DCA monthly round-up: the urban realm

It’s been a whirlwind couple of weeks for me, from conferences to speaking engagements and everything in between. Travelling from Ottawa to Toronto and “virtually”…

November 23, 2017

Buying better buildings: how governments should hire architects

Buying better buildings: How governments should hire architects Procurement is the process used by large organizations such as governments to buy goods and services. There…

November 14, 2017

A small wonder or wonderfully small

In Layman’s Terms (A Non-Architect’s Point of View) A Blog by Miranda Paquette I don’t get out much. My family left Europe in the 1600’s…

November 1, 2017

Making sustainable architecture that works

Has LEED reached the tipping point? Flipping through the magazines that come into our office we noticed that everyone is claiming to somehow be related to…

October 24, 2017

The neighbourhood fabric

In Layman’s Terms (A Non-Architect’s Point of View) A Blog by Miranda Paquette Flashback to my teen years – I lived briefly in Orléans, went…

October 4, 2017

ISO 9001:2015 Certification

Architects DCA has maintained a Quality Management System and certification under ISO 9001:2008 for over 10 years. On September 18, 2017 we achieved the milestone of…

September 19, 2017