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Beautiful modular homes raise the bar for affordable housing in Ontario

In response to the pressing need for sustainable and affordable housing in Ontario, Canadian design firm Montgomery...

Green-roofed Honey Bee Research Centre targets LEED Gold

Green-roofed Honey Bee Research Centre targets LEED Gold

Toronto-based architecture firm Moriyama & Teshima Architects has unveiled renderings for the new Honey Bee...

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Canada’s first net-zero carbon, mass-timber college building to rise in Toronto

The Centennial College in Toronto will soon make history with the addition of Canada’s first net-zero carbon,...

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MacKay-Lyons Sweetapple designs holiday retreats for an island community

Renowned for beautiful views, indigenous history and a famous golf resort, Ontario’s Bigwin Island will also...

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Ontario cancels plans to reduce its carbon footprint

Ontario just cut plans to reduce its carbon footprint as Doug Ford, the Premier of Ontario, Canada decided to cancel...

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Canada’s largest net-zero energy college building opens in Ontario

The Canadian port city of Hamilton in Ontario has recently welcomed its first net-zero energy institutional building...

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Solar-powered multi-generational home offsets its energy consumption

Toronto-based architecture firm Williamson Williamson has completed a stunning home that embraces aging in place...

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This modern vacation home embraces indoor-outdoor living in Ontario

The boundary between indoors and out are blurred to beautiful effect in the Bear Stand Residence, a family retreat...

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This ultra-thin aluminum pavilion evokes a supernatural pine tree

Marc Fornes / THEVERYMANY’s works are both otherworldly and instantly recognizable—and Pine Sanctuary at the...

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Perkins + Will’s KTTC building blends beauty and sustainability in Ontario

Perkins + Will used design to rekindle interest in the skilled trades with their completion of Kawartha Trades...

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Ontario greenhouses could lose $10M because of new cap-and-trade rules

Ontario, Canada has 2,900 acres of greenhouses that export over $1 billion of cucumbers, tomatoes, and green peppers...

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Prefabricated lakeside cabin is a beautiful exercise in restraint

Family reunions can be loud affairs, a fact that one Torontonian family patriarch with ten energetic grandkids...

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This library shows how beautiful sustainable design builds community

This gorgeous new library just an hour’s drive from downtown Toronto is a true civic center with its welcoming...

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Leaky cottage retrofitted with straw bale sees 80% energy reduction

One of the world’s oldest insulation materials has breathed new life into a leaky cottage in Ontario’s Lake...

See how the “Kiss-Kiss House” snaps in half like a branch to embrace the landscape

See how the "Kiss-Kiss House" snaps in half like a branch to embrace the landscape

Homes built to embrace the landscape, rather than working against it, always seem to have a good story to tell....

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