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Ontario Association of Architects
Location: Toronto, Ontario
Architecture Practice: Ian MacDonald Architect Inc.
Chosen by a jury of respected design experts, the 20 projects comprising the OAA’s 2024 Design Excellence...
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...
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...
Climate Action
The architecture profession must play a role in stabilizing the climate change crisis, lowering greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in favour of clean power. This is one of the reasons why...
Straddling the Canada-US border where the Saint Lawrence River emerges from Lake Ontario, the Thousands Islands is an ecologically and historically significant archipelago consisting of 1,864 islands...
Location: Delta
Date of Completion: 1811
Architect: N/A
Nominated by: Hon. Steve Clark, MPP (Leeds–Grenville–Thousand Islands and Rideau Lakes)
“Unquestionably the best building of the kind in Upper...
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...
Today we continue our special blOAAg’s series “Women in Architecture – Ontario” by highlighting the career of an Ontario architect that has been described as “the...
Location: Toronto
Date of Completion: 1913-1921
Architect: N/A
Date of Renovation: 2008
Architect of Renovation: DTAH Architects Limited
Nominated by: Jill Andrew, MPP (Toronto–St. Paul’s)
“Here is...
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