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2024 Design Excellence Finalists
The OAA is thrlled to highlight the 20 Finalists for the 2024 Design Excellence Awards. This year's collection includes projects in Ontario and beyond, ranging from sustainably designed community centres and learning facilities to residences and performing arts venues.


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2024/MAR/22

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Ontario Association of Architects

Location: Boston, Massachusetts  Architecture Practices: KPMB Architects Chosen by a jury of respected design experts, the 20 projects comprising the OAA’s 2024 Design Excellence...

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2020/SEP/30

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Roddy Handa

My name is Andy Thomson; I’m an architect with Thomson Architecture, Inc. and the OAA’s VP Strategic. I wanted to share this article, written by Alberta architect & lawyer Roddy Handa (with...

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2015/OCT/05

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Pictured below is the data for Fall 2013 on female enrollment in all architectural degrees (including undergraduate and professional graduate degrees) in Ontario's Schools of Architecture as reported...

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2015/OCT/22

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Pictured below is the data for Fall 2015 on women in the architectural profession in the province of Ontario. Although almost 46% of intern architects are women, only 33.1% of newly licensed...

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2020/NOV/01

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Book Review by Loghman Azar, M.Arch.UD. AIBC. OAA

From the “World-class” in the title, I thought this book is about design, but make no mistake it is all about marketing, winning projects, corporate strategies, organization, operation, business...

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2021/JAN/18

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Andrew Ross Thomson

Architects, Air and SarsCov2 We are approaching nearly a year of life with COVID-19, yet the pandemic appears to be only worsening. By the time this gets published, worldwide deaths will have...

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2019/JUN/20

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Held yearly since 1981, Toronto’s Pride parade was born as a march seeking to give a voice to the LGBTQ2 community in its fight for equal rights and the end of discrimination. Today, Pride has...

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2016/OCT/03

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Ontario Association of Architects

Location: Queen's University, Kingston  Architects: N45 Architecture Inc. in association with Snøhetta Architecture Design Planning P.C. Date of completion: 2014 Nominated...

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2016/MAR/24

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  Location: Toronto, ON Architects: LGA Architectural Partners Inc. and Phillip H. Carter, Architect in joint ventureDate of completion: 2015OAA Awards 2016 Design Excellence WinnerFlanking the...


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