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Thinking about housing? Asset or Sanctuary? check out therightanglejournal.com for our latest thoughts written by @oaarchitects @RAIC_IRAC architects for all those interested in quality conversations about our built environment & design for everyone to read & join in

@BrentToderian @Toon_Dreessen That was a very inciteful article laying out poor procurement policies @globeandmail The public deserves the best solutions for housing Small @oaarchitects @RAIC_IRAC firms supply these solutions incrementally each day for people in communities across Canada but not by the Feds

How governments pick partners and consultants to do things has long been a big reason why we don’t get more creative & financially smarter outcomes. It’s called procurement. @Toon_Dreessen has been rightly calling out its failings for years. theglobeandmail.com/opinion/articl…

@ArchitectsDCA I was glad to meet many Ontario MPP's deeply engaged in the needs of their riding residents but eager to learn about how @oaarchitects work to help them by providing a quality built environment

Fantastic night at OAA’s Queen’s Park Picks, celebrating Ontario’s top #housingprojects with MPPs! Proud of Ottawa’s Mikinàk Community Housing and Carlington Community Health Centre! 🙌

@SaveOSC @ONPlace4All @CdnArch @LilyCheng @kristynwongtam @OPSEU @ETFOeducators @CUPE4400 @OECTAProv @torontolabour @TCBN_TO I'm talking about ONTARIO SCIENCE CENTRE demolition on Promenade community radio magazine, heard on midtownradio.ca Monday7pm, therightanglejournal.com relaunch issue "ARCHITECTURAL OBSOLESCENCE" BUILDINGS: How did Architecture get to be a disposable commodity? my topic

Watch Canadian Architect's Elsa Lam comments to #Toronto's Executive Committee about the numbers behind the province's closure of the Ontario Science Centre. Sign the Letter: SaveScienceCentre.com Watch Here and Share👇 youtu.be/xUF2POGFIiQ?fe…

@floyd_ruskin @normsworld @chrisglover @JILLSLASTWORD @kristynwongtam @Peter_Tabuns @JoshMatlow @CBCToronto @CTVToronto @CityNewsTO @CP24 I'm talking about ONTARIO SCIENCE CENTRE demolition on Promenade community radio magazine, heard on midtownradio.ca Monday7pm, therightanglejournal.com relaunch issue "ARCHITECTURAL OBSOLESCENCE" BUILDINGS: How did Architecture get to be a disposable commodity? my topic

This week employees of the Ontario Science Centre on orders from the Ford govt began to dismantle Ontario's scientific legacy One of the first exhibits to go is the beloved VanDerGraf generator. Dismantled and occupying a space on the floor instead of delighting thousands of kids

I am very excited to participate as part of the editorial board and announce the relaunch of therightanglejournal.com Check us out, our new writers and my very personal account on the loss of the OSC birdsellarchitect.ca a member of @oaarchitects @RAIC_IRAC @GVSArchitects

@wrsarchitects I've always found Gothic to be the most up lifting but all the styles can be inspiring when done well

Two weeks at the beach and one to go Turkey Point has been great Having Lunch with my granddaughter Emmalynn @ the Erie Beach Hotel in Port Dover she loves the Celery Bread

@wrsarchitects I've always enjoyed the Capital Theater ever since my daughter Erin directed her production of Agnes of God there in 2004 Thanks to all those citizens that came together to have it restored and the @oaarchitects that completed superb work Great @wrsarchitects bring more stories

@Toon_Dreessen @CFRAOttawa @oaarchitects @RAIC_IRAC @CdnArch We'll put Toon! It is essential that Architects look to their @oaarchitects @RAIC_IRAC to represent the issue of the survival of the Architectural profession to all levels of government

@Toon_Dreessen @CFRAOttawa You are one of a select few @oaarchitects @RAIC_IRAC that speak in a considered way on your local issues. Keep it up

@oaarchitects Happy Canada Day!

Just a friendly reminder that the OAA HQ will be closed tomorrow, Monday July 1 and will reopen on Tuesday July 2 with summer hours. Wishing you a safe and wonderful Canada Day long weekend!

@alexbozikovic The closing of the Ontario Science Center is a crime @oaarchitects @moriyamateshima @RAIC_IRAC are outraged I have many fond memories of OSC as a child as a parent & more experiences This can not happen

The Ontario government is shutting the Science Centre today citing an engineer’s report – which does *not* say the place must close or that all work is urgent. What a betrayal.

@oaarchitects Afternoon off pursuing ConEd with @GVSArchitects @oaarchitects Society tour of West 5 carbon neutral community in @CityofLdnOnt on a beautiful day

OAA HQ summer hours will begin this Friday, June 7 to August 30, 2024. The hours from Monday to Thursday are 8:30 am - 4:30 pm and Friday hours are 8:30 am - 12 noon. More info: oaa.on.ca/about/contact-…

@moriyamateshima @carpenters27 @MYorke27 Absolutely agree @oaarchitects & @carpenters27 have been a great team in promoting quality wood construction in Ontario I expect this partnership will continue to recognize more great work

The MTA team would like to wish Mike Yorke, longtime President of the Carpenters’ Regional Council (@carpenters27), a heartfelt congratulations on his well-earned retirement! @MYorke27 #carpentry #buildingwithwood Read more about his career journey: canada.constructconnect.com/dcn/news/labou…

Congratulations Mike Yorke on a wonderful career and amazing body of work. You have always been a great ally with @oaarchitects in pursuit of a spectacular built environment for the people of Ontario

@oaarchitects Thank you for a well put together and informative session on projects scattered around South Western Ontario. Wonderful work providing great homes by an @oaarchitects well done Emma

Today at #OAAConf, Emma and Graham Cubitt took attendees through a comparison of several recent affordable housing projects and the impact that starting with an existing building can play in construction cost, community support, and overall embodied energy of the development.

@BDPQuadrangle Way to go Les!

The latest episode of the “Behind The Build” podcast, features Les Klein, Principal and Co-founder of BDP Quadrangle. Les shares his journey, from the beginnings of his career, to BDP Quadrangle’s significant impact on shaping Toronto and beyond. Tune in:loom.ly/maTWNS4

Kicking back in Niagara Falls a couple days before the @oaarchitects conference Looking Forward to seeing all the Architects Guests & especially the sponsors that help make it all possible Society Chairs meeting tomorrow then Niagara Society of Architects Welcome @nfxniagarafalls