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03-06-2016

Architecture in Canada

The recent awarding of an important national award to 12 Canadian architectural projects offers an opportunity to focus on recent architectural projects in Canada presented in the pages of Floornature and Livegreenblog.

02-06-2016

Buildings awarded Governor General's Medals in Canada

The Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (Institut royal d’architecture du Canada) and the Canada Council for the Arts recently announced the winners of the 2016 Governor General's Medals in Architecture, a biannual award for the best buildings in Canada.

31-05-2016

Award presented to Schmidt Hammer Lassen’s Halifax Central Library

The Governor General’s Medal in Architecture, an acknowledgement for outstanding buildings in Canada, has been awarded to the Halifax Central Library designed by Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects with Fowler Bauld & Mitchell.

19-03-2015

Archipelago Contemporary Arts Center Portugal

The Archipelago Contemporary Arts Center by João Mendes Ribeiro Arquitecto lda.

05-05-2014

Archiplein, Tianzhoushan Tea House

A building inspired by its environment and by traditional Chinese paintings. Rough, minimal design makes the tea house a landmark that blends in with its surroundings, in continuity with the natural forms of the rocks around it.

01-10-2012

Gleneagles Community Centre, Patkau Architects.

The multipurpose centre in West Vancouver, first public building in North America designed using the Swiss Bâtiment Isotherme (Batiso) concept, proves that even ten years down the track, the efficiency of the sustainable design choices for “green” leisure time are still valid today.

21-03-2012

Tradition and Innovation - Italy in China exhibition

The Italian Pavilion: Shanghai Italian Center comes back to life with an exhibition on everything made in Italy: art, craftsmanship, design and technology.