Topics: SALA
Canada needs 22 million homes fast. UBC and partners are delivering solutions
| Announcement
Pushing the economy forward: UBC’s joint efforts with industry and local communities are accelerating housing solutions, lowering costs and creating jobs
The truth about mass timber: B.C.’s favourite green building material isn’t always a climate hero
BCBusiness | | Media coverage
UBC SALA professor Adam Rysanek sheds light on the uncertainties of carbon emissions between mass timber and concrete.
Reframing Architecture from Creating to Collaborating
| Spotlight
Robyn Adams, UBC School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture graduate, is recognized as a 2025 UBC Applied Science Rising Star.
Architecture Schools Across Canada Collaborate to Tackle Housing Alienation
Canadian Architect | | Media coverage
UBC SALA joins a group of thirteen architecture schools across Canada in the 2025–2026 academic year to teach design studios around a shared goal: to end housing alienation.
UBC launches world’s first mushroom-powered waterless toilet
| Announcement
The MycoToilet, developed by a team including UBC School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture Associate Professor Joseph Dahmen, turns human waste into nutrient-rich compost and features a modern, sustainable design.
A skeptic's take on the housing crisis: 'The developer is the good guy'
National Post | | Media coverage
UBC SALA Professor Patrick Condon says don't blame NIMBYs or Boomers - blame the speculators distorting the price of land.
Can Canada build its way out of the housing crisis?
CBC | | Media coverage
UBC SALA Professor Patrick Condon examines the federal government's big plans for housing and discusses possible housing solutions.
UBC Faculty of Applied Science 2025 appointments
| Announcement
Dr. Patrick Kirchen joins Dr. Thaïsa Way and Dr. Bernard Laval as appointees to leadership positions with the Faculty of Applied Science.
Is mass timber worth the risk? ‘It’s a birch of a problem’
Journal Of Commerce | | Media coverage
Adam Rysanek, an associate professor at SALA debates that the risks of using mass timber – cost, supply chain, trades, maintenance – outweigh the benefits.
Will the City of Vancouver’s recent changes spur new housing construction?
Journal Of Commerce | | Media coverage
UBC SALA professor Patrick Condon comments on the potential positive outcomes of the recently approved initiatives that will support development and help housing projects in Vancouver.