The Wavefront Centre for Communication Accessibility, Vancouver, scored 96 per cent under the Rick Hansen Foundation Accessibility Certification program, achieving the highest national rating to date.Photo via Wavefront Centre Facebook Wavefront Centre…
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GBL Architects designs mixed-use development in Vancouver
Revealing designs for Archetype, a mixed-use development designed by GBL Architects in Vancouver’s newly revitalized False Creek Flats neighbourhood.Image courtesy GBL Architects Vancouver-based GBL Architects have unveiled designs for Archetype, a mixed-use…
Construction commences on $50-M B.C. tower
Construction has resumed on the award-winning tower, ‘The Wedge,’ in downtown Victoria, B.C.Image courtesy AVRP Skyport The Wedge, a new residential tower in downtown Victoria, B.C., has commenced construction. The $50-million development seeks to deliver…
Vancouver Passive House affordable housing development gets green light
Designed by Ryder Architecture, a new Passive House affordable housing project in Vancouver receives unanimous approval from the Vancouver city council.Image courtesy Ryder Architecture Ryder Architecture has received unanimous approval from the…
B.C. to pilot next-generation retrofits to improve multi-unit housing
A new B.C. pilot program called Reframed Lab will perform next-generation retrofits to improve multi-unit homes in the province.Photo courtesy Stephen Hui, Pembina Institute The Province of British Columbia, through B.C. Housing,…
KPF receives city approval to build office tower in Vancouver
Kohn Pedersen Fox (KPF) gains key city approval for their newest Vancouver project.Image courtesy KPF The Vancouver City Council has unanimously approved Kohn Pedersen Fox’s (KPF’s) design for the 601 West Pender…
B.C. seeks to use mass timber to drive economic growth
British Columbia to use mass timber to drive economic growth and advance CleanBC program.Photo © BigStockPhoto.com British Columbia Premier John Horgan has announced the province will focus on mass timber construction to…
Nominations open for B.C. Builders Code Champion Awards
Nominations are now open for B.C. Construction Association’s (BCCA’s) 2nd annual Builders Code Champion Awards.Photo courtesy Builders Code The B.C. Construction Association (BCCA) and Minerva B.C. has opened nominations for the 2nd…
Vancouver fire hall is the first to achieve zero carbon certification
Vancouver Fire Hall No. 17 has become the first fire hall in the country to earn the Canada Green Building Council’s (CaGBC’s) Zero Carbon Building (ZCB) design certification, and the first project…
HDR designs 12-storey mass timber tower for B.C. city
HDR is designing the tallest mass timber tower in Kelowna, B.C.Image courtesy HDR HDR is taking mass timber designs to new heights with the development of a new 82-suite, 12-storey structure for…