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Ontario Association of Architects
Location: Barrie, Ontario
Date of Completion: 2001 (Incorporates 1915–17 Carnegie Library by Chapman & McGriffin)
Architect: Hariri Pontarini Architects
Nominated by: Doug Downey, MPP...
“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...
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...
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...
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...
Ontario Association of Architects
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...
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...
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...
Ontario Association of Architects
Location: Ottawa, Ont.
Architect: Diamond and Schmitt Architects Incorporated and KWC Architects Inc. in Joint Venture
OAA Design Excellence Awards Winner
Energy Efficiency and Carbon...
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