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Architect at Work Canada Discover the industry’s most exciting new products from exhibitors across North America and Europe on May 17 & 18, 2017 at the Enercare Centre Toronto.

An exclusive event for architects, interior designers and specifiers with over 500 innovative products and services showcased by manufacturers and exclusive distributors. To register for your free admission, visit www.architectatwork.ca

Today we celebrate World Environment Day! It is celebrated on june 5th every year to generate awareness of the environme...
06/05/2021

Today we celebrate World Environment Day! It is celebrated on june 5th every year to generate awareness of the environment and nature. We consciously choose to integrate similar themes in our seminar programme. These autumn editions focus on the following themes:
▪ Barcelona: Oxygen & Architecture
▪ Paris: Bio-logiques
▪ Oslo: Waste & Architecture
▪ Zurich: Materials for a Healthy World
▪ Kortrijk: Healthy Materials
▪ Düsseldorf: Healthy Materials

06/02/2021

Today is Global Exhibitions Day! More than ever, we are looking forward to our well-filled fall season! You can discover all our editions via our calendar ‣ https://bit.ly/3fG0j0U

04/27/2021

Infill is the future of urban housing. To address affordability, we have to bring more people into existing neighborhoods. What should this look like? We will discuss themes such as mixed social housing, multigenerational living and reclaiming typically unused space for housing.

𝐌𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫:
Alex Bozikovic

𝐏𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐥 𝐆𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐬:
▪ Brigitte Shim, Principal of Shim Sutcliffe
▪ Lorcan O'Herlihy, FAIA, Founder & Principal of Lorcan O' Herlihy Architects
▪ Mazyar Mortazavi, President & CEO, TAS
▪ Sarah Wigglesworth, SARAH WIGGLESWORTH ARCHITECTS

Don't miss the seminar 'Housing the future. during ARCHITECT@WORK Canada Digital Summit, April 28 & 29. Register here ▸ https://bit.ly/31VhfZJ

04/27/2021

Join editor Catherine Osborne and BDP Quadrangle Principal Caroline Robbie to talk about how in Robbie’s own words ‘No crisis should be put to waste’. They will look at how the BDP Quadrangle team creatively, and with a sense of lightheartedness, reacted to their first return-to-work during the beginning of the pandemic (think pine cones on office chairs and community fridges that ‘take a vacation’.) And evolve the conversation into how they started from scratch to reimagine a collaborative workspace in a world that has been permanently changed.

𝐌𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫:
Catherine Osborne, Architecture and design journalist

𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐫:
Caroline Robbie, Principal, B.I.D., A.O.C.A., ARIDO, IDC, NCIDQ

Don't miss the talk 'Return to work and public spaces' during ARCHITECT@WORK Canada Digital Summit, April 28 & 29. Register here ▸ https://bit.ly/31VhfZJ

04/26/2021

This panel will focus on the value of parks and public spaces in the context of health and wellness. New York's iconic Central Park was built to ward off tuberculosis in the 1850s. Fast forward to the current pandemic in 2021: how are creative minds thinking about health and wellness in public spaces? This list of creative people and practices are redefining what public spaces, whether under a highway overpass, or reclaiming unused urban space, can look like. Now, more than ever we need insight into how we can safely re-emerge into beautiful and functional outdoor spaces.

𝐌𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫:
Catherine Osborne, award-winning editor

𝐏𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐥 𝐆𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐬:
▪ Ilana Altman, Co-Executive Director of The Bentway
▪ Janet Rosenberg, Ph.D. Honoris Causa, FCSLA, AALA, AAPQ, BCSLA, OALA, FASLA, ▪ IFLA, RCA
▪ Matt Williams, AALA OALA CSLA Principal, Landscape Architect O2 Planning + Design Inc.

Don't miss the panel discussion 'Health and Wellness in Public Spaces' during ARCHITECT@WORK Canada Digital Summit, April 28 & 29. Register here ▸ https://bit.ly/31VhfZJ

04/23/2021

Big, institutional hospitals tend to look and feel like big, institutional spaces. But there’s a lot more to healthcare design than meeting the terms of an RFP. How can designers imbue places of healing with a sense of warmth, tranquility and even wellness? And what stands in the way?

Moderated by Azure Magazine’s Senior Editor, Stefan Novakovic, this talk will explore the links between space and wellbeing, delving into how architects can help nurture comfort and intimacy in healthcare settings. The future of hospitals demands a new kind of design.

Panelists:
▪ Siamak Hariri, Founding Partner, Hariri Pontarini Architects
▪ Diana Anderson, MD, Architect and Physician, Dochitect
▪ Chris McQuillan, Principal, B+H Architects

Don't miss the seminar 'Hospital(ity): New Directions in Healthcare Design' during ARCHITECT@WORK Canada Digital Summit, April 28 & 29. Register here ▸ https://bit.ly/31VhfZJ

04/22/2021

Take the biggest aging demographic to date, mix it with a long term care crisis brought to a head due to COVID, combine it with changing needs for older adults and we have a booming demand for Aging-in-Place design in our homes that we all need to sit up and pay attention to. Learn more about this demand from a panel of experts in the field and how interior design and architecture are in the best position to start (and continue) this revolution in residential design.

Speakers:
▪ Jeanette Bock, Home Care Assistance, GTA West
▪ Melissa Tossell, NCIDQ, BCIN, ARIDO, Registered Interior Designer & Owner, Sanura Design

Don't miss the seminar 'Ok Boomer: Addressing the Oncoming Aging-in-Place Demand' during ARCHITECT@WORK Canada Digital Summit, April 28 & 29. Register here ▸ https://bit.ly/31VhfZJ

Only 1 week to go and ARCHITECT@WORK Canada Digital Summit is on! The theme of this digital edition is 'Focus on physica...
04/21/2021

Only 1 week to go and ARCHITECT@WORK Canada Digital Summit is on! The theme of this digital edition is 'Focus on physical and mental wellbeing in a post-pandemic society'.

Stay tuned in the coming week as we announce details on the relevant topics our lineup of expert panelists will be addressing, including exploring the renewed urgency of health and wellness within our built environments and equity in housing stock.

Register for free: https://bit.ly/31VhfZJ

ARCHITECT@WORK has always represented the most cutting-edge innovations in architecture, products and materials. This ye...
04/08/2021

ARCHITECT@WORK has always represented the most cutting-edge innovations in architecture, products and materials. This year, to ensure safety in light of the ongoing pandemic, we will not be hosting a physical event. Instead, we are moving our programming into the virtual realm.

A@W Canada Digital Summit will run for two days, April 28 and 29, 2021, and feature brightest minds to discuss the most burning issues of the day in a post-pandemic society.

Register online ‣ https://bit.ly/31VhfZJ

How will hospitals be designed in the future? And which valuable lessons has the pandemic provided to this matter? We ha...
03/25/2021

How will hospitals be designed in the future? And which valuable lessons has the pandemic provided to this matter? We have asked Danish architect at Arkitema, Wilhelm Berner-Nielsen, in particular, to answer these questions.

“Engineers, architects and city planners need to work together to create human, healing hospitals. We need to distance ourselves from the institutional and rigid hospital designs of the past. In the future, more and more consideration should be given to how hospital users perceive the feeling of space, light, view, interior design and materials. Transparent structures within the building will create a better feeling of space, overview and improve security. Other important elements would be circadian rhythm lighting, optimized acoustics and art as an integrated part of the wayfinding system. Also more single rooms with private bathrooms must be created for patients, relatives need better areas to live and sleep in and children need great play areas.” says Wilhelm Berner-Nielsen.

Read more ‣ https://bit.ly/39dgsr7
© Picture: Arkitema

"Colour does not only add a pleasant quality to design—it reinforces it,” said French early-20th century painter and ill...
03/18/2021

"Colour does not only add a pleasant quality to design—it reinforces it,” said French early-20th century painter and illustrator Pierre Bonnard; a claim that rings truer today more than ever with colour becoming an ever-more apparent element in the world of architecture and design.

Since the cones of our eyes have been able to decipher one colour from another, colours have been an integral part of our lives; even as our evolution as species, down to the point of survival where our eyes are better at recognizing colours such as red and yellow (think traffic lights) than those green and blue. However, our perception of colour is also highly subjective all the way down to our cultural and social identity as individual beings. Thus, when talking the topic of colour in the spheres of architecture and design, it’s important to emphasize that there is no right or wrong colour. Instead, it can be argued to be about considering the spatial context of a given setting when selecting the colours.

Read more ‣ https://bit.ly/3qXbFQJ
© Picture: David Stjernholm

The pandemic in 2020 changed a lot. Really a lot. You could talk about digitalisation or remote working etc, but one thi...
02/05/2021

The pandemic in 2020 changed a lot. Really a lot. You could talk about digitalisation or remote working etc, but one thing is clear: the pandemic of 2020 will most likely not be the last one. After SARS, Ebola, and swine flu we can conclude that pandemics are most likely here to stay. BBC reported on this during the fall, and Professor Eric Fevre from the University of Liverpool says, "this kind of event is likely to happen again and again. It's been happening all throughout our interaction with the natural world. What's important now is how we understand it and respond to it.”

Read more ‣ https://bit.ly/3aDg5WG
© Picture: Åke E:son Lindman

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