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2024 Design Excellence Finalists
The OAA is thrlled to highlight the 20 Finalists for the 2024 Design Excellence Awards. This year's collection includes projects in Ontario and beyond, ranging from sustainably designed community centres and learning facilities to residences and performing arts venues.

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Coliseum (1922)

Built in 1922 to hold livestock presentations and the Royal Horse Show, the Coliseum was a joint effort between the Canadian National Exhibition and the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair. When finished...

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Automotive Building

Completed in 1929 to showcase the latest cars and trucks, the Automotive Building was the result of a design competition that saw 30 architectural practices submit proposals for the new exhibition...

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Horticulture Building

Photo Credit : Horticulture Building Postcard, 1927Architectural Credit : George Wallace Gouinlock One of the 12 buildings designed by Toronto architect George Wallace Gouinlock for Exhibition Place...

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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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2015/SEP/05

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Dufferin Gate

Photo Credit : Toronto Modern, https://robertmoffatt115.wordpress.com/2011/06/17/exhibition-place-goes-modernist/Architectural Credit : Philip R. Brook The original main entrance to the exhibition...

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Press Building

Photo Credit : Illustration of the Press Building (formerly Administration Building) as part of the 1928 CNE programme. CNE HeritageArchitectural Credit : George Wallace Gouinlock While the Scadding...

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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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George Wallace Gouinlock (1861...

Photo Credit : OAAArchitectural Credit : n/aIn 1906 George Wallace Gouinlock was appointed as the official architect of the Industrial Exhibition of Toronto (which in 1912 would be renamed the...

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Horse Palace

Photo Credit : CNE ArchivesArchitectural Credit : John James WoolnoughBuilt to support the equestrian events of the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair in 1931, the Horse Palace is considered one of the...

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