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Shaping Canadian Modernity: The 1958 City Hall and Square Competition and its Legacy

Paul H. Cocker Architecture Gallery, Ryerson University, Department of Architectural Science 325 Church Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Daily:  10:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m The Paul H. Cocker gallery will feature an exhibit entitled Shaping Canadian Modernity from September 1 to October 9, 2015. The exhibit focuses on the 1958 international competition for the Toronto City Hall and Square and critically assesses its impact on Canadian architectural culture. The exhibition presents a selection […]

Roof Gardens, Rideau Centre and the National Arts Centre

Rideau Centre Theatres Entrance 50 Rideau Street, Ottawa, ON, Canada

With 200 trees, 1.5 km of pathways, grass, flowers, and seldom-seen views of downtown Ottawa, the 1983 Rideau Centre and 1969 National Arts Centre have Ottawa's first large-scale "green roofs". Discover a new perspective of these complex buildings and the heritage buildings and sites that surround them. GUIDE: David Jeanes, President of Heritage Ottawa, urban activist and author of five downtown […]

$5 – $10

Briarcliffe

Combermere Park, Parking Area Adjacent To Tennis Courts 11 Combermere Lane, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Briarcliffe is Ottawa's newest Heritage Conservation District, and the first in Canada to recognize mid-20th Century modern architecture. This enclave of 23 unique homes began in 1959 when partners sharing modernist ideals of living in harmony with nature purchased 20 acres of rocky, topographically challenging land near the Ottawa River. Progressive architects of the day […]

$5 – $10

Urban Forum presents Pruitt Igoe Myth with Farewell to Oak Street

Mayfair Theatre 1074 Bank Street, Otttawa, ON, Canada

Urban Forum is pleased to present its second Urban Film night at the Mayfair.  The aim of the Urban Film Series is present films that focus on the mutually impactful relationship between urban design, architecture and people.  This year’s selections include “The Priutt Igoe Myth” as the feature, preceded by the National Film Board of Canada’s Farewell […]

Discovering Carl Rieder and his importance for Waterloo Region

Walter Fredy 675 Queen St. S., Kittchener, ON, Canada

Free for ACO members, $8.50 for non-members.  Join ACO here. Speakers Allan Hayes, engineer, partner at Walter Fedy, on the life and times of his uncle Carl Rick Haldenby, UW School of Architecture prof, on Rieder’s architectural legacy Carl Rieder built fully 20 per cent of the 45 iconic Mid Century Modern buildings showcased in […]

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Robert Moffatt: Building a Better Tomorrow: The Schools of the Toronto Board of Education 1950-1965

University of Toronto´s Health Sciences Building 610 - 155 College Street, Toronto, ON, Canada

Faced with growing hordes of Baby Boom children, the Toronto Board of Education undertook a massive construction program during the 1950s and early 1960s. Board architects Frederick Etherington and Peter Pennington, drawing upon Modernist design principles, created fresh, lively and inventive school buildings for the postwar generation. Today, many of these now-historic schools are in […]

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Annabel Vaughan – Perception Modern

University of Toronto´s Health Sciences Building 610 - 155 College Street, Toronto, ON, Canada

Framed through the lens of modernity, Annabel Vaughan will examine the profound influence that Peter Dickinson’s modern sensibility had on a number of Toronto architecture firms and will look at the conditions that precipitated the shift from the corner office onto the studio floor. A move that drove the creativity, epic martini fuelled parties and […]

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John Sewell: Beginnings of Post Modernism in Toronto

University of Toronto´s Health Sciences Building 610 - 155 College Street, Toronto, ON, Canada

John Sewell, former Mayor of Toronto, author of “How We Changed Toronto, 1969 – 1980,” will speak of the beginnings of post modernism, in Toronto. City Council’s Reform movement in in the 1970’s questioned modernist urban renewal and began the heritage movement in Toronto. Diamond and Myers’ York Square, currently at risk, was one of […]

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ACOTO Presents: Toronto 150+

Ontario Science Centre 770 Don Mills Road, Toronto, Onario, Canada

Update: Parking available at discounted rate of $5 per vehicle (be sure to state that you are attending the ACO event to get this discount). If you arrive before 9AM parking is free. If you wish to enter the Ontario Science Centre Exhibits or attend a movie at the theatre you can get a 20% […]