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Communications with a Heritage House

Communications with a Heritage House

Posted Jan 18th, 2023 in Design, Current Issues, Niagara Architecture

Perhaps my reader will wonder just what I am.

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Architects and the Facilitation of Development Meetings

Posted Jan 13th, 2023 in Design, Business of Architecture

An often-overlooked element of creating and renovating buildings is the facilitation of processes.

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Understanding Ugly: Human Responses

Understanding Ugly: Human Responses

Posted Oct 22nd, 2022 in Design

Why do some buildings beguile us, others bewilder, and others repel? This downloadable book explores the complex relationships between people and the built environments we inhabit.

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The Main Points of Mentoring

Posted Apr 25th, 2022 in Design, Business of Architecture, Architectural Education

In education, mentoring often plays an important role. Sometimes the role of a mentor never ends, and might span the generations.

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An Interview with Boris Brott

Posted Apr 9th, 2022 in Design, Current Issues

Music is abstract and architecture more material and physical. A musician can examine the materials in-between differently because they act upon a third sense – that of hearing.

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Why Design Awards?

Posted Mar 16th, 2022 in Design, Business of Architecture, Current Issues, Niagara Architecture, Architectural Education

Some good reasons to have more awards programmes.

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Architectural Fiction

Posted Feb 11th, 2022 in Design, Business of Architecture

It was late November, and Antoine surveyed the wreck of his Ottawa office. . .

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Understanding Architectural Elegance

Understanding Architectural Elegance

Posted Jan 18th, 2022 in Design

This article explores the nature of a set of concepts that might be overall classified as 'elegance'. Various writers are considered, as well as the results of polling of members of the wider population.

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Assessing Green Technology:  Towards More Insightful Analysis

Assessing Green Technology: Towards More Insightful Analysis

Posted Jul 6th, 2020 in Design, Current Issues

Further explorations of sustainability in contexts of uncertainty.

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A Memorable Place:  Memorial School, Niagara Falls

A Memorable Place: Memorial School, Niagara Falls

Posted Jun 22nd, 2020 in Design, Niagara Architecture

What makes a place worthy of positive note. This is not a frivolous matter - architects, planners and developers all have a role in ensuring that the wider population responds in a positive manner to the buildings and cities that they create.

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