Are concrete blocks the next batteries?
As blogged on PopularMechanics.com, in August 2019, the Japanese multinational holding firm SoftBank invested $110 million in Swiss company Energy Vault. It was a major boon for the company, which has a somewhat unique take on renewables: It stores potential…
What political parties say about architecture and the built environment
OTTAWA, October 17, 2019 – Three parties have responded to questions from the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (RAIC) about sustainability, living conditions in Indigenous communities, federal procurement, and a national architecture policy for Canada. The RAIC is advocating for a…
Exhibit examines Edmonton’s unrealized buildings
As reported in the Edmonton Journal, Edmonton is home to only a handful of architectural feats that could truly be labelled iconic. Among them are the Muttart Conservatory, the Walterdale Bridge and the Alberta legislature. But, if history had taken…
Steampunk pavilion bends wood into weird and wonderful shapes
As blogged on NewAtlas.com, installed at this year’s Tallinn Architecture Biennial event in Estonia, Steampunk is an impressive-looking pavilion that has been painstakingly created by steam-bending lengths of hardwood. The build process was helped along by a Microsoft HoloLens-based system…
Canadian home sales rise again in September
Ottawa, ON, October 15, 2019 – Statistics released today by the Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA) show national home sales were up slightly in September 2019. Highlights: National home sales rose 0.6% month-over-month (m-o-m) in September. Actual (not seasonally adjusted)…