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Architecture - 22.06.2022

Team receives funding to investigate the lack of family-sized apartment housing in Waterloo
SSHRC provides funding for Waterloo team to investigate the "missing middle" of residential housing By Three researchers from the University of Waterloo's Faculty of Environment have been awarded fun

Architecture - Event - 15.06.2022

Douglas Cardinal, an award-winning architect known for his natural forms, receives honorary degree

Architecture - Art and Design - 13.06.2022

Architecture - Campus - 07.06.2022

Architecture - Campus - 07.06.2022

Environment - Architecture - 24.05.2022

McGill announces C$6 million chair in architecture to develop turn-key solutions for mass building climate retrofits

Architecture - 18.05.2022

How University of Toronto’s School of Cities is helping reimagine a Toronto fire station: The Globe and Mail

Architecture - 10.05.2022

How this turtle helped reduce plastic waste in an office building

Environment - Architecture - 03.05.2022

Students contribute to City of Toronto climate action projects through University of Toronto ’Living Lab’ course

Architecture - Social Sciences - 21.04.2022

School of Cities releases plan to boost mixed-use development in Toronto

Campus - Architecture - 30.03.2022

’Brutalist’’ Architect behind University of Toronto Scarborough’s Science and Humanities Wing didn’t think so

Architecture - 22.02.2022

UBC experts on B.C. budget

Campus - Architecture - 07.02.2022

University of Toronto architecture students celebrate resilience in Winter Stations design competition

Campus - Architecture - 26.01.2022

Researchers use ’virtual slime mould’ to design a TTC subway network less prone to disruption
It doesn't have a brain and survives on rotting vegetable matter - but it could offer valuable insights into city planning, according to a team of University of Toronto researchers. Physarum polycephalum is a slime mould, a single-celled amoeboid organism that grows as a greenish-yellow system of veins.

Architecture - Campus - 18.01.2022

Health - Architecture - 10.01.2022

Expert insight: Rebuilding cities after the pandemic
Cities emerged as the epicentres of the COVID-19 pandemic: roughly 90 per cent of COVID-19 infections worldwide were reported in urban settings.

Architecture - Health - 29.12.2021

Social Sciences - Architecture - 09.12.2021

Urban Studies cooperatives work towards a feminist city of Surrey
City in Colour and Citopia, created by six migrant women of colour from SFU's Urban Studies master's program, aim to create an equitable, inclusive and accessible city and work environment for women.

Architecture - Economics / Business - 18.11.2021

Laneway homes can decrease neighbouring property values in affluent areas: UBC study
Business, Law & Society Collins Maina Having a laneway house next door can significantly decrease the value of your Vancouver home, depending on where you live, according to a new UBC Sauder School of Business study. Researchers found the presence of a laneway house within 100 metres of a property on the West Side of the city was associated with a 2.8 per cent lower sale price on neighbouring properties.

Environment - Architecture - 30.09.2021

Want to reduce your carbon footprint? Build a smaller house with no basement: University of Toronto study
A team of researchers in the University of Toronto's Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering has some practical advice for developers, homeowners and urban planners who want to reduce their environmental impact.

Architecture - Campus - 17.11.2017