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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
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Loghman Azar, M.Arch.UD. AIBC. OAA
Introduction: The future is up in citazar.
How long will it take for us to build our cities completely differently using the technology we have? Wheels are ancient inventions, but...
Location: Kingston, Ontario
Date of Completion: 1844
Architect: George Browne
Dates of Renovations/Additions: 1865, 1909, 1956, 1960s, 1971, 2001
Architects of Renovations/Additions: Harry P. Smith...
Honourable Mentions Revitalizing Suburbia: Build Integrated Communities | Connie Lei | Intern ArchitectUrbanization has dragged workers to the city centre, day after day, to get to and from...
Location: Toronto
Date of Completion: 1917-1929
Architect: N/A
Nominated by: Suze Morrison, MPP (Toronto Centre)
“The property is a landmark within the West Don...
s blOAAg post will look at the female recipients of the OAA Service Awards –G. Randy Roberts Service Award, Order of da Vinci Award, and Lifetime Design Achievement Award– since...
J. William Birdsell, OAA, FRAIC
If our society is to be great, it has to work for everyone.
The provision of suitable housing that meets the needs of owners and tenants alike is essential. Yet there is an ever growing shortage of...
Location: Ottawa
Date of Completion: 1914
Architect: Walter Herbert George
Nominated by: Joel Harden, MPP (Ottawa Centre)
“Formal Opening [of the Imperial Theatre] on Monday a Unique...
Ontario Association of Architects
Location: Timmins
Date of Completion: 1924-1927
Architect: N/A
Nominated by: Gilles Bisson, MPP (Timmins)
“Thus we have the American grain elevators and factories, the magnificent FIRST FRUITS of a...
Due to its intense and lengthy post-secondary academic requirements, the profession of architecture is often perceived as “exclusive” … and sometimes even...
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