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Keeping Public Buildings Truly Public
Recent news of new security measures at Ottawa City Hall has sparked mixed reactions and important questions about how we design and use public space….
Canada Needs an Architecture Policy
Why do so many of our buildings feel generic, forgettable even when they’re brand new? In Canada, design excellence keeps getting sidelined by a procurement…
Rethinking the Design Process
Ottawa is a G7 capital city. We have incredible opportunities to be a city on par with London, Paris, Tokyo, or Berlin, even if we…
Small firms are being unfairly shut out of the federal home-building program
The federal government has made some bold moves to try and solve the housing crisis, including opening public land and surplus federal buildings to off-market…
Toon: Ambitious plan for south side of Wellington Street shows how building design should be done
Ottawa is poised to see another major investment from the federal government, making a commitment to jobs, infrastructure and quality architecture in the heart of…
Canadian cities need a new model and the national capital is a prime example
More than 80 per cent of Canada’s 41 million people live in a city, more than double from a hundred years ago, yet the way…