit.