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2021/JAN/18

Andrew Ross Thomson

Architects, Air and SarsCov2

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...

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co2

Article (text and images)

2018/APR/13

1296

Smart Scale Ruler - digital sc...

https://youtu.be/4tDHuEzBws4 Toronto industrial designer Joanne Swisterski designed a digital scale ruler. The unique design allows switching scales and creating custom scales to measure ou-of-scale...

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tools

scale

measure

digital

blOAAG CitAzar A Vision for Future Cities

Article (text and images)

2020/OCT/22

Loghman Azar, M.Arch.UD. AIBC. OAA

CitAzar A Vision for Future Ci...

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...

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citazar

future cities

Article (text and images)

2020/SEP/30

Roddy Handa

Copyright has no place in Arch...

My name is Andy Thomson; I’m an architect with Thomson Architecture, Inc. and the OAA’s VP Strategic. I wanted to share this article, written by Alberta architect & lawyer Roddy Handa (with...

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digital twins

Article (text and images)

2019/NOV/26

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Lessons From the BC Energy Ste...

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...

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Energuide

Article (text and images)

2022/MAR/14

OAA

Centennial College Downsview C...

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...

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centennial college downsview campus centre

aerospace and aviation

2022 design excellence finalists

2022 design excellence finalist

oaa awards

2022

2022 design excellence winner

2022 design excellence winners

blOAAG Enercare Centre (National Trade Centre)

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2015/SEP/04

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Enercare Centre (National Trad...

One of the newest additions to Exhibition Place is the Enercare Centre. Completed in 1997 and designed in joint venture by Zeidler Partnership Architects and Dunlop Farrow Inc., the centre provides...

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Canadian National Exhibition

Royal Agriculture Winter Fair

heritage

Article (text and images)

2015/OCT/01

21840

Esther Marjorie Hill (1895-198...

“One must have artistic talent, practical experience, professional knowledge, good business and executive ability, resourcefulness, and a determination to persevere. With these assets there is...

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Women in Architecture

Education

History of the Profession

Article (text and images)

2018/FEB/02

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Prismatica (2017)

In this post of our winter blOAAg series, “Temporary Architecture: Pavilions, Structures and Follies,” we take a look at a beautiful public art installation by Toronto-based architecture...

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Temporary Architecture

Winter 2018

installations

pavilions

structures

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