Charity of choice

One year my New Year’s resolution was to pick a charity of choice – an organization that I could contribute to whenever I felt the…

November 30, 2017

DCA monthly round-up: the urban realm

It’s been a whirlwind couple of weeks for me, from conferences to speaking engagements and everything in between. Travelling from Ottawa to Toronto and “virtually”…

November 23, 2017

Buying better buildings: how governments should hire architects

Buying better buildings: How governments should hire architects Procurement is the process used by large organizations such as governments to buy goods and services. There…

November 14, 2017

A small wonder or wonderfully small

In Layman’s Terms (A Non-Architect’s Point of View) A Blog by Miranda Paquette I don’t get out much. My family left Europe in the 1600’s…

November 1, 2017

Making sustainable architecture that works

Has LEED reached the tipping point? Flipping through the magazines that come into our office we noticed that everyone is claiming to somehow be related to…

October 24, 2017

The neighbourhood fabric

In Layman’s Terms (A Non-Architect’s Point of View) A Blog by Miranda Paquette Flashback to my teen years – I lived briefly in Orléans, went…

October 4, 2017