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3 weeks ago | 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.

3 weeks ago | 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.

3 weeks ago | canadianarchitect.com | Steve Wilson

In our June issueOur June issue looks at the housing spectrum, with a particular focus on non-market and affordable housing. Odile Hénault starts our journey in Montreal, where two shelters- Le Christin by Atelier Big City and Les Studios du PAS by L. McComber in collaboration with Inform -offer dignity to people experiencing homelessness. We next travel to Beaverton Heights, a transitional housing project in the Region of Durham, Ontario.

3 weeks ago | canadianarchitect.com | Elsa Lam

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.

1 month ago | 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.