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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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2023/AUG/24

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William Kachmaryk

Having designed a new addition to the Superior Court in Windsor, another interesting request by the local Law Society was to present an option to the Government for a new Windsor Provincial Courts...

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2023/AUG/24

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William Kachmaryk

After nearly 61 years in private practice, I've been called upon by various sources to engage in projects that have either come to fruition or have been relegated to the archives. This project was...

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2023/AUG/22

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Jameela Bhagat

I enjoy capturing the essence of summer through my outdoor sketches, as well as creating artistic renditions of the photographs I take. My focus primarily lies in architectural elevations, facades...

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2023/AUG/22

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Joel Berman

My house is on the Chicago River and my backyard is a dock. I kayak four times a week, travelling to the boathouses to row crew, scull, and dragon boat. On Sundays, I kayak to Chinatown or the...

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2023/AUG/22

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Joel Berman

Sketching on airplanes and at airports has become a zen experience for me. As my architectural practice expands outside of Chicago, I'm often stuck on flights. During the pandemic, flying was...

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2023/AUG/21

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Lowell Lo

This older townhouse development is located in the suburbs of Don Mills, Toronto, and was built around the early 1960s. It is one of the most utopian social-housing-like typologies in the city, having...

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2023/AUG/21

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Lowell Lo

My quick watercolour and pencil crayon sketches demonstrate a low-cost method for shading apartment units, particularly for west-facing facades. The planters can be DIY sub-irrigated reservoir...

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2023/AUG/21

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Sara Jodao

One of our clients, Little Canada – a tourist attraction that contains 1:87 scale replicas of natural and man-made structures located throughout Canada, asked for our help in preparing informational...

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2023/AUG/11

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Paul A. Vincent

Sketch for a proposed staircase canopy at Clarkson GO Station by Paul A. Vincent. This blOAAg post is an entry in the popular annual series, Summer Sketches. To see other items from this...


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Check out our 2024 Design Excellence Finalists! This year's collection features a diverse range of building types.

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