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2024 Queen's Park Picks
The OAA and MPPs Celebrate Ontario Architecture with Queen's Park Picks 
The OAA reveals the 2024 selections for its annual Queen’s Park Picks (QP Picks) program—a collaboration with Members of Provincial Parliament (MPPs) across the province who share a passion for our built environment in all its many forms.

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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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Core Modern Homes (2016)

Location: Toronto, Ontario  Architects: Batay-Csorba Architects (Design Architect for interior and exterior design) and Turner Fleischer Architects (Prime Consultant)  Date of...

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Athletes Village – Block by Bl...

In our last post on the Athletes Village, or Canary District as it is now known, we talked about how the DundeeKilmer Integrated Design Team consisting of Ontario practices architectsAlliance (aA...

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Nathan Phillips Square Revital...

Location: Toronto, Ontario  Architects: Plant Architect Inc. and Perkins+Will Architects in Joint Venture Date of Completion: 2015OAA Awards 2017 Design Excellence FinalistThe...

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Beaver Barracks

Location: Ottawa Date of Completion: 2010, 2012 Architect: Hobin Architecture Incorporated Nominated by: Joel Harden, MPP (Ottawa Centre)   “The success of the Beaver Barracks project...

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Ulster House

Location: Toronto, Ontario Completed: 2024 Architect: LGA Architectural Partners Ltd. Nominated by: Jessica Bell, MPP (University—Rosedale) Familiar yet incredibly new, Ulster House is a...

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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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Story Pod (2015)

Location: Newmarket, ONArchitects: Atelier Kastelic Buffey Inc.Date of Completion: 2015OAA Awards 2017 Design Excellence Finalist  The ‘Story Pod’ is a...

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MIS – Mississauga Sports Centr...

Not every venue for the Toronto 2015 Pan Am/ Parapan Am Games was a new build. Many competitions were held across the region in existing facilities which already met the demanding standards required...

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