RAIC raises QBS with DCC

Architecture Canada| RAIC Executive Director Jim McKee wrote [PDF] [206 KB] to James Paul, President and Chief Executive Officer of Defence Construction Canada expressing concerns regarding the weighting accorded the role of the Architect in a DCC standing offer, noting it greatly under-estimates the value of an Architect.


Students to benefit from surplus copies of GG book

Architecture Canada | RAIC has donated surplus copies of the 2010 Architecture Canada book (which features the Governor General’s recipients from that year) to Laval University, the University of Calgary, University of Toronto and McGill University.

The projects in those pages will no doubt inspire the next generation of Canadian architects.


Wayne de Angelis on the 2030 Challenge

Regional Director for British Columbia / Yukon, Wayne de Angelis, FRAIC, writes in the Journal of Commerce about how the 2030 Challenge does not only entail the use of green energy, it implies an entire rethinking of the way we make and use things.