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Architects, Air and SarsCov2

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...

What Remains to be Seen

  Location: Toronto, Ont. Architect: Superkül Inc.   OAA Design Excellence Awards Finalist This house for two professionals in the Old Mill neighbourhood northwest of downtown Toronto...

Camp Covid

There is no question that the COVID-19 crisis has affected vast sectors of the economy and the public in adverse ways, but in Architecture, as in economics, there are models of more resilient...

Housing Affordability Case Stu...

This post is part of our winter 2019 blOAAg series, Housing Affordability: Built-Form Case Studies. The featured case studies are from the OAA’s 2019 report titled, Housing...

Woodhouse

Location: Singhampton, Ont. Architect: Superkül Inc. OAA Design Excellence Awards Winner Energy Efficiency and Carbon Stability Architects must play a role in stabilizing the climate change...

Emerald Hills Leisure Centre (...

Location: Sherwood Park, AlbertaArchitects: MacLennan Jaunkalns Miller Architects Ltd. + MTADate of Completion: 2016OAA Awards 2017 Design Excellence Finalist Emerald Hills Leisure...

Tile House

Climate Action The architecture profession must play a role in stabilizing the climate change crisis, lowering greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in favour of clean power. This is one of the reasons why...

Lessons From the BC Energy Ste...

You’ve probably never even heard of two of Canada’s more effective provincial and city-scale climate policies—and that’s probably not a bad thing. The BC Energy Step Code and the City of Vancouver’s...

A Wonderful way to Dream

Sketches and text by Rick Galezowski   Architect, OAA, MRAIC  This post is part of our summer 2018 blOAAg series, Summer Sketches: Capturing the Essence of Architectural...