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blOAAG The Queen Street Project by Ailsa Craigen

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2020/AUG/17

Ailsa Craigen

The Queen Street Project by Ai...

These drawings are the first few from a series I am working on called "The Queen Street Project” where I have started from the Broadview Hotel on Queen East and proceed west. I started this series as...

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sketches

2020

summer sketches

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2015/SEP/06

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Queen Elizabeth Building

Photo Credit : CNE ArchiveArchitectural Credit : Page + Steele Inc., with Peter Dickinson as lead designerCompleted in 1956 as the Women’s Building and renamed in honour of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth...

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Canadian National Exhibition

Heritage

Modernism

Toronto

blOAAG Queen Richmond Centre West at 134 Peter Street (2015)

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2017/MAR/24

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Queen Richmond Centre West at ...

Location: Toronto, Ontario Architects: Sweeny &Co. Architects Inc. (formerly Sweeny Sterling Finlayson &Co Architects Inc.) Project was commenced by Sweeny Sterling Finlayson...

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OAA Awards

OAA Awards 2017

Design Excellence Finalists

Elevation of Mikinàk Ottawa Community Housing.

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2024/OCT/23

OAA

Mikinàk Ottawa Community Housi...

Location: Ottawa, Ontario Completed: 2024 Architect: Arcadis Architects (Canada) Inc. Nominated by: Lucille Collard, MPP (Ottawa—Vanier) With a gap in affordable housing and an opportunity for new...

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mikinàk ottawa community housing

arcadis architects (canada) inc.

queen's park picks

queen park picks 2024

A stone building with hip roofs, dormers, and a tall clock tower amongst trees and neighbouring houses.

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2022/OCT/03

OAA

Victoria Hall

Location: Brockville, Ontario Date of Completion: 1864 Architect: Henry H. Horsey Dates of Renovation/Addition:1880, 1904 Architects of Renovation/Addition: O. E. Liston Nominated by: Steve Clark...

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victoria hall

oaa

queens park pick

queens park pick 2022

Street view of a historic brick building on a corner, featuring ornate architectural details and a mansard roof with dormer windows. A modern multi-story extension rises above the original structure. The surrounding streetscape includes a row of smaller brick buildings housing shops and restaurants.

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2024/OCT/02

OAA

The Kensington Apartments

Location: Kingston, Ontario Completed: 1830s, 1870s, 2017 Architect: John Power and Sons (1876), Shoalts and Zaback Architects Ltd. (renovation) Nominated by: Ted Hsu, MPP (Kingston and the...

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the kensington apartments

queens park picks

queens park picks 2024

Dominion Wheel and Foundries Company Manufacturing Complex

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2021/OCT/04

OAA

Dominion Wheel and Foundries C...

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...

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dominion wheel and foundries company manufacturing

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queens park pick

queens park pick 2021

Barrymore’s Music Hall (former Imperial Theatre)

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2021/OCT/04

OAA

Barrymore’s Music Hall (former...

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...

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barrymore’s music hall (former imperial theatre)

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queens park pick

queens park pick 2021

Kids play on a playground in front of five side-by-side red-brick warehouses

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2021/SEP/22

OAA

Artscape Wychwood Barns

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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queens park pick

artscape wychwood barns

design excellence

queens park pick 2021

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