A growing trend in home use is rising from a tradition that was once just the way we lived: multi-generational housing.

Even before the pandemic’s world-changing effects, 20 per cent of Canadians were living in multi-generational housing, according to a Pew Research Center study. Canadian Census data indicates an increase of 37.5 per cent in multi-generational housing from 2001 to 2016, with the highest proportion – 17 per cent – in Toronto.

We were pleased to collaborate with Ryerson CBI and Urban Land Institute Toronto on this video featuring local city builders speaking to the challenge of housing affordability and options in Toronto. The aim was to provide a summary of current challenges, and some innovative solutions for multi-family, “Missing Middle” housing in residential neighbourhoods and along our avenues.

Business is not as usual – but we haven’t hit pause. Embracing this new state of being has allowed us to focus on perfecting our process, designs and creating content we hope you love…

Canadian architects and designers have also been realizing the potential of prefab construction beyond the scale of modular homes. Potentially, some of the most impactful work is in mid-rise, infill housing–the “missing middle” that is considered crucial for densifying Canada’s cities. Bringing mass timber into the mix–a natural fit, in that mass timber products are fabricated to spec–has the potential to reduce the carbon footprint of the resulting buildings.

Construction is a field ripe for efficiency improvements: notwithstanding improvements in materials and in building science, a building takes roughly the same amount of time and labour to be built today as it did seventy years ago…

As of 11:59 p.m. on March 24, all non-essential workplaces across Ontario were ordered to shut down indefinitely or have employees work from home wherever possible…

In the urban centres of the Ontario of tomorrow, how will we live? Three to five decades from now, will autonomous cars and a seamless transit systems whisk us wherever we need to go? Perhaps robots or drones will deliver our packages and meals…

It’s only been a year since Toronto finally approved as-of-right zoning for laneway housing. But there have already been 100 inquiries – and as similar zoning is extended to the suburbs, as many as 47,000 sites may be eligible for new builds…

What if you could go to Ikea and purchase an entire house – flat-packed, ready to assemble? That is the basic idea behind R-Hauz Solutions. Inc., founded by veteran Toronto builder Leith Moore…

Toronto has a housing problem; some call it a crisis. One of the levers Council is pulling at to increase more urban housing options (a pilot project) is to construct laneway houses in rear yards that abut public lanes…