Design Week Calgary
Design Week Calgary 2026 — August 6–8, 2026, presented by Design Talks. A multi-day festival celebrating Calgary's creative community through talks, exhibitions, tours, film screenings, and social events.
This year's theme, "In Tune," invites attendees to notice the rhythms of the city — its sounds, spaces, and people — and explore how design reveals overlooked connections between the built environment and everyday life.
Featured events include: a Launch Party (with Montauk Sofa, IDS, and Avenue Magazine); "Calgary in Film," exploring the city's architecture on screen; "Dinner With a Designer: Way of Normal"; a "Fabrication Field Trip" touring local makers; and "Lost & Found," a sound/music exhibit. Categories span exhibitions, tours, film, and talks, covering architecture, interiors, industrial design, and multidisciplinary work.
Supported by sponsors including Calgary Foundation, Contemporary Calgary, Calgary Arts Development, HCMA, and Calgary Economic Development. Full event lineup and tickets available on the site.
From August 06 To August 08
Calgary (AB)
Archi·North Summer Camp (ENDING)
Sudbury (ON)
Archi·North Summer Camp: a bilingual, in-person program by Laurentian University's McEwen School of Architecture in Sudbury, for high schoolers entering grades 11-12. No experience needed. 5-day sessions cover drafting, design & model-making. English & French, July 2026, $200-350+HST. Bursaries available for Northern Ontario & Indigenous students.
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JUL
Design Week Calgary
Calgary (AB)
Calgary Creative Festival, Aug 6–8, 2026. Theme "In Tune" explores the city's rhythms and the role of design in daily life. Features talks, exhibitions, tours, film screenings, and social gatherings spanning architecture, interiors, and industrial design. Backed by several local sponsors and community organizations.
06
AUG
50 Years of Etobicoke Civic Centre Art Gallery Exhibition (ENDING)
Etobicoke, (ON)
Celebrate 50 years of the Etobicoke Civic Centre Art Gallery, April 21-Aug 8, 2026. Explore its history via artifacts, archives & City of Toronto collection works, a new piece by Lise Round, and future gallery designs. 50th Anniversary Celebration Sat, April 25, 2-4pm. 399 The West Mall, Etobicoke. Free, no reservations.
08
AUG
Dreamers: The Art of Revery Architecture (ENDING)
Vancouver (BC)
Explore the aesthetic imagination of Revery Architecture, led by design principal Venelin Kokalov, who partnered with Bing Thom for 14 years before renaming the firm after Thom's 2016 death. Kokalov's hand-drawn process yields a curvilinear style favoring poetic form over cost. Supported by the Patterson Rozee Family Foundation.
18
AUG
MVRDV's Carbon Confessions (ENDING)
Toronto (ON)
Carbon Confessions is a travelling exhibition drawing on 30+ years of MVRDV's carbon-reduction work, making its first North American stop in Toronto. Tailored locally, it engages the Toronto Green Standard and explores adaptive reuse, materials & digital tools, built from repurposed materials. Also hosts talks & discussions.
22
AUG
TMU Architectural Science Summer Camps 2026 (ENDING)
Toronto (ON)
