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Collage of 2020 Queen's Park Picks — Queen's Park Picks

Traditionally, the OAA marks the occasion with a reception at Queen’s Park for Members of Provincial Parliament to reveal the year’s Queen’s Park Picks. However, in light of COVID-19 and in the interest of public safety, we've brought the 2020 Queen's Park Picks online for a fully virtual experience. The full series, spanning five years is also featured on the BLOAAG using the link below.

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Wood-clad mine headframe with lake and forest in foreground

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2020/DEC/02

Ontario Association of Architects

No. 11 McIntyre Headframe

Location: Timmins Date of Completion: 1924-1927 Architect: N/A Nominated by: Gilles Bisson, MPP (Timmins) “Thus we have the American grain elevators and factories, the magnificent FIRST FRUITS of a...

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mcintyre headframe

queens park pick

Article (text and images)

2020/DEC/02

Ontario Association of Architects

MacDonald Hall

Location: Guelph Date of Completion: 1903 Architect: George Martel Miller Date of Renovation: 2016 Architect of Renovation: Gow Hastings Architects Inc. Nominated by: Mike Schreiner, MPP...

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queens park pick

guelph

macdonald hall

A community garden anchors the development. Photo by Doublespace courtesy of Hobin Architecture

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2020/DEC/02

Ontario Association of Architects

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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queens park pick

beaver barracks

Exterior view of Walkerton Clean Water Centre’s building, a low one storey contemporary building with a large windows situated in front of a stormwater retention pond and young vegetation

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2020/DEC/02

Ontario Association of Architects

Walkerton Clean Water Centre

Location: Walkerton Date of Completion:2009 Architect: AECOM Canada Architects Ltd. Nominated by: Hon. Lisa Thompson, MPP (Huron—Bruce) Born from tragedy, the Walkerton Clean Water Centre plays an...

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queens park pick

walkerton

Small railway station with brightly-coloured exterior in a forested area alongside a river.

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2020/DEC/02

Ontario Association of Architects

Kinmount Railway Station

Location: Kinmount Date of Completion: 1876 Architect: N/A Nominated by: Hon. Laurie Scott, MPP (Haliburton - Kawartha Lakes - Brock) “Kinmount is likely one of the few villages where the...

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queens park pick

kinmount

Row of semi-detached Bay-and-Gable red-brick houses with trees in the foreground

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2020/DEC/02

Ontario Association of Architects

Cabbagetown

Location: Toronto Date of Completion: Area developed from the 1840s onwards Architect: Various Nominated by: Suze Morrison, MPP (Toronto Centre) “They built up the city in a personal sense, in...

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queens park pick

toronto

Front facade of Windsor’s Capitol Theatre in 1941 featuring a large entrance marque and strong horizontal composition

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2020/DEC/02

Ontario Association of Architects

Capitol Theatre

Location: Windsor Date of Completion: 1920 Architect: Thomas White Lamb Nominated by: Lisa Gretzky, MPP (Windsor West) “It is a pleasure to accept this magnificent and beautiful theatre [on...

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queens park pick

capitol theatre

People skating along a path located under an elevated highway, with condominiums in the background.

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2020/DEC/02

Ontario Association of Architects

The Bentway

Location: Toronto Date of Completion: 2018 Landscape Architect: PUBLIC WORK Nominated by: Chris Glover, MPP (Spadina—Fort York) Both a linear park and cultural institution...

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the bentway

queens park pick

Black and White photograph showing the former land registry office in Whitby, with neoclassical features such as round-arched windows and a projecting portico. A tree branch is in the foreground.

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2020/DEC/02

Ontario Association of Architects

1855 BDO Whitby Accelerator

Location: Whitby Date of Completion: 1873; additions made in 1929 and 1953-54 Architect: Kivas Tully (1873, original structure); Rounthwaite and Fairfield (1953-54, addition) Date of Renovation...

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whitby

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