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MacLaren Art Centre

Location: Barrie, Ontario Date of Completion: 2001 (Incorporates 1915–17 Carnegie Library by Chapman & McGriffin) Architect: Hariri Pontarini Architects Nominated by: Doug Downey, MPP...

Carnegie Libraries

“Take away all unnecessary decorations, overmantels, over-counters, partitions, mock marble pillars and large hallways, and plan a well-proportioned room with books on the walls, small and few...

Toronto Reference Library (190...

Of the 111 libraries funded by Andrew Carnegie in Ontario, none was larger (or more expensive) than Toronto’s first purpose-built central reference library at the corner of St. George and...

Union Station

Location: Toronto, Ontario Date of Completion: 1927 Architect: Ross and MacDonald, Hugh Jones (Assistant Chief Architect, Canadian Pacific Railway) and John M. Lyle Architect Dates of...

Toronto Power Generating Stati...

Location: Niagara Falls Date of Completion: 1906 Architect: Edward James Lennox Nominated by: Wayne Gates, MPP (Niagara Falls) “The electricity generated by water power is the only thing that is...

Automotive Building

Completed in 1929 to showcase the latest cars and trucks, the Automotive Building was the result of a design competition that saw 30 architectural practices submit proposals for the new exhibition...

LIUNA Station (former Hamilton...

Image Credit: Library and Archives Canada Architectural Credit: John Schofield (C.N.R. Corporate Architect); Renovation and Adaptive Reuse by Architect John Mokrycke, Lintack Architects Location...

En Plein Air Sketches from 202...

Scadding Court Community Centre at Chinatown (above). I connected with several recent Art Collage graduates during the pandemic. We were eager to meet to 'en plein air' sketch. I brought my...

Wellington Building Rehabilita...

Location: Ottawa, ON Architect: NORR Architects & Engineers Limited (Architect); Heritage Conservation Architect: Architecture EVOQ inc. Date of Completion: 2016 OAA Design Excellence...