Canadian mass-timber pioneer Michael Green has hit out at architects designing unusually shaped buildings rather than embracing biomaterials in this interview as part of Dezeen's Timber Revolution series. More about Architects not adopting biomaterials are "dinosaurs" says Michael Green
Canadian studio Superkül has updated the reading room at the University of Toronto's Robarts Library, a notable example of brutalist architecture. More about Superkül renovates reading room at Toronto's brutalist Robarts Library
Local studio DKA Architects has designed a white wood-clad home with three connected gables in Terrebonne, Quebec, just outside of Montreal. More about DKA connects three gabled structures for Quebec residence
Ménard Dworkind has renovated a 1980s house on the south shore of Montreal with rounded plaster details and a terracotta fireplace. More about Ménard Dworkind adds sculptural mezzanine to 1980s Quebec home
Selldorf Architects, Diamond Schmitt and Two Row Architect have released designs for a gallery to be added to the complex of buildings at the Art Gallery of Ontario in Toronto. More about Selldorf Architects and Diamond Schmitt release design for Art Gallery of Ontario's seventh expansion
Canadian studios Kohn Shnier and ERA Architects have renovated a historic building at the University of Toronto to make it more accessible. More about Upgrades to historic Toronto university building include an elevator clad in copper scales
Promotion: the University of Calgary based in Alberta, Canada, offers a Doctor of Design degree aimed at architects who are looking to develop solutions to real world challenges. More about University of Calgary's Doctor of Design degree helps mid-career architects "leverage their expertise"
Architecture studios Kuehn Malvezzi, Pelletier de Fontenay and Jodoin Lamarre Pratte Architectes have created an insect zoo and museum with interiors that emulate the experience of being a bug. More about Kuehn Malvezzi designs Montreal Insectarium to subvert "museological norms and expectations"
A planner from Edmonton, Canada, has defended its 15-minute city plan after criticism from locals, saying that the plan uses age-old concepts and "will enable the City of Edmonton to support growth more efficiently". More about 15-minute city an "easy way to explain an old concept" says Edmonton planner
Local studio Splyce Design has designed a light-filled, angled house with glazed corners and a sculptural staircase overlooking the Burrard Inlet in Vancouver, British Columbia. More about Splyce Design centres Vancouver house around "weightless" staircase
A "psychedelic inverted cabin" provided Canadian studio Frank Architecture with the design narrative for this Japanese casual bar and restaurant in Banff, Alberta. More about Hello Sunshine features "unlikely juxtaposition" of Japanese psychedelia and cabins
Canadian architecture studio Atelier l'Abri has built a series of A-frame buildings for the Farouche Tremblant agrotourism site in Québec's Mon-Tremblant National Park, which were designed to "recede in the landscape". More about Atelier l'Abri creates A-frame micro-cabins in Quebec forest
Carved French limestone and rolling glass doors were used by Toronto interiors studio Burdifilek to create theatrical effects in this house that frequently hosts events, concerts and dinner parties. More about Dramatic gestures define Gallery Residence in Toronto by Burdifilek
Vancouver-based studio BattersbyHowat Architects has completed a parallelogram-shaped, mountainside home clad in standing seam metal that includes a detached sauna structure in Whistler, British Columbia. More about BattersbyHowat balances metal-clad cabin on a mountainside
Leckie Studio has completed Camera House in the mountains of British Columbia with dramatic windows and skylights that are meant to frame the surrounding landscape like a camera lens. More about Leckie Studio creates timber-clad house to frame mountain views
Drew Mandel Architects has renovated and expanded a 1920's craftsman-style cottage in Toronto that "marries old and new" with a contemporary open floor plan, limestone terrace, historic touches and upscale details. More about Drew Mandel blends old and new in the expansion of a 1920's Toronto residence
Montreal-based Ivy Studio has turned a former print shop into offices and creative spaces, with a "work in progress" aesthetic punctuated by colourful moments. More about Ivy Studio populates MAD Creative Hub with pink and purple elements
A curved colonnade fronts this extension to the Beaverbrook Art Gallery in Fredericton, Canada, creating an airy new lobby for the art gallery and completing the institution's expansion. More about KPMB completes pavilion for New Brunswick's public art collection
Montreal studio ACDF Architecture has designed a low-slung, modernist-style home with massing shaped to surround an apple tree and provide lines of sight through the living areas. More about ACDF Architecture wraps glass home around apple tree in Quebec
Chicago studio Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture has released designs for two skyscrapers in Toronto that will rise from a block of preserved heritage buildings. More about Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill designs pair of Toronto skyscrapers