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Planning Regime Shake-up: What Bill 23 means for you
On October 25, 2022, the Province of Ontario (the Province) introduced Bill 23, the More Homes Built Faster Act, 2022 (Bill 23). Bill 23 is the next…
Architects Against Housing Alienation to represent Canada at the Venice Biennale…
Architects Against Housing Alienation (AAHA) will represent Canada at the 18th International Architecture Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia, from May 20…
OAA Applauds Province’s Housing Affordability Task Force Report
The Ontario Association of Architects (OAA) commends the provincial government’s Housing Affordability Task Force for issuing a substantive set of…
Montgomery Sisam Architects to design new modular supportive housing
The City of Toronto has reemployed Montgomery Sisam Architects, which earlier this year completed affordable housing on two City-owned sites, to design modular…
Montgomery Sisam Architects designs Modular Supportive Housing in Toronto
Montgomery Sisam Architects has completed the construction of the first of two supportive housing complexes, at 11 Macey Avenue, to help Toronto's overburdened…
Government of Canada launches $300M Housing Supply Challenge
The Government of Canada has initiated the first round of the Housing Supply Challenge. The Challenge invites applications from across the country to propose…
B.C. launches Reframed Lab pilot for future-ready housing retrofits
The Province of BC, the City of Vancouver, the BC Non-Profit Housing Association and the Pembina Institute, are working together on a home-safe initiative…
OAA Celebrates World Architecture Day’s “Housing for All” Theme
On Monday, October 7, the 2019 World Architecture Day will take place with events and initiatives — focused on a “Housing for All” theme — occurring around the…
500 women rallied together to build homes for Habitat for Humanity’s 10th…
Earlier this spring Habitat for Humanity Greater Toronto Area (Habitat GTA) kicked off their 10th annual Women Build event to give a hand to families in need of…
Full House
The project started with a simple question: How do we design a house that will last a hundred years or more, and accommodate multiple generations of family…
OAA releases report on addressing housing affordability through design
Housing affordability is a significant issue, affecting millions of Ontarians. Whether homes are rented or owned, subsidized or not, the current lack of…
Danish firm COBE and architectsAlliance design affordable housing in downtown…
Danish architectural firm COBE will be leaving their mark on a new mixed use development in Toronto. A client group consisting of Dream Unlimited, Kilmer Van…
Let’s Talk About…Home
Many cities find affordability key to retaining economic diversity. And yet affordable housing can seem in short supply. If fundamental in need, is housing…