Bloaag
Welcome to the blOAAg (the OAA blog)!
An inclusive space for membership engagement, the blOAAg is a section of
the OAA Website for posting content and ideas to share with the entire
OAA community. The views and opinions expressed in these posts are those
of the authors, and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or
position of the Ontario Association of Architects or the OAA Council.
You must be an Architect, Intern architect, Student Associate, Life, Honorary, or Retired Member
to post to the blOAAg. A username and password is required for access to this service.
Log in here.
Type
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...
This post is part of our winter 2019 blOAAg series, Housing Affordability: Built-Form Case Studies. The featured case studies are from the OAA’s 2019 report titled, Housing...
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...
Ontario Association of Architects
Location: North Hatley, Quebec
Architecture Practice: LAMAS Architecture Ltd.
Chosen by a jury of respected design experts, the 20 projects comprising the OAA’s 2024 Design Excellence...
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...
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...
You’ve probably never even heard of two of Canada’s more effective provincial and city-scale climate policies—and that’s probably not a bad thing.
The BC Energy Step Code and the City of Vancouver’s...
Architects, Air and SarsCov2
We are approaching nearly a year of life with COVID-19, yet the pandemic appears to be only worsening. By the time this gets published, worldwide deaths will have...
There is no question that the COVID-19 crisis has affected vast sectors of the economy and the public in adverse ways, but in Architecture, as in economics, there are models of more resilient...
TOP