DANIEL CLARKE ARCHITECT INC.

The big 'green building' systems out there right now are LEED, Passive House, Living Building Challenge, and WELL certification. Each...

The setup of your property and your landscaping is your first physical line of defense against water traveling over land.

Flooding presents a range of risks most of which can be lethal. The flood risk impacts entire communities.

We can design a flood proof house to withstand the next British Columbia flood event. That's important because while not everyone lives in

A derecho isn't meteorologically anything like a hurricane, but its impact is similar. Instead of winds spinning around a calm centre,...

Property owners of multifamily buildings regularly wrestle with the cost comparison of maintenance, renovation, and replacement. Some...

You Can Build a High-Performance House for Less Money Than a Typical House - Learn design strategies that will both reduce the cost of build

The right daylighting strategy can greatly improve the quality of your family’s life at home for little or no extra expense.

A typical house has countless tiny holes that lead to mold, but better airtightness can make your house healthier and more comfortable.

Our homes are not adapted to the colder winters of the coming century, and the beautiful white snow is slowly destroying your house's roof.

The trend of families living in multigenerational homes is not new but is increasing and evolving. The idea of a multigenerational home...

Design for climate change is architecture that performs well during extreme weather and is critical as climate change accelerates.

This is a brief introduction to the potential to develop a single-family lot in Vancouver to six dwelling units

Improving the air quality in your home is one way of improving your physical health.

Unless you live in the middle of a large city, there is a growing risk of your home being destroyed by a wildfire in the next few decades....

Most air-conditioning systems are ill-equipped to handle the new heatwaves, but passive cooling strategies may solve this problem.

In my article YOU DON'T NEED TO HIRE AN ARCHITECT, I present a rationale for hiring an architect and explain basically what you're...

Today I'm sharing some images from a work in progress -- a multi-generational luxury home overlooking the ocean. The house spans three...

HEAT YOUR HOUSE WITH A HAIRDRYER. YES, A HAIRDRYER. OR A TOASTER. NO, NOT EVEN JOKING. This is a follow-up to my article "Is Your Home...

As much of the white-collar world - me included - gradually turns to working from home either part-time or completely, we are forced to...