Published Projects

"À la découverte des maisons vertes de Montréal," La Presse, June 18, 2008

"La Détermination Durable" Maison du 21e Siècle, April 2008

"La maison de paille revisitée," Découverte programme, Radio-Canada, September 21, 2003

“Cosy in a blanket of straw," The Globe and Mail, February 21, 2003

"Célébration de l'Architecture: Gala," Extérieurs, November 2001

"Le bataillon des constructifs," La Presse, September 18, 2001

"Chocs et contrechocs pour l'architecture québecoise," La Presse, September 14, 2001

"Kanata 2000 : le quartier écologique mohawk," La Maison du 21e Siècle, September 2001

"Architects' imaginations run wild," The Gazette, February 3, 2001

"Building with Bales,” Azure, September -October 2000

“Straw Houses,” Saturday Night, October 7 2000, by Adele Freedman  

“The Hamlet, India:  A Self-Sufficient Community Modeled on the Traditional Town,” ARQ #109 November, 1999  

"La maison de paille de la rue Lartigue ouvre ses portes," La Presse, October 23, 1999

"House of straw on show," The Gazette, October 21, 1999

“La Maison en ballots de paille,” Découverte programme, Radio-Canada, October 1999

“Straw house has European Flair” Calgary Herald, September 25, 1999

“Straw House Idea takes root in the big city,” The Vancouver Sun, September 25, 1999

“Stylish Straw Digs”, The Gazette, September 16, 1999  

“La Maison de l’avenir sera-t-elle fait de paille?” Le Journal de Montréal, May 7, 1999  

“Une maison de paille en plein coeur de Montréal,” La Presse, May 29, 1999  

Pulse News, May 7, 1999, followed by CTV National News (The Straw Bale House)

“Une Maison de Paille,” Le Devoir, May 6, 1999   

Publications by Julia Bourke

"Sustainable Community Planning: Prototype for the Mohawks of Kahnawake, Québec", Good Deeds, Good Design. Princeton Architectural Press, New York 2003

Editor, 100th Anniversary of the McGill School of Architecture, ARQ July 1996  

Architectural critic for Canadian Architect, since fall 1997.

Architectural critic for the Gazette, since April 1996

Architectural critic for ARQ, 1990-3

Assistant editor, layout designer, Pamphlet architecture #12: Building: Machines, 1987

Founding Editor-in-Chief, The Princeton Journal:  Thematic Studies in Architecture, Vol.1, “Ritual,” 1982-83 (wrote editorial and half of the project commentaries)

Clarenceville Border Station, winner: Coup de Coeur du Jury, Canadian Institute of Steel Construction, (CISC/ICCA), Prix d'Excellence 2005

Grants

"Affordability & Choice Today (ACT)" grants awarded to R-40 and R-40-2 houses