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2016/FEB/19
21840
Within the Toronto Public Library system, considered to be the busiest urban library system in the world, no library is bigger than the Toronto Reference Library. Completed in 1977 and designed by...
Of the 111 libraries funded by Andrew Carnegie in Ontario, none was larger (or more expensive) than Toronto’s first purpose-built central reference library at the corner of St. George and...
2021/OCT/04
OAA
Location: Niagara Falls Date of Completion: 1906 Architect: Edward James Lennox Nominated by: Wayne Gates, MPP (Niagara Falls) “The electricity generated by water power is the only thing that is...
2024/MAR/22
Ontario Association of Architects
Location: Toronto, Ontario Architecture Practices: NORR Architects & Engineers Limited in association with Renzo Piano Building Workshop S.A.S. Chosen by a jury of respected design...
2022/APR/01
Location: Toronto, Ontario Architect: Montgomery Sisam Architects Inc. in association with Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios The Myhal Centre heralds a new era in engineering education at the University...
Location: Toronto, Ontario Architecture Practices: Diamond Schmitt Architects Inc. Chosen by a jury of respected design experts, the 20 projects comprising the OAA’s 2024 Design...
Location: Scarborough, Ontario Architecture Practice: LGA Architectural Partners Ltd. Chosen by a jury of respected design experts, the 20 projects comprising the OAA’s 2024 Design...
2015/OCT/23
For the past few weeks, and in honour of Women’s History month, blOAAg has shared some of the stories of the first female architects in Ontario. We have also shared the latest statistics of...
2015/JUL/22
Architecture is a consultative process often involving multiple stakeholders with competing requirements and desires. Architects play a key role in bringing together this wide range of views and needs...