In the media
Ottawa’s city budget fails to reflect our policy goals
We are a growing city. Our population is projected to grow 40% over the coming decades. The new Official Plan attempts to address how to…
Why the new Civic Hospital site is the wrong choice for Ottawa
This text summarizes a presentation MPP Joel Harden asked me to provide in a townhall session he and Councilors McKenny and Menard organized regarding the…
Improving procurement for architectural services
It’s time to change procurement practices for public sector architecture projects in Canada. The current procurement process favours larger firms that can devote more resources…
Infrastructure should be more than functional. It should be beautiful.
When we build physical infrastructure, we expect that it is going to last for decades, even generations. With the federal government poised to invest billions…
Reducing our carbon footprint by investing in architecture.
The recent news that Ottawa is looking to spend a billion dollars on a fleet of electric buses is welcome news. The urban built environment…
Letter to the editor: contract fairness
We need to eliminate procurement contract conditions that are unfair and get back to public contracts that are fair and balanced. The basis of a…