Blogs
Why the new Civic Hospital site is the wrong choice for Ottawa
This text summarizes a presentation MPP Joel Harden asked me to provide in a townhall session he and Councilors McKenny and Menard organized regarding the…
Improving procurement for architectural services
It’s time to change procurement practices for public sector architecture projects in Canada. The current procurement process favours larger firms that can devote more resources…
Infrastructure should be more than functional. It should be beautiful.
When we build physical infrastructure, we expect that it is going to last for decades, even generations. With the federal government poised to invest billions…
Reducing our carbon footprint by investing in architecture.
The recent news that Ottawa is looking to spend a billion dollars on a fleet of electric buses is welcome news. The urban built environment…
Ottawa’s Porsche dealership debacle shows there’s a better way to incentivize desirable urban developments
“The city should encourage investment in our communities,” writes Architects DCA president Toon Dreessen. It is easy to lambaste the city council for approving a…
Letter to the editor: contract fairness
We need to eliminate procurement contract conditions that are unfair and get back to public contracts that are fair and balanced. The basis of a…