he RAIC has opened submissions for the RAIC International Prize Scholarships for 2022. 
 
The RAIC International Prize Scholarships are awarded in conjunction with the RAIC International Prize and will be presented at the 2022 Conference on Architecture in Vancouver, BC. 
 
The RAIC International Prize Scholarships are open to students registered in a Canadian architecture program at any point in the period between the submission deadline for the previous cycle of the RAIC International Prize Scholarships and the submission deadline of the current cycle. 
 
The deadline for submissions is January 14, 2022. 

Up to three scholarships, each in the amount of CAD 5,000, will be awarded to the selected winners. 
 
The award of the Scholarships will be based on submissions from individual students that address a defined topic in the form of an original essay in English or French, a maximum of 1,000 words in length, with illustrations that complement and clarify ideas explored in the text. 
 
The essay topic for the 2022 RAIC International Prize Scholarships will address the objectives and criteria of the RAIC International Prize and is based on the following questions: 
 
The RAIC International Prize celebrates works of architecture that are judged to have been “transformative within their societal context.” 
 
Please explain how a work of architecture can be transformative. Can you cite examples that demonstrate how the impact of a single building on a community can be seen as transformative? Is every good building transformative on some level? 
 
Submissions will be evaluated on the applicant’s expression of vision, aspiration, and on the strength of personal conviction. 

Nominate your colleagues and peers for Fellowship in the RAIC. The College of Fellows formally recognizes members and distinguished laypersons who have made outstanding contributions to the profession in design, scholarship, or service to the profession or the community. 

Please visit the College’s web page to view the changes to the 2022 nomination process and requirements. 

NEW – Nominations for Honorary Fellowship 

An Honorary Fellow of the RAIC College is an Honorary Member of the RAIC who has achieved international professional eminence or has rendered distinctive service to the profession or to the community at large, nationally or internationally. Architects registered in Canada are not eligible for nomination. Nomination and advancement to Honorary Fellowship is administered by the RAIC College. Honorary Fellowship is bestowed for life and is one of the highest honours the RAIC can confer upon a Member. 

A Fellow of the Institute may nominate any individual for Honorary Fellowship of the RAIC College. Nominations require the support of at least two (2) Members as References. Honorary Fellowship will be considered for an international architect, or allied professional in recognition of their outstanding contributions to the built environment 

We now invite members of the RAIC to nominate an individual. 

Visit the College’s web page to view the nomination requirements. 

Deadline for nominations: November 5th, 2021.  All nominations must be submitted on RAIC’s online submission platform. 

The Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (RAIC), the Canadian Institute of Planners (CIP), and the Canadian Society of Landscape Architects (CSLA) are pleased to announce that entries are now being accepted for the 2022 National Urban Design Awards (NUDA). 

 The deadline to submit online is December 17, 2021.  

 There are two ways to enter:  

•  Winners of the 2021 municipal Urban Design Awards are invited to submit to the National Urban Design Awards. There is no entry fee for municipal award winners, simply the requirement to submit the projects according to the prescribed format. 
• Projects in other communities across Canada are also eligible. Architects, planners, landscape architects, designers and students may apply directly to the National Urban Design Awards program. 

For 80 years, the VELUX Group has created better living environments for people around the world; making the most of daylight and fresh air through the roof.  There diverse product programme helps to ensure a healthy and sustainable indoor climate; for work and learning, for play and pleasure. As part of the VELUX Group’s Sustainability Strategy 2030, they announced their commitment to become Lifetime Carbon Neutral by it’s 100th Anniversary in 2041.   This commitment will see the world’s leading skylight manufacturer’s historical carbon footprint – 5.6 million tonnes of CO2 emitted since it was founded  –  captured in forest conservation projects.  Looking to the future, the VELUX Group also commits to dramatically cut the carbon emissions of its company and value chain.

For over a decade VELUX Commercial, a new division under the VELUX Brand has revolutionized the offering of daylight solutions for commercial buildings.  VELUX Commercial delivers the same product quality and innovation as our residential line.  We offer daylight solutions for commercial buildings such as offices, schools, healthcare facilities, airports, shopping malls and retails stores, large public buildings, railway stations and industrial buildings.  In 2012, in collaboration with Foster + Partners we launched the VELUX Modular Skylight, a prefabricated modular skylight system designed with both architects and installers in mind.   The combination of technology, innovation, imagination and expertise has created a flexible and simply stunning skylight system that transforms any space into something special.  Our Dynamic Dome provides low energy values, compact nesting for competitive pricing, harvest low light for more daylight hours and the architectural structed dome provides a beautiful feature.  Our diverse product range offers innovative, efficient and smart solutions for all your commercial project types: Public buildings, sports facilities, education, retails and shopping malls, airports and railway stations, hotels and conference centres, healthcare, offices, and industrial and warehousing. 

Our commercial and residential project teams are here to help you so you can spend more time designing.  

For project support please contact us: 
commercial-cdn@velux.com

Join us for an exciting VELUX Modular Skylight Webinar Series this October!

• Making a Case [Study] for Modular Skylights in Commercial Projects – October 13, 2021 
• Making a Case [Study] for Modular Skylights in Residential Projects – October 20, 2021 
  

Will review case studies of commercial and residential projects.  We will explore how VELUX Modular Skylights were integrated into project daylighting strategies and were placed to curate daylight in the space and special considerations and approaches to meet the architect's design intent.  VELUX Fall 1- hour Webinar series is FREE.

Co-curated by Pallavi Swaranjali, Kurt-Espersen-Peters, Roger Connah

The Mindful Modernism(s) project proposal is part of a larger, multi-phase, multi-year initiative between the Canadian Centre for Mindful Habitats (CCMH), the Department of Interior Design, Faculty of Architecture at the University of Manitoba, and the Bachelor of Interior Design program at Algonquin College to explore mindfulness in the teaching, practice, and pedagogy of the built environment. It is supported by Ontario Association of Architects, Interior Designers of Canada, Royal Architectural Institute of Canada.

Mindful Modernism(s) is a webinar series with eight different sessions bringing together an international contingent of academics, scholars, and practitioners from North America, Asia, Australia, and Europe in a spirited debate about how to expand design thinking and practice to be more inclusive, tolerant, and respectful of marginalized perspectives, knowledge bases, and communities to generate and mobilize new knowledge areas and thinking strategies in the current design practice and pedagogy of the built environment. 

KEY COMPETITION DETAILS 

Launched by Electric Autonomy Canada and sponsored by Parkland, Cadillac and CIBC, ‘The Electric Fuelling Station of the Future’ asks architects, designers and cross-disciplinary practitioners to reimagine the traditional refueling station as an entirely new roadside oasis for Electric Vehicles (EV’s), where travellers can rest, play, eat, recharge and more.

Registration is open and the deadline to submit an EV charging station design is Nov. 15, 2021, on designawards.electricautonomy.ca/

Here’s what the jury is looking for in a winning concept:

• INNOVATIVE CONCEPT: an innovative approach to the program brief that curates a new experience for EV drivers and their passengers, reinventing the traditional roadway pitstop, and transforming the dwell time into a positive experience.
• DESIGN: Guests should be treated to a novel, visually pleasing experience at every turn.
• SUSTAINABILITY: Proposed concepts should prioritize sustainable materials and building techniques. We are looking for a positive energy strategy that reduces carbon and is implementable today.
• FEASIBILITY: Design concepts should be feasible, taking into account weather, should there be interest in commissioning a project. No levitating car parks please!

The top three designs will be awarded with cash prizes: First prize: $25,000; Second prize: $10,000; and Third prize: $5,000