A Carleton University student has received a prestigious American architecture award for his environmentally-friendly transformation of an Ottawa building from the early 1900s. Justin Yan was the only Canadian among the ten winners chosen by the American Institute of Architects Committee on the Environment. - Justin Yan , architecture graduate student at Carleton UniversityThe award recognizes projects that took steps toward carbon neutrality and featured solutions to environmental issues. As part of his submission, the first-year master's student transformed the space into a workshop for manufacturing architectural glass. They'll also get a paid summer internship, Yan said, at one of the 30 North American architecture firms who sponsored the competition.

Source: CBC News April 29, 2018 21:33 UTC