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Vancouver's architecture, by design, was never meant to handle extreme heat

CBC | | Media coverage

Architecture professors Sara Stevens and Patrick Condon said that current construction standards in B.C. are not suitable for extreme heat. 

SALA welcomes two new assistant professors

UBC School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture | | Media coverage

Rana Abughannam and Tania Gutiérrez-Monroy join SALA faculty.

The man who made the suburbs white

Slate Magazine | | Media coverage

SALA professor Sara Stevens was quoted in an article about American developer J.C. Nichols. 

Roll down your banners, take down your flags

e-flux Architecture | | Media coverage

SALA associate professor Dr. Matthew Soules is one member of a collective campaigning against housing alienation at the Venice Biennale.

Building better

Squamish Chief | | Media coverage

 School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture assistant professor Joe Dahmen discussed the use of natural building materials.

Too much and not enough: Not for Sale! at the Venice Biennale

Canadian Architect | | Media coverage

SALA associate professor Dr. Matthew Soules commented on exhibiting Canada's housing crisis at the Venice Biennale.

How Canada’s housing woes became international art

The Tyee | | Media coverage

SALA associate professor Dr. Matthew Soules commented on exhibiting Canada’s housing crisis at the Venice Biennale.

2023 UBC Faculty of Applied Science appointments

| Announcement

Dean James Olsen announces his 2023-2024 faculty appointments for the UBC Faculty of Applied Science.

The B.C. push to relocate homes rather than demolish them

CBC | | Media coverage

A study by school of architecture and landscape architecture's professor Joseph Dahmen forecasted that 25 per cent of homes in Vancouver could be demolished by 2030 due to a surge in property values.

These magic mushrooms are in the innovation spotlight

Pivot Magazine | | Media coverage

SALA's associate professor Dr. Joe Dahmen discusses the innovative applications of mushroom-based materials in architecture.

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