Elsa Lam
Editor at Canadian Architect
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canadianarchitect.com | Elsa Lam
PROJECT Le Christin, Montreal, QuebecARCHITECT Atelier Big CityPHOTOS James BrittainPROJECT Les Studios du PAS, Montreal, QuebecARCHITECT L. McComber in collaboration with InformPHOTOS Ulysse LemeriseNighttime, April 15, 2025. A thousand volunteers are gathering in Montreal, part of a province-wide effort to try and put numbers on a growing phenomenon in cities like Vancouver, Calgary, Toronto, and many others.
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canadianarchitect.com | Elsa Lam
The housing crisis in Canada's North, which has particularly affected the majority Indigenous population in northern communities, has been Taylor and his colleagues have designed many different types of housing We spoke to Derkowski about her research, and the work that Taylor Architecture Group is doing to act on it. Here's what she has to say. Inadequate housing from the start across the North. But the problems exceed the normal scope of architectural practice.
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PROJECT The Butterfly + First Baptist Church ComplexARCHITECT Revery ArchitecturePHOTOS Ema PeterWhen you fly into Vancouver, the most prominent structure in the city's forest of glass skyscrapers is now a 57-storey edifice known as the Butterfly. Designed by Revery Architecture, the luxury residential tower is the latest in a string of high-rises that pop out of the city's backdrop of generic window-wall façades.
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canadianarchitect.com | Elsa Lam
KPMB is one of Toronto and Canada’s leading design practices, a firm of influence and action. The four founding partners—Bruce Kuwabara, Thomas Payne, Marianne McKenna and Shirley Blumberg—were senior associates in the studio of Barton Myers Associates. In 1984, Myers opened an office in Los Angeles, and in 1987 relocated his practice there to focus on American projects.
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canadianarchitect.com | Elsa Lam
“What I’m into,” says Marianne McKenna, “is architecture as a game-changer for the institution you’re building for.” Her community-centred work has created Positive, lasting change for clients in Toronto, Montreal, New York City, and beyond. Here’s our interview with Marianne McKenna. Elsa Lam: Tell me about your early life and what brought you to architecture.
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2025 @RAIC_IRAC Gold Medalists Marianne McKenna and Shirley Blumberg—the ‘M’ and ‘B’ of @kpmbarch—have been instrumental in shaping one of Canada’s most influential and admired design practices. https://t.co/5jpBO35ODW #architecture #architects #raicgoldmedal #raicawards
ICYMI in our June issue: Adele Weder travels to Iqaluit's Inuusirvik Community Wellness Hub, designed by Toronto-based Lateral Office with Winnipeg-based Verne Reimer Architecture. https://t.co/5gafXahgHh https://t.co/5gafXahgHh
Could the adoption of Finland’s architectural competition system offer a path towards consistently functional, beautiful and on-budget public projects in Canada? https://t.co/2YvzBQFzM9 https://t.co/2YvzBQFzM9