With increased investment in building mass rapid transit, the time is opportune to discuss the design principles behind transit architecture that includes the preservation and creation of built heritage. Projects focus on more than just providing a transportation facility to move people, but rather as a catalyst for city building and continuity of the existing.

Join Architecture Manager, Ana-Francisca de la Mora and Transit Architecture Director, Charlie Hoang, as they present ‘Transforming Heritage with Transit Architecture.’ This session will focus on the process and tools used to deal with existing heritage components, expanding on the challenges of balancing existing and future needs while providing a safe and uplifting passenger experience.

By 2035, many of us will have racked up our fair share of years. If the status quo goes unchallenged, there will be a serious shortage of decent living space for an ageing population.

The purpose of this event is to enable stakeholders to coalesce around a common cause: Reimagining our Neighbourhoods of the Future. Hear from Cities aspiring to develop connected large scale demonstrators and find out how to get involved. Working in partnership with The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, this event will also inform development of a new Reference Framework for Age-friendly Housing and Neighbourhoods.

Join IBI Group’s Director of Design and Innovation, Richard Mazuch, as he sits on an expert panel discussing the potential of new innovations and technologies to improve the housing/care aspects of older people’s lives.

The 2019 Pacific Innovation Fair is one of the 17 Innovation Fairs delivered across the country by the Government of Canada’s Regional Federal Councils and the Privy Council Office. Partners from different levels of government, along with changemakers from the private sector will come together to share insights, promote growth and development, network, provide mentorship and challenge participants to expand their horizons.

This year’s themes, Agile, Inclusive and Equipped will be demonstrated and discussed through 22 unique seminars and activities. Join Director | Office Lead, Vancouver, Anita Leonoff, as she presents as part of the Women’s Leadership Session.

Clerkenwell, London, UK is home to more creative businesses and architects per square mile than anywhere else on the planet, making it one of the most important design hubs in the world and host to the annual Clerkenwell Design Week.

IBI Group is proud to be taking part in “the leading independent design event,” and are inviting the public to join us for a fun sketching masterclass. Our architects will provide one-to-one guidance, tips and tricks to help you produce your own unique sketch of the city.

With the plenary theme of ‘Blurring the boundaries: Designing place-based health systems’, this year’s congress will explore how the global shift towards population- and place-based health systems are gaining momentum, facilitated by advances in science and technology.  The Congress, which will take place from Monday, June 17 to Wednesday, June 19 at the Royal College of Physicians, London, features eight dedicated streams, four on each day.

Join IBI Group, Managing Principal, Tony Burley as he presents his paper, ‘Pioneering the Present: Learning Lessons for Kaiser Permanente’.

The leading UK event focusing on the design of mental health facilities returns for 2019. The conference features over 50 speakers, with specialist content by experts including architects, NHS professionals and clinicians. Lively and authoritative, it is the most sought-after professional gathering for everyone concerned with clinical provision, funding, design, build and management of the UK’s mental health facilities.

Join IBI Group architects, Karen Flatt, Wendy de Silva and Richard Mazuch, as they sit on expert panels across both days.

Inspired by the incredible diversity of parks, landscape and open spaces in this country, Alberta Recreation & Parks Association created Parks School to gather front line and mid-level staff to connect, learn, and develop their skills.

IBI Group is proud to participate in the inaugural Parks School conference, with Associate | Senior Landscape Architect, Luc Deniger, attending as keynote speaker for two breakout sessions. Join him on Tuesday, April 2nd as he presents ‘Do’s & Don’ts of Capital Projects’ and ‘Building With the End in Mind.’

IBI Group are proud sponsors of this year’s Canadian Centre for Healthcare Facilities spring conference. With the theme of Optimizing Planning, Design and the Build for Better Care, the event will focus on emerging approaches in healthcare facilities that are being used to maximize planning, designing and the built form as they translate to the patient, staff and the broader community.

Join President David Thom as he presents our master plan of the St. Paul’s Hospital site on May 23 as part of the Master Planning and Community Connectivity of the Healthcare Build session.

The City of Edmonton is currently completing a Bus Network Redesign based on the 2017 Transit Strategy. In addition to creating a new network, the Strategy also calls for the implementation of Transit Priority Measures in congested areas to improve service reliability and operating speeds. IBI Group was retained to study locations where Transit Priority Measures could be applied.

Join Senior Transportation Engineer, Blair Smith, as he presents findings from the study at the Northern Alberta Section of the Canadian Institute of Transportation Engineers (CITE) luncheon, focusing on how and why the locations were identified.

The Ontario Government is taking bold steps to transform the province’s planning regime: proposing a major amendment to the Growth Plan for the Greater Golden Horseshoe, 2017 and revealing a short-lived plan to extend significant power to municipalities to attract major employment uses.

What are the implications for planning and development in the Toronto Region? What next steps and important changes may be revealed in the near future? Deputy Regional Director, Audrey Jacob, is joining an expert panel to discuss early insights into these unfolding legislative and policy reforms.