As a result of a fire that destroyed the Centre Block in 1916, the West Block is the oldest of the Parliament’s Buildings. The load-bearing masonry structure was built in three campaign periods, starting in 1859, and it was completed in 1909 by the Department of Public Works.
After a long wait, Saskatchewan's newest art gallery is set to finally open its doors to the public this fall.
Parliament Hill’s West Block has been closed for restoration work since 2011, but journalists got their first look inside yesterday as it nears the end of construction.
Canadian Museum for Human Rights wins International Architecture Award from the Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design and The European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies.
On behalf of A49, we would like to acknowledge Peter Emmett for his contribution to the CSC (Construction Specifications Canada). Peter just completed his one year term as National President.
After nearly five years, physiotherapy patients at the Nova Scotia Rehabilitation Centre are getting ready to go back in the pool.
Architecture49 was awarded an Award of Excellence by the Grand Valley Construction Association for contributing to the Meridian Centre with Ball Construction.
Congratulations to University College of the North for achieving LEED Gold Certification on April 20, 2016.
The City is planning a new Community Recreation Complex in the downtown area south of Wilson Avenue, between Mary Hill Road and Kingsway Avenue.
You would be hard-pressed to find a North American city the size of Winnipeg blessed with a similar number of high-quality cultural organizations and amenities. The Canadian Museum for Human Rights and the zoo’s Journey to Churchill are the most recent major additions to the city’s cultural scene, but the development is not stopping there.
The La Presse newsroom had been neglected since 2007. La Presse’s major shift to digital provided the impetus for a reinvention of this space.
Alberta Construction Magazine held an online poll in early November asking readers to choose their favourite Top Projects submission, and nearly 2,000 votes were received.
