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Render of the entrance of OAA HQ showcasing the ramp design submitted by Team Chestnut

Article (text and images)

2024/SEP/17

Daniele Alcinii

Team Chestnut Wins OAA Landsca...

As the regulatory body governing architecture in Ontario, the OAA plays a pivotal role in promoting the importance of innovative design and sustainable architecture in building resilient and vibrant...

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ja architecture studio

janet rosenberg & studio

mte consultants

oaa landscape design competition

Article (text and images)

2024/SEP/16

Daniele Alcinii

Team Elm Earns Honourable Ment...

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weiss architecture & urbanism ltd.

husson engineering + management

oaa landscape design competition

Onah Jung at the Dongdaemun Design Plaza (DDP)

Article (text and images)

2024/JUL/02

Onah Jung

Can You Win an Architecture Co...

Read about Onah Jung's Seoul, Korea Travel Diary and the background story of Dongdaemun Plaza (DDP), winning the DDP Design Competition by the architect, Zaha Hadid. The DDP Design Competition was...

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architecture competitions

winning strategy

seoul korea

dongdaemun design plaza

Article (text and images)

2020/NOV/01

Book Review by Loghman Azar, M.Arch.UD. AIBC. OAA

Book Review: Designing a World...

From the “World-class” in the title, I thought this book is about design, but make no mistake it is all about marketing, winning projects, corporate strategies, organization, operation, business...

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book review

designing a world-class architecture firm

Article (text and images)

2020/SEP/30

Roddy Handa

Copyright has no place in Arch...

My name is Andy Thomson; I’m an architect with Thomson Architecture, Inc. and the OAA’s VP Strategic. I wanted to share this article, written by Alberta architect & lawyer Roddy Handa (with...

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digital twins

Article (text and images)

2020/APR/09

Parham K

Camp Covid

There is no question that the COVID-19 crisis has affected vast sectors of the economy and the public in adverse ways, but in Architecture, as in economics, there are models of more resilient...

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architecture as camping

ephemeralization

prefab

tiny homes

shiftingparadigms

blOAAG Canadian Modern Architecture: Nathan Phillips Square

Article (text and images)

2019/OCT/24

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Canadian Modern Architecture: ...

Image Credit: Toronto’s Nathan Philips Square alterations and green roof, view of performance pavilion. Architectural Credit: PLANT Architect Inc., Shore Tilbe Irwin & Partners...

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Canadian Modern Architecture

Article (text and images)

2019/OCT/22

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Canadian Modern Architecture: ...

Image Credit: Toronto Healthy House, exterior view from laneway. Architectural Credit: Martin Liefhebber Architect, 1996. Photo Credit: Courtesy Breathe Architects This month, World...

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Canadian Modern Architecture

Article (text and images)

2019/OCT/17

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Canadian Modern Architecture: ...

Image Credit: Daniels Spectrum in Toronto, view of east façade. Architectural Credit: Diamond Schmitt Architects, 2012. Photo Credit: Courtesy Breathe Architects This month, World...

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Canadian Modern Architecture

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