Topics: SALA
UBC Applied Science research that made an impact in 2025
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A look back at the stories that showcase the innovative solutions for people, places and planet our researchers worked on in 2025.
Canada needs 22 million homes fast. UBC and partners are delivering solutions
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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
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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
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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
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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.