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blOAAG The Canadian Landscape by Douglas Lawrence

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2019/AUG/19

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The Canadian Landscape by Doug...

Photo Credit : Douglas Lawrence, Wolf Lake, Following the land, Watercolor. Architectural Credit : Douglas Lawrence...

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Sketches

2019

douglas

Lawrence

Article (text and images)

2022/JUL/13

Douglas Lawrence

"The pen is mightier than….wel...

There is nothing that quite compares to the pleasure and intensity of sketching Plein Air, losing track of time and getting totally lost in the experience. Only later does the dehydration, sunburn...

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summer sketches 2022

sketches

Article (text and images)

2021/AUG/05

Douglas S. Lawrence

Summer Sketches by Douglas S. ...

A sketch of Ostia Antica outside of Rome on a very cold and wet January day several years ago. (above) A view of the Toronto Malting Silos on the waterfront. The landscape of pipes and metal stairs on...

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summer sketches 2021

sketches

Article (text and images)

2022/MAR/22

OAA

Osler Bluff Ski Club

Location: Town of the Blue Mountains, Ontario Architect: Williamson Williamson Inc. The Osler Bluff Ski Club is a renovation and addition onto a rustic 1974, heavy-timber structure. The addition...

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osler bluff ski club

2022 design excellence finalists

2022 design excellence finalist

2022

oaa awards

Article (text and images)

2016/JUL/19

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Muskoka Boathouse (1999)

Among Ontario’s millions of acres of forests and tens of thousands of lakes, no expanse has become more closely associated to cottages than Ontario’s iconic Muskoka region. Nestled between...

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Cottage

Muskoka

Housing

blOAAG Ontario’s First Female Architects (Part 2): Alexandra Biriukova

Article (text and images)

2015/NOV/10

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Ontario’s First Female Archite...

This is the second of a two part post exploring the life of Ontario’s first female architects, Elma Laird and Alexandra Biriukova. In our previous post we discussed some of the circumstances...

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Women in Architecture

Heritage

Art Deco

Toronto

History of the Profession

Housing

Article (text and images)

2016/JAN/13

21840

Fort York Branch Library (2014...

In the early 1990’s American urban sociologist Ray Oldenburg coined the term "third place". The "first place" is a person's home, where they live. The "second place" is a person's place of...

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Library

Toronto

OAA Awards

Article (text and images)

2016/MAR/16

Ontario Association of Architects

Richard Ivey Building (2014)

Location: Ivey Business School, Western University, London, ON Architects: Hariri Pontarini Architects Date of completion: 2014 OAA Awards 2016 Design Excellence Winner Lieutenant Governor’s...

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queens park pick

Article (text and images)

2016/MAR/17

21840

Robert H. Lee Alumni Centre (2...

Location: University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BCArchitects: KPMB Architects & HCMA Architecture + Design in joint ventureDate of completion: 2015OAA Awards 2016 Design Excellence...

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OAA Awards

OAA Awards 2016

Academic

British Columbia

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