Through critical and deft interventions, she is exploring new typologies made possible by an architecture that brazenly confronts today. He grew up in Red Deer, Alberta. Some, such as Alberta's Douglas Cardinal, brought aboriginal sensibilities into the Canadian mainstream. Modest block houses were built, and then more elaborate forts. By 1967, when Canada celebrated its centennial with Expo 67, architects such as Arthur Erickson were acclaimed internationally. Comprising two layers of 20 pie-shaped apartments resembling Trivial Pursuit game pieces, the innovative circular building planted on 20 sculptural columns radiating around its perimeter has become an unexpected fixture on the city’s skyline. 18 Sep 2013 Peter Gilgan Centre Toronto, Ontario Design: Diamond Schmitt Architects photo from architect The Peter Gilgan Centre for Research and Learning opened today at The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) in Toronto, bringing under one roof 2000 researchers, trainees and staff previously dispersed throughout six buildings. Designed to be a new central neighborhood for the Canadian town of Innisfil, the station was made in response to the potential arrival of high-speed mass transit that connects to downtown Toronto. Hazel Conway and Rowan Roenisch, Understanding Architecture: An Introduction to Architecture and Architectural History (1994); Harold Kalman, A History of Canadian Architecture (1994); Spiro Kostof, A History of Architecture: Settings and Rituals, Second Edition (1995); Carol Herselle Krinsky, Contemporary Native American Architecture: Cultural Regeneration and Creativity (1996); Hanno-Walter Kruft, A History of Architectural Theory from Vitruvius to the Present, trans Ronald Taylor et al. For a discussion of the art of indigenous peoples of Canada, see North American Native art. Canadian Architect. The coup de grace is a two-storey jewel box of a suite at the top of the building’s central shaft, which is let out for temporary stays and just may be Winnipeg’s coolest Airbnb unit. A grandstand ascends into the glass cube at one end of the space, while the opposite side is anchored by a stage and a three-by-six-metre LED screen. Dropped into the roof of the building, the terrace-wrapped, double-height glass cube is topped with a dramatic butterfly roof. The low-slung edifice consists of two intersecting wedge-shaped volumes positioned so that their translucent facades cast a glow in different directions come dusk. Douglas Cardinal (b. Meaningful involvement of the academic sector is crucial to ensuring that any future policy is informed by current research, robust with fresh ideas and relevant for future generations of architects. Montreal. 11 Jan 2013 Cahier d’Exercices Montréal, Québec, Canada Design: Saucier + Perrotte photo : Marc Cramer Cahier d’Exercices Montréal This Canadian interior design is located in the Ross warehouse-store. 10 Jul 2013 TELUS Sky Tower, Calgary, Alberta Design: BIG image from architecture firm Just in time for the Calgary Stampede, BIG presented its design for a new architectural landmark for one of Canada’s leading telecommunication companies TELUS in Calgary’s downtown core. It was also a sustainable choice, allowing for natural illumination over artificial lighting wherever possible. More, Black furniture provides a stark contrast to the white interior of this Montreal residence, which has been overhauled by local architecture studio Atelier Barda. University schools of architecture are where the next generations of designers are trained to envision, evaluate and tackle new and persistent challenges. Completed on a tight budget, the Dock Building shows that elegant architecture is always possible. What we refer to as architecture can include structures that are modest and ephemeral as well as monumental buildings; often the distinction between architecture as a high art and architecture as a reflection of simple vernacular traditions seems irrelevant to the appreciation and experience of built form. Examples include Montréal's Bonsecours Market and the Kingston City Hall. + student representatives at all participating schools of architecture, including: Celina Abba, School of Architecture, Dalhousie University (CAFÉ Atlantic coordination), Guillaume Duteaud, École d’architecture, Université de Montréal (translation assistance), Maude Tousignant-Bilodeau, École d’architecture, Université de Montréal (CAFÉ Québec coordination). A black steel façade wraps one side of the home, a row of hurricane-proof windows opens up the opposite and a glass-enclosed vestibule provides the dramatic entry. First Nations peoples in this country produced unique architecture, both temporary and permanent. The lush basin resulting from long-standing environmental forces sets the stage for a dramatic and highly contextual architectural response. Why we like it: Old Montreal just got a swoon-worthy living room and it’s magnifique. It offers a fully cooperative professional program, has been rated the greenest architecture curriculum in Canada and is the only Canadian school of architecture to have a permanent international facility, which has operated for 30 years in Rome, Italy. Architects such as John Lyle sought a national expression through the use of regional ornament. From the climate crisis and questions of exurbanism to architecture’s role in rural and remote communities, broader conditions shape how we design. Thereafter, until well into the 19th century, we continue to categorize Canadian architecture with reference to its cultural origins in either French or English Canada. But Azure's editors are up for the task. Prior to its opening, the guitar-pick-shaped building’s exterior, with its modular hexagonal glazing refracting the Calgary skyline, received plenty of adulation. 5 Dec 2012 Prince Arthur’s Landing, Thunder Bay, Lake Superior, Ontario Design: Brook McIlroy photo : David Whittaker Prince Arthur’s Landing The Prince Arthur’s Landing project has transformed the City of Thunder Bay’s waterfront into a mixed-use village and highly animated waterfront park that reconnects the downtown to the shores of Lake Superior. Against this residual British influence was the increasing influence of the Americans, who pioneered skyscraper technology during the latter part of the 19th century. As these design features suggest, considerable Indigenous knowledge, incorporated in consultation with Two Row Architect, was embedded in Odeyto. Today architecture is more likely to be defined, not as an art, but in technical terms, or as an expression of a given society's values. A broad definition of architecture - one that calls for a balance between artistic and technical factors as well as between folk and high-art traditions - is not new. More, Toronto-based Studio Paolo Ferrari has designed a showroom for a new development in Ottawa that appears more like a home than a sales gallery. The Modern Movement in architecture became popular, particularly in Vancouver, Winnipeg and Toronto (see Architectural History, 1914-1967). Indigenous architecture in Canada was created during the period before European contact and took on a different character following contact. But Azure’s editors are up for the task. Why we like it: We always appreciate a house that reinvents the way we think about living- and Treow Brycg is just that type of project. Barns and grain elevators, places of work for some Canadians, are cultural landmarks to many others. The first European visitors, however, did not establish permanent settlements. At 778,000 sq ft (72,354 sm), the 21-storey laboratory is believed to be the largest child health research tower in the world. Based in Toronto and Halifax (and having just completed a teaching stint at Yale), Gandhi is building projects that update the vernacular of their respective locales. Canadian Modern Architecture, 1967 to the Present is an astonishing achievement by editors Elsa Lam, Graham Livesey and their fifteen essayists.