Designed by Henning Larsen, the Fælledby masterplan creates a close-knit community and an intimate connection to nature into a new, sustainable district.
Tag: Wood
Employing wood in commercial buildings
(01/09/2020)
The 2015 edition of the National Building Code of Canada (NBC) permits mixed-type occupancies on the first two storeys of wood buildings. Two facilities in British Columbia, both with primary retail occupancies, employ several...
Changes to building codes, fear of fire risks, and the introduction of steel and concrete have caused a decline in wood building construction. However, wood has made a big comeback and new changes being...
Diamond Schmitt wins NYC concert hall project
(12/03/2019)
Diamond Schmitt Architects and Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects have been selected to design the David Geffen Hall in New York City.
ATCO’s Calgary HQ wins architecture award
(09/30/2019)
International architecture practice Pickard Chilton has won an American Architecture Award for designing the ATCO corporate campus in Calgary, Alberta.
Ottawa Chapter discusses wood
(09/18/2019)
CSC Ottawa is holding a lunch & learn and millwork shop tour at LTR Industries from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. on September 19.
The Toronto and Region Conservation Authority (TRCA) is getting $2 million from Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) for a four-storey mass timber office building in Toronto.
The Demain Montréal project wins the Reinventing Cities competition by C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group. The competition asks local innovators to transform underutilized urban spaces in their communities into carbon neutral and resilient urban...
Tokyo tower sports a ‘sky forest’
(06/17/2019)
Designed by Japanese studio Nendo, the Yokohama Ekimae building, an 11-storey office tower located in the Kojimachi neighbourhood in central Tokyo, Japan, creates a more physical experience to the outdoors with its Kojimachi Terrace...
Rethinking conventional development in the heart of Victoria, B.C., D’Ambrosio Architecture and Urbanism propose two mass timber multi-family residential buildings over one level of underground parking called Speed Frances.
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