Elsa Lam is the Editor of Canadian Architect magazine, a national publication that reviews design and practice for architects and related professionals. With a focus on showcasing innovative architectural projects and providing critical analysis, Elsa's articles contribute to the discourse on Canadian architecture and design. She also writes for the Toronto Star, further expanding her reach and impact in the field.
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Elsa's coverage mainly focuses on architecture and design, with a specific emphasis on Canadian architecture. She also covers government announcements and expert commentary related to architectural developments.
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Here are this year's winners.
By: Elsa Lam
An appendix on the last page of the Province's business case for relocating the science centre points to a cost in the tens of millions for operating a temporary science centre—along with a "high building risk" and "medium program risk." It lists "pros" for that decision including "scaling back programming/operating costs" and significant "staffing reductions resulting in surplussing."
Derek Drummond, OAQ, FRAIC, William C. Macdonald Emeritus Professor of Architecture at McGill University, died on November 17, 2023, three days before his 85th birthday. A Montrealer by birth, Derek studied architecture at McGill. He graduated in 1962 and soon co-founded the architectural firm Donaldson Drummond Sankey, which became well-known for the design of the […]
Architect Nick Milkovich on rebuilding the Great Hall of Arthur Erickson’s Museum of Anthropology.
By: Elsa Lam
A film festival, exhibitions, building tours, a lecture series, and the reopening of the restored Museum of Anthropology mark the centenary of Erickson’s birth.
By: Elsa Lam
A new building on a complex infill site returns Montreal’s post-secondary business school to its downtown roots.
By: Elsa Lam
The Suicide Magnet: Inside the Battle to Erect a Safety Barrier on Toronto’s Bloor Viaduct By Paul McLaughlin (Dundurn Press, 2023) In 2003, the Luminous Veil—a suicide barrier designed by Dereck Revington Studio along Toronto’s Bloor Viaduct—opened. Revington’s full vision did not come to completion until a full 12 years later, when the steel strings […]
In late July, a court decision in Ontario upheld the province’s claim to sweeping powers to redevelop Ontario Place, a provincial site on Toronto’s waterfront originally designed by architect Eberhard Zeidler with landscape architect Michael Hough. The court’s decision underscores how the current provincial government has put itself above the law, particularly with regard to […]
An ambitious provincial initiative to improve Quebec’s elementary schools yields impressive results.
Fewer exhibitions, missing feature zones, decimated education areas: a new science centre at Ontario Place would be a shadow of the current Ontario Science Centre.
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