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Architect Randall Stout expects tomorrow to be the best day of the year, maybe even the decade.

‘Love huts’ to keep skaters warm – Artists, architects will liven up river trail

Skaters on Winnipeg’s river trail will soon be able to thaw out in five imaginative new warm-up “love shacks,” including one that resembles a tinfoil igloo and one in the form of an ice-covered hanging orb.

2010 Annual AIBC Architectural Awards Call for Submissions

The Architectural Institute of British Columbia invites submissions for the 2010 Annual AIBC Architectural Awards. This awards program celebrates excellence across the following distinct award categories:

Lieutenant-Governor of British Columbia Award in Architecture (Medal and Merit)
AIBC Innovation Award
AIBC Special Jury Award
AIBC Emerging Firm Award

The awards program goals are to:

honour excellence in completed architectural projects
celebrate recent achievements of AIBC member architects and firms
recognize the role of AIBC members and associates in British Columbia’s built environment
encourage public interest in B.C.

2010’s people to watch: Andre D’Elia & Meg Graham, architects

In the age of the instantly recognizable, architects Andre D’Elia and Meg Graham take pride in the fact that none of their projects is identifiably theirs.

Allied Works Architecture selected to design Cantos Music Centre project in Calgary

Cantos Music Foundation have announced that Allied Works Architecture and local partner BKDI have been selected to design Cantos’ new national music centre at the King Eddy site in Calgary’s East Village.

An Olympic accomplishment

To openly admire the Olympic Village is a risky business. Heaping praise on a large-scale development lacks the appropriate Canadian reticence.

Architectural firm earns accolades

A three-year-old Winnipeg firm is making waves in North American architecture circles after winning two prestigious awards in the last three months.

Architecture to warm you in ‘Winterpeg’

Travellers visiting Winnipeg, Manitoba this winter will have the chance to see an innovative showcase featuring what the Canadian Tourism Commission describes as five ‘architectural marvels’.

At the intersection of architecture and activism

In more ways than one, George Street is a one-way road headed south. Home to Toronto’s largest homeless shelter, part of the street is known as Crack Alley,

Broadway Tech Centre wins Green Roofs Award of Excellence

The ground-breaking Broadway Tech Centre, owned by British Columbia Investment Management Corporation, (bcIMC), and developed by Bentall Limited Partnership, (Bentall), has won a 2009 Green Roofs Award of Excellence for ‘Best Commercial Intensive Rooftop Garden’.