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blOAAG LIUNA Station (former Hamilton C.N.R. Station) (1931)

Article (text and images)

2016/OCT/03

Ontario Association of Architects

LIUNA Station (former Hamilton...

Image Credit: Library and Archives Canada Architectural Credit: John Schofield (C.N.R. Corporate Architect); Renovation and Adaptive Reuse by Architect John Mokrycke, Lintack Architects Location...

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queens park pick

Article (text and images)

2018/OCT/01

Ontario Association of Architects

Pigott Building

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...

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queens park pick

blOAAG North End Free Library and Public Bench (2015)

Article (text and images)

2016/JAN/15

21840

North End Free Library and Pub...

Libraries come in a variety of scales. They range from monumental 15 storeys academic libraries to single rooms within schools and institutions. The North End Free Library and Public Bench, designed...

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Library

Placemaking

Hamilton

blOAAG Waterdown Library and Civic Centre (2015)

Article (text and images)

2016/MAR/23

Ontario Association of Architects

Waterdown Library and Civic Ce...

Location: Hamilton, ON Architects: Rounthwaite Dick & Hadley Architects Inc Date of completion: 2015 OAA Awards 2016 Design Excellence Finalist Sitting atop the Niagara Escarpment in the...

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accessibility

Article (text and images)

2019/DEC/09

Ontario Association of Architects

Westinghouse HQ

Location: Hamilton Date of Completion: 1917 Architect: Prack & Perrine Date of Rehabilitation: 2019 Architect of Rehabilitation: McCallum Sather Architects Inc. Nominated by: Andrea Horwath...

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queens park pick

blOAAG Advocating for Architecture in Public Education

Article (text and images)

2019/JUN/20

17540

Advocating for Architecture in...

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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Empathetic Architecture

Diversity

Inclusion

Public Education

Article (text and images)

2017/OCT/02

Ontario Association of Architects

Templar Flats

Image Credit: Lintack Architects Architectural Credit: Lintack Architects Incorporated Location: Hamilton Date of Completion: in construction Architect: Lintack Architects...

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queens park pick

blOAAG Juravinski Hospital and Cancer Centre

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2019/DEC/09

Ontario Association of Architects

Juravinski Hospital and Cancer...

Location: Hamilton Date of Completion (Original Building): 1917 Architect: Unknown Date of Redevelopment: 2012 Architect of Redevelopment: Zeidler Partnership Architects in partnership...

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queens park pick

Article (text and images)

2016/OCT/03

Ontario Association of Architects

Les Chater Family YMCA (2009)

Image Credit: Perkins + Will Canada Inc. Architectural Credit: Shore Tilbe Irwin & Partners (now Perkins + Will Canada Inc.) in association with Garwood-Jones & Hanham Location...

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queens park pick

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