Spring 2026

Dr. Craig Jones.
How can Canada fix its housing crisis?
UBC researchers are investigating and advocating for better housing outcomes across the country
Richard Littlemore
9 Min
Dr. Tony Yang and students in UBC's Smart Structures Lab.
The instant high-rise

Novel modular construction using AI and robots can raise a 15-storey
building in under a week.

Chris Cannon
6 Min
Illustration of a housing cooperative.
Shared spaces
Detached homes have long been seen as ideal, but community-oriented living is gaining traction.
Bruce Grierson
9 Min
Dr. Lisa Tobber's seismic engineering practices.
Stress lines
This engineer studies how buildings fail during earthquakes, and redesigns them so they don’t.
Jared Downing
6 Min
Six UBC experts offer their perspectives on the future of housing.
What might become standard for future homes that isn’t common today?

One pressing question, multiple expert perspectives. 

6 Min
The outside of Brock Commons Tallwood House.
Model homes
Novel designs piloted at UBC are leading the way for a new era of sustainable housing.
Rachel Glassman, BA'18, MA'20
6 Min
crossword illustration
Go T-Birds! Enter our crossword contest
A crossword created for UBC Magazine by Dean of Science Dr. Mark MacLachlan.
1 Min
Qian Chen's Building Information Modelling, or BIM.
The living blueprint
Turning building plans into an integrated virtual platform that can be updated in real time.
Chris Cannon
3 Min
Illustrations of a waterless toilet, a registrar, and a computer.
UBC Firsts

There's a first time for everything. How much do you know about UBC's "firsts"?