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The RND Solution

Ottawa’s premier green builder forges ahead during pandemic with net-zero homes As incredible as it sounds, RND Construction overcame one obstacle after another to build nine net-zero-ready homes while dealing with....

The Wellness Center of the future

DCL Healthcare Properties setting new standard in medical office space Like most visionaries, Frank Deluca looked into the future and clearly understood what was about to transpire in healthcare. A tsunami of....

DISCOVERY CENTRE – Canada’s Most Sustainable Waterfront Community

A milestone achievement, the Discovery Centre serves as an architectural landmark for the local community and future homeowners to discover and engage with Lakeview Village The Discovery Centre is a new....

Timber House by Adjaye Associates is pegged to be one of the largest residential mass-timber buildings in Canada

Partnership unites local and international talent to deliver needed affordable housing and public spaces, speeding Toronto’s recovery Waterfront Toronto picked Dream Unlimited Corp. (Dream) and Great Gulf Group, known as Quayside....

KEARNS MANCINI ARCHITECTS – Putman Family YWCA Passive House

The Award-Winning Putnam Family YWCA Hamilton is the new benchmark in a fully sustainable building. Its Passive House design attains the three pillars of sustainability – environmental, economic, and social –....

Expo 2020 Dubai – The Singapore Pavilion is a sustainable and lush oasis in the desert

The Singapore Pavilion at the 2020 World Expo in Dubai is located in the Sustainability District and brings an oasis of lush trees, verdant shrubs and vibrant orchids to the....

GG-loop brings biophilic regenerative architecture to large-scale urban developments

The need for healthy homes has hardly ever been more apparent than during the current global condition. The current efforts to reduce the negative impacts of buildings are inadequate. Therefore....

What will Smart Cities Look like in the Future?

Game-Changing, Intelligent Façade for 3deluxe's New Building In recent years much has been said about smart cities and smart buildings but people rarely understand what the label can actually mean in....

ARCHIBORESCENCE

A Riparian District Renovated in Solid Wood 'Archiborescence' is a neologism, a combination of the words Architecture and Arborescence. It expresses Vincent Callebaut Architectures’ architectural leitmotif: 'Transforming the city into an....

BIG reveals masterplan for BiodiverCity, three artificial water lily islands off the shore of Penang Island, Malaysia

BIG reveals masterplan for BiodiverCity, three artificial water lily islands off the shore of Penang Island, Malaysia BIG, the studio founded by Bjarke Ingels, with the Hijjas studios, as a local....

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