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Established in 2015 by Parks Canada Agency (PCA), the Rouge National Urban Park (RNUP) is an ecologically protected zone that encompasses much of the Rouge River and Little Rouge Creek valleys. At 7,910 hectares, RNUP is the largest urban park in North America and Canada’s first “National Urban Park”. Straddling parts of Toronto, Markham, Durham, and Uxbridge, the RNUP forms a green corridor of forests, farmland, wetlands, ravines, and meadows that connect the Greenbelt to Lake Ontario. Moriyama Teshima Architects Moriyama Teshima Architects The RNUP Visitor, Learning, and Community Centre will serve as the park’s primary orientation, learning, and events facility where visitors can learn about Rouge&rsquo... Mais

Meghan Montgomery Northlake Commons exemplifies the evolution of healthy, restorative mixed-use office design. At 275,000 GSF, it's one of the largest mass timber lab-ready office buildings in the United States, blending an ambitious program of lumber warehouse, retail showroom, restaurants, lab, and office use with multi-level outdoor space. Biophilic design elements center on tenant and ecosystem health, evoking the comforts of home, connections to nature, and deep green solutions—revitalizing the post-pandemic return to the office. Meghan Montgomery At the intersection of three core values: health, beauty, and performance, Northlake Commons embraces biophilic design principles to build community. Embodying the experience... Mais

The architectural design plans for the mass timber basketball arena with a composite timber load bearing system were developed after being directly commissioned by the Cultural and Athletic Organisation of Galatsi Municipality as a special building requiring specialised technical know-how and related research in timber construction. The construction schedule for the timber arena includes the main basketball court with spectator stands, an inbuilt mezzanine/gallery around the perimeter, changing rooms for athletes and referees, sanitary spaces, administration offices, club offices, and auxiliary spaces with a total surface area of 4000 sq.m.  The new building will replace the existing timber gymnasium in the same location, and now marke... Mais

The new mass-timber Milgard Hall, an interdisciplinary STEM and business building at the University of Washington Tacoma, responds to the need for STEM programming in the South Sound and supports innovation and design thinking. Jeremy Bitterman Milgard Hall embodies UWT’s mission as an “urban-serving university” and creates an accessible and welcoming space for collaboration between the Milgard School of Business, the School of Engineering & Technology (SET), the Global Innovation and Design Lab (GIDLab), and community groups. The 55,000-SF design-build [AE1] building includes a lab wing, fabrication shops, flexible collaborative spaces and classrooms, and an outdoor Science Court. Jeremy Bitterman The use... Mais

The Fiches district in Lausanne is structured by a morphology of plots deployed like a roll of the dice on the territory and made up of sectors. FEDERAL Studio The school site occupied one of these sectors, according to the competition program. The architects decided to take the school out of the established morphology, specific to housing, to affirm its status as a public building. They proposed to split the program and take the opposite of the established implementation. FEDERAL Studio Thus, the school asserts itself as a "pivotal building" at the center of the site. It articulates the different outdoor spaces and organizes the school and public areas with a subtle balance. This is materialized, among other things, by a pedest... Mais

This project won the 2021 Architectural Foundation of BC Award of Excellence; the 2021 Canada Green Building Award; and the 2022 “Against the Grain Award” Wood Design and Building Award. Ema Peter Ema Peter This community centre for young people and their families provides spaces for drop-in and scheduled programs and community gatherings. Caption Ema Peter As the first purpose-built building for Tsawwassen First Nation under their 2009 treaty. Ema Peter Caption Architectural form and detail communicate environmental education rooted in Indigenous knowledge. Caption Caption Caption Mais