Canada

Dorte Mandrup has been commissioned to design the new Nunavut Inuit Heritage Centre in Canada. It will be partially buried into the ground, offering protection from extreme weather and ensuring it doesn't overly dominate the rugged natural landscape.

Grain silos are a fertile source of inspiration for architects around the world. The latest example of this is a disused grain terminal in Collingwood, Ontario, which is undergoing an ambitious transformation into a hotel and residential building.

We're spoiled for choice when it comes to BIG-designed skyscrapers right now. Following the Vancouver House, the firm has revealed its Telus Sky Tower, which is defined by an unusual tapering form and features significant energy efficient design.

Plans are afoot for a magnificent new open air lagoon in Canada that will be kept at balmy temperatures year-round through a “huge Thermos” heating system underneath to become the largest lagoon of its type in the world.

Faster than a jet plane and about half the price. Yes, it's another hyperloop-style vacuum-tube train – this time from Canada. TransPod says it's started preliminary construction on a tube that'll fire you from Calgary to Edmonton in 45 minutes.

German multinational Thysenkrupp has won the contract to build and operate a huge hydro-electrolysis facility in Quebec, which will use one of the world's most powerful electrolyzers to produce some 11,100 metric tons of green hydrogen annually.

Set to be the first original Canadian-built zero-emissions car, the Project Arrow concept is hoped to not just culminate in an environmentally-friendly, next-gen vehicle, but help fast-track the country’s capacity to produce electric cars.

Herzog & de Meuron has designed a slender new skyscraper for Toronto, Canada, that would be the country's tallest if realized. Named 1200 Bay Street, it would contain retail space, a restaurant, and luxury apartments.

Morphosis offers an interesting take on an office building with its Store Support Centre for Lululemon. If realized as planned, the Vancouver project will feature significant greenery and will be defined by its eye-catching energy-efficient facade.

Music and architecture often meet, such as when Beyoncé inspired a skyscraper and Kanye West's attempts to get his affordable housing project off the ground. Now Pharrell Williams has helped design a pair of high-rise residential towers for Toronto.

A consortium led by BAE Systems has been tapped to provide the Royal Canadian Navy's (RCN) next generation of frigates based on Britain's Type 26 warship as part of the National Shipbuilding Procurement Strategy with BAE providing the variant modifications.

Snøhetta and Dialog drew inspiration from local Chinook cloud arch formations when designing Canada's Calgary Central Library. The building is situated in a very challenging plot that incorporates an existing light rail track and wows visitors with an eye-catching timber-lined atrium.