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Photo of the Ulster House. Image courtesy of LGA Architectural Partners Ltd.

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2024/OCT/23

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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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Photo of Carlington Community Health Centre main entrance.

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2024/OCT/23

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Carlington Community Health Ce...

Location: Ottawa, Ontario Completed: 2022 Architect: CSV Architects Renovation Architect: James Edwards Architect and Frank Fentiman Architect (1992) Nominated by: Joel Harden, MPP (Ottawa...

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Exterior view of a renovated brick building with large windows and a modern entrance canopy. The building features a vertical brick tower with dark bricks forming the initials ‘HW’ and a glass section with historical photos. A tall, weathered brick smokestack is visible to the left, hinting at the building’s industrial past.

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2024/OCT/02

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Harvey Woods Lofts

Location: Woodstock, Ontario Completed: 1918, 2015 (phase 1), 2017 (phase 2) Architect: Invizij Architects Inc. Nominated by: Ernie Hardeman, MPP (Oxford) Harvey Woods Lofts stands as a testament to...

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Street view of a historic brick building on a corner, featuring ornate architectural details and a mansard roof with dormer windows. A modern multi-story extension rises above the original structure. The surrounding streetscape includes a row of smaller brick buildings housing shops and restaurants.

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2024/OCT/02

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The Kensington Apartments

Location: Kingston, Ontario Completed: 1830s, 1870s, 2017 Architect: John Power and Sons (1876), Shoalts and Zaback Architects Ltd. (renovation) Nominated by: Ted Hsu, MPP (Kingston and the...

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View of a row of houses in a green, shaded courtyard with large trees. The buildings have a mix of dark wood and brick facades with sloped roofs. Bicycles are parked in the foreground near a small spruce tree, and a picnic table and children’s mini hockey nets are set up on the lawn.

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2024/OCT/02

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Bain Apartments Co-Operative -...

Location: Toronto, Ontario Completed: 1914, 1923 Architect: Eden Smith and Sons (1913), F. H. Marani (1923) Nominated by: Peter Tabuns, MPP (Toronto—Danforth) Few places better capture both the...

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Large, glass and metal building made up of three intersecting rectangular volumes. On the left, a wide, squat silver volume faced with glass; in the middle, a tall narrow black volume with a projecting canopy over the main entrance; on the right, another wide silver volume faced with glass.

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2023/OCT/03

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Prosserman Jewish Community Ce...

Location: Toronto, Ontario Date of Completion: 2020 Architect: IBI Group (now Arcadis Architects (Canada) Inc.) Nominated by: Hon. Michael Kerzner, MPP (York Centre) Reinvigorating a site that has...

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Medium-sized white stucco building with tall, steep gable roofs made of dark grey metal. In front, a garden with seating and some planting.

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2023/OCT/03

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Hospice Peterborough

Location: Peterborough, Ontario Date of Completion: 2019 Architect: Lett Architects Inc. Nominated by: Dave Smith, MPP (Peterborough—Kawartha) Creating a warm and comfortable space for those affected...

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Large two-storey blue, grey, and green stucco building with a large, angled canopy stretching over the entrance.

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2023/OCT/03

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Eenchokay Birchstick School

Location: Pikangikum First Nation Date of Completion: 2016 Architect: Number Ten Architectural Group Nominated by: Sol Mamakwa, MPP (Kiiwetinoong) After its original school building was destroyed by...

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Tall, red brick clock tower on the corner of an intersection, adjoined by a one-storey brick building on the right and a three-storey brick building on the left.

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2023/OCT/03

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Old Strathroy Post Office

Location: Strathroy, Ontario Date of Completion: 1889-1901 Architect: Thomas Fuller Designers of Renovations/Additions: In2Space (interior designer) Nominated by: Monte McNaughton (former MPP for...

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