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Photo of Carlington Community Health Centre main entrance.

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2024/OCT/23

OAA

Carlington Community Health Ce...

Location: Ottawa, Ontario Completed: 2022 Architect: CSV Architects Renovation Architect: James Edwards Architect and Frank Fentiman Architect (1992) Nominated by: Joel Harden, MPP (Ottawa...

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carlington community health centre

james edwards architect

frank fentiman architect

queens park picks 2024

queens park picks

csv architects

Two large, low, interconnected buildings with metal gable roofs and glass and stone walls. The buildings glow with warm light against an evening sky highlighting the sillouhette of trees around them.

Article (text and images)

2023/OCT/03

OAA

Brooklin Community Centre and ...

Location: Whitby, Ontario Date of Completion: 2010 Architect: Perkins+Will Canada Inc. Nominated by: Lorne Coe, MPP (Whitby) When tasked with designing a new community centre and library for...

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brooklin community centre and library

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queens park picks

queens park picks 2023

Large, glass and metal building made up of three intersecting rectangular volumes. On the left, a wide, squat silver volume faced with glass; in the middle, a tall narrow black volume with a projecting canopy over the main entrance; on the right, another wide silver volume faced with glass.

Article (text and images)

2023/OCT/03

OAA

Prosserman Jewish Community Ce...

Location: Toronto, Ontario Date of Completion: 2020 Architect: IBI Group (now Arcadis Architects (Canada) Inc.) Nominated by: Hon. Michael Kerzner, MPP (York Centre) Reinvigorating a site that has...

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prosserman jewish community centre

oaa

queens park picks

queens park picks 2023

Elevation of Mikinàk Ottawa Community Housing.

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2024/OCT/23

OAA

Mikinàk Ottawa Community Housi...

Location: Ottawa, Ontario Completed: 2024 Architect: Arcadis Architects (Canada) Inc. Nominated by: Lucille Collard, MPP (Ottawa—Vanier) With a gap in affordable housing and an opportunity for new...

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mikinàk ottawa community housing

arcadis architects (canada) inc.

queen's park picks

queen park picks 2024

blOAAG Aaniin Community Centre and Library

Article (text and images)

2019/DEC/06

Ontario Association of Architects

Aaniin Community Centre and Li...

Location: Markham Date of Completion: 2017 Architect: Perkins & Will Canada Inc. Nominated by: Logan Kanapathi, MPP (Markham—Thornhill) “Not only is the elegant facility a place that mixes...

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queens park pick

aaniin community centre and library

blOAAG Meadowvale Community Centre and Library (2016)

Article (text and images)

2017/MAR/08

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Meadowvale Community Centre an...

Location: Mississauga, OntarioArchitects: Perkins+Will Canada Inc.Date of Completion: 2016OAA Awards 2017 Design Excellence Finalist Located at the heart of a transforming...

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OAA Awards

OAA Awards 2017

Design Excellence Finalists

exterior image of Churchill Meadows Community Centre and Sports Park

Article (text and images)

2024/MAR/22

Ontario Association of Architects

Churchill Meadows Community Ce...

Location: Mississauga, Ontario Architecture Practices: MacLennan Jaunkalns Miller Architects Ltd. (MJMA) Chosen by a jury of respected design experts, the 20 projects comprising the OAA’s...

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churchill meadows community centre and sports park

2024 design excellence winners

2024

oaa awards

blOAAG Orillia Community Recreation Centre

Article (text and images)

2022/MAR/18

OAA

Orillia Community Recreation C...

Location: Orillia, Ontario Architect: MacLennan Jaunkalns Miller Architects Ltd. (MJMA Architecture & Design) This re-inhabitation and reclamation of an industrial brownfield site creates a new...

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orillia community recreation centre

2022 design excellence finalists

2022 design excellence finalist

2022

oaa awards

blOAAG Lessons From the BC Energy Step Code

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2019/NOV/26

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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...

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Energuide

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