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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...
August 2019 By Paul Dowsett, OAA, FRAIC, LEED AP Principal Architect — Sustainable. Architecture for a Healthy Planet. Five months. That’s all we have to transform as an industry...
WC: 399
YouTube Link: https://youtu.be/2EPVH4Ijpvc
During this year’s OAA Virtual Conference in May, the online sessions offered were well-received and provided insights into a variety of...
When we started our special blOAAg series “Women in Architecture - Ontario” our goal was to recognize the contributions of women, past and present, to Ontario’s built...
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...
Ontario Association of Architects
Location: Hamilton, Ontario
Date of Completion: 1929
Architect: Prack & Prack
Date of Rehabilitation: 1998
Nominated by: Andrea Horwath, MPP (Hamilton Centre)
Towering over the city...
Set among the lush forests of the Kawarthas, near the township of Minden, Ontario, the Minden Wild Water Preserve is an engineered slalom course on the Gull River. Dating back to 1972, the course was...
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...
OAA members who volunteer on Committees are vital to the Association’s work, with a diversity of voices, opinions, skills and knowledge critical to its decision-making process.
Right now...
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