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Summer Sketches
Submissions for the OAA’s annual Summer Sketches are now open. Submit your hand-drawn project sketches to the
OAA Architectural Graduate by July 18 for a chance to be featured on the blOAAg. Showcase your creativity and architectural vision!
Click here to view previous summer sketches.
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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...
Recent surveys have noted a drop in the percentage of women who study architecture versus those who are in practice - a number that goes down even further when you look at the number of firm partners...
As a principal in a firm that works primarily on smaller projects, I’ve come to recognize the importance of developing a strong team with a wide range of professional, educational, and personal...
After graduating from university in 1979, I travelled across the country. In Vancouver, I needed to find a job. I had seen a building on the cover of Canadian Architect and it spoke to me, so I...
What I find amazing about architecture is its innate ability to crystallize, in built form, the intangible ideals of an entire society. It can encapsulate constructed sociocultural narratives that...
Ontario Association of Architects
The Ontario Association of Architects (OAA) is hosting an anonymous Landscape Design Competition aimed at revitalizing the grounds of its Toronto headquarters as an extension of...
Ontario Association of Architects
The Ontario Association of Architects (OAA) is hosting an anonymous Landscape Design Competition aimed at revitalizing the grounds of its Toronto headquarters as an extension of...
On June 30, the OAA revealed its new logo. The Association needed a visual identity to ensure it remains accessible and able to speak to bilingual audiences, but also something that could be iconic...
Building Equality in Architecture Toronto (BEAT), is an independent organization dedicated to the promotion of equality in the profession of Architecture through advocacy, mentorship, and...
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