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In recognition of the 2016 OAA Landmark Designation being awarded to St. Mary’s Ukrainian Catholic Church and architect John Stefura, an evening of celebration was held at the church on June...
Location: Delta
Date of Completion: 1811
Architect: N/A
Nominated by: Hon. Steve Clark, MPP (Leeds–Grenville–Thousand Islands and Rideau Lakes)
“Unquestionably the best building of the kind in Upper...
Advocacy and the OAA: How it’s Done
By Adam Tracey
As the last post (Advocacy and the OAA: Colouring Between the Lines) detailed, the OAA must operate within the mandates enshrined in the...
Today we continue our special blOAAg’s series “Women in Architecture – Ontario” by highlighting the career of an Ontario architect that has been described as “the...
Ontario Association of Architects
Location: Toronto, ON
Architects: George & Moorhouse
Date of completion: 1936
Nominated by: Hon. Michael Coteau, MPP (Don Valley East)
Tucked away amongst the...
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...
“The Library, too, here to be seen, noble in its dimensions and aspect, must, even independently of its contents, tend to create a love of legal study and research.”
Henry Scadding...
Ontario Association of Architects
Location: Thunder Bay, Ontario
Date of Completion: 1913
Architect: Brown and Vallance
Nominated by: Michael Gravelle, MPP (Thunder Bay – Superior North)
“We shape our buildings, and...
Ontario Association of Architects
Location: Hamilton
Date of Completion: 2015
Architect: Rounthwaite Dick & Hadley Architects Inc
Nominated by: Donna Skelly, MPP (Flamborough—Glanbrook)
Sitting atop the iconic Niagara...
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