GALLERY ENTRY

Briarcliffe

“The creation of the Briarcliffe Heritage Conservation District is an important milestone in heritage conservation in Canada. This unique environment, created by bold and forward- thinking architects and their clients, is well known in the Canadian architectural community as a rare, intact example of innovative mid-century planning and residential architecture that is an important part of our collective cultural heritage.  The district, characterized by the juxtaposition of uncompromisingly modernist homes and the wild Canadian landscape was at the forefront of design thinking in its time, and represents an ideal that remains current among many influential architects today.  In fact, it is not unreasonable to say that homes such as those found in Briarcliffe represent what the international architectural community thinks of when contemporary design in Canada is discussed.”

-Alan Teramura, Janine Debanné, Toon Dreessen, Robert Webster, Correspondence from Royal Architecture Institute of Canada to Ottawa Built Heritage Advisory Committee, January 15, 2013.

architect(s):

• Walter Schreier (5, 7, 9, 11, 15, 16 Kindle Court and 21 Briarcliffe Drive), James Strutt (11 Briarcliffe Drive)
• Matthew Stankiewicz (12 and 16 Briarcliffe Drive)
• Alex Heaton (19 Kindle Court)
• Paul Schoeler (9 Briarcliffe Drive)
• Brian Barkham (1 Kindle Court)
• Matthew Poray-Swinarski (17 Briarcliffe Drive)
• Basil Miska (12 Kindle Court)
• Tim Murray (18 Briarcliffe Drive)
• Brian McCloskey (8 Briarcliffe Drive)