WEATHERING REFLECTIONS OF FUTURE PAST
Honouring past and present with weathering steel in Sudbury
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The Impact and Durability of Steel in Passive Housing
Wrapped in black steel cladding, the Parkview House in Victoria, BC is visually striking. The home is a simple two-storey design with a typical peaked roof. Its simplicity makes it stand out. But under the steel, the Parkview House stands out for another reason—it is a passive house. Passive house is an international system for […]
THE ALCHEMY OF WATER AND STEEL
The Growing Market of Insulated Metal Panels in Aquatic Centres
Beloeil, Quebec, southwest of Montreal, is tucked between Mont Saint-Hilaire and the Richelieu River and surrounded by agricultural fields. Beloeil’s new aquatics centre celebrates this unique setting through its architecture. The centre was designed as “a translucent and luminous glass case set on a solid black base,” notes architectural firm Lemay. “Combining opacity and transparency, […]
A ROOM OF ONE’S OWN
Modular Pods Create Modern Backyard Offices
A room of one’s own is necessary, Virginia Woolf tells us, for creativity and productivity. The thousands of people working from home over the last year and a half would surely agree. But where to find such a space? For Trevor Gilbert of Modeco, the answer was his own backyard. Modeco specializes in modular, prefabricated […]