The July 2026 issue of Forma The Magazine asks what it means to listen before you build. Meet the Muscowpetung Powwow Arbour, a column-free timber space shaped by conversations with Elders; SONO, a Québec home resting untouched on its bedrock with no blasting or excavation; and the award-winning Counter-Slope House, negotiating a punishing hillside with two modest volumes. See how Toronto's Russell Hill Residence and LaSalle's Bibliothèque L'Octogone honour their sites' histories, and celebrate Montréal's 20 years as a UNESCO City of Design. Also inside: a feature on luxury acoustic design, the family-first Mona residence, forest-embraced Du Corail Residence, Cœur d'Artichaut's new Spanish lighting partnership, a special guide to AI and AR in Architecture, and open calls from Buildner and Terraviva for anyone ready to pick up a pencil.