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This is what I see when I gaze into my crystal ball at the future of health-care design: a free-flowing Canadian hospital tuned into the needs of women, with a luminous pavilion marking its front entrance; a rehabilitation centre in Europe set in the quiet of a forest; and in Africa, magnetic neighbourhood centres of wellness to help stem the onslaught of chronic disease. In fact, I'm not dreaming, it's here ... »»»
Just because you are old and you leak a little, it doesn't mean you should be put down. I am also referring to buildings. Most architects have heard "the greenest building is the one that already exists." Consider how much energy it takes to create a new building. It takes approximately 65 years for a green, energy-efficient new office building to recover the energy lost in demolition. Most new buildings in Canada are certainly not designed to last anywhere near that long ... »»»
Today, after the customary few decades of slow growth, it would seem Winnipeg has again entered an era of prosperity that will leave a similar architectural legacy on its urban form. In time we may look back on today as the beginning of a third golden era of Winnipeg architecture. A time, as they did a century ago when local designers reached out to the world for inspiration and global architects found their way here to add a dramatic new chapter to Winnipeg's distinct architectural narrative ... »»»
The Vancouver campus of the University of British Columbia this week celebrated the official opening of its newly envisioned Departments of Botany and Zoology. Described by Carl J. Douglas, an Associate Professor at the Department of Botany as ‘warm, inviting, modern, functional and extremely well designed’, the renewed educational facilities are the result of a 19-month under-budget project by local practice Acton Ostry Architects ... »»»
The Dirt June 22, 2011 At a meeting of the D.C. Chapter of the American Institute of Architects (AIA), Robert Ivy, the new CEO of the national organization and former editor of Architectural Record, said architects are already expanding their offerings beyond traditional building design to “supplemental services.” Eventually, architects may even become “creative consultants” ... »»»