Building Design

Corten Pavilion

Building
The Clémentine-de-la-Rousselière’s pavilion is placed in a park of the Rivière-des-Prairies/Pointe-aux-Trembles’s district, bordered on one side by the St-Lawrence river and on the other by the Notre Dame street.The project provides…
Architecture

Drummondville Public Library

Building
Originating from an architectural competition, the Drummondville Library, by Chevalier Morales in consortium with DMA architects, transposes the historical, cultural and poetic essence of the region into a studied urban and architectural…
Architecture

Laurier Brantford YMCA

Shannon Moore
When the YMCA partnered with Wilfrid Laurier University to erect a new facility in downtown Brantford, the chosen site — a steep hill nestled between two parallel streets — revealed a rich and exciting past. Some 400,000 artefacts dating as…
Building Design

Espace 67

Building
In 1967 the International and Universal Exposition — commonly known as EXPO 67 — was at the helm of the 20th century as the most successful World's Fair garnering a record-breaking number of visitors. Held from April 27th…
Architecture

The Opeongo Pavilion

Building
Occupying 230-square-metres of Parc du Mont-Orford’s scenic landscape — amid lakes, mountains, and forests — is the modernized Opeongo Pavilion.The name, Opeongo, derives from the Anishnaabe word opeauwingauk (sandy narrows); it…
Sustainability

OAA Headquarters Building Renewal

Building
The OAA’s Don Mills Headquarters was designed by Toronto architect Ruth Cawker, winner of a 1989 province-wide design competition. It had been built to the R2000 standard, which was better than the norm at the time.This was…
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