Architectural Conservancy Ontario
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ACO Toronto held their 2019 Symposium on Main Streets and sees this multiple listing as a great step forward. More is needed from other departments to ensure the survival of main street businesses, a historic pattern of use which is important to any creative city and exists in the relationship between the buildings. Many of these designations are for contextual reasons, and as much about keeping the physical fabric because it supports this complex historic pattern of use. Using the Ontario Heritage Act to work like this will be challenged by many. This brave first step is important, long overdue, and should be widely supported.

National Capital Commission and Public Works Canada proposing to replace the Alexandra Bridge in Ottawa, another engineering study forcasting prohibitive costs to repair.... https://ncc-ccn.gc.ca/projects/alexandra-bridge-replacement

Its official, York Square will soon be demolished. Toronto East York Community Council ignored staff and the Toronto Preservation Board and voted in favour of demolition this week. York Square was important, but no longer appreciated in its neighbourhood. There is a proposal for a 29 storey condominium tower to replace it which area residents favour. At a time when urban renewal was the norm, this seminal 1968 project by developer David Wookey and architects Diamond and Myers marked a world breakthrough in combining new and old and making new places. It was widely copied and set a pattern for gentle intensification in Toronto, which still resonates. ACO Toronto and Old Toronto recently released a video on its history, which may be all that will be left to tell its story. http://ow.ly/xRYT50Ci5cY

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"Coming across the Oculus Pavilion for the first time is like stumbling upon E.T.’s spaceship in a wooded clearing." Shawn Micallef on The Oculus in Toronto Star https://www.thestar.com//how-a-space-age-public-toilet-wen

The ACO Heritage Awards announcements continue. This year’s recipient of the Mary Millard Award for Special Contributions to ACO is Jackie Tinson, for her advocacy that led to the reopening of Barnum House near Grafton. Congratulations! You can watch a short video about Jackie and her work at Barnum House at https://youtu.be/dt4TVDabWRQ and read about all of this year's Mary Millard Award nominees at https://acoheritageawards.ca/mary-millard-award-for-specia/... Congratulations and thank you to this year's nominees: Patsy Beeson, Cobourg David Bentley, Quinte Pat Farley, Halton Hills Jackie Tinson, Port Hope Architectural Conservancy Ontario Port Hope Branch Architectural Conservancy of Ontario Cobourg & East Northumberland

This year the ACO Awards Jury bestowed a Special Jury Award on the TOBuilt Database, for offering an outstanding online resource for cataloguing and accessing Toronto’s architecture and heritage. With more than 11,500 entries and growing, this open-source, publicly accessible database is an invaluable resource for Torontonians who care about their built heritage. Congratulations! You can watch a short video about TOBuilt at https://youtu.be/bqm49WP-mKw. You can read more about the project at https://acoheritageawards.ca/tobuilt-database/ Architectural Conservancy Ontario Toronto Branch

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At ACO, volunteers truly are at the heart of everything we do. Today we will be announcing the recipient of the Mary Millard Award for Special Contributions to ACO, but first we want to introduce you to all four of this year's nominees. Each of them deserves recognition for their tireless work in their communities to save and promote heritage. Thank you! Architectural Conservancy Ontario, Halton Hills Architectural Conservancy Ontario Port Hope Branch Architectural Conservancy of Ontario Cobourg & East Northumberland ACO Quinte Region

This year's recipient of ACO’s Margaret and Nicholas Hill Cultural Heritage Landscape Award is Karl Frank, for championing the natural and cultural built environments in Toronto’s Don Mills community. This award recognizes an individual, group, and/or community action project that has endeavoured to preserve a significant Cultural Heritage Landscape, or has worked to raise awareness of, and appreciation for a significant Cultural Heritage Landscape as defined by the Ontario Heritage Trust. Congratulations! You can watch a short video about Karl Frank’s work at https://youtu.be/J040q4zJfuQ. You can read about the Margaret and Nicholas Hill Cultural Heritage Landscape Award at https://acoheritageawards.ca/margaret-and-nicholas-hill-cu/

Well said Alex!

ACO is pleased to include heritage research and scholarship in its annual awards program. This year's Stephen A. Otto Award recipient is Dan Schneider, for making heritage policy clear and accessible through his blog, Ontario Heritage Act and More (OHA + M). Congratulations! The Stephen A. Otto Award for Research and Documentation recognizes an individual or group for exemplary and scholarly work in the research and documentation of Ontario’s built heritage and cultural lands...capes, as well as the broad distribution of this knowledge to ensure that it is shared widely and for the benefit of all. You can watch a short video about Schneider’s work at https://youtu.be/OCO3gE3Vb3k. You can read about the Stephen Otto Award and both of this year's award nominees (Dan Schneider and Doug Taylor) at https://acoheritageawards.ca/stephen-a-otto-award-for-rese/ Heritage Resources Centre Dan Schneider

World Architecture News features The Future of Ontario Place, international exposure for ACO https://worldarchitecture.org//protect-modernist-icon-onta

Bravo ACOTO and Giamo Architects

On October 17 2020 ACO Toronto and Giaimo revealed a new temporary public art installation, called Brighter Days Ahead, as part of The Oculus Revitalization (one of Park People / Amis des parcs Public Space Incubator projects). Designed by Toronto architecture and heritage conservation firm Giaimo, and sponsored by Creative Silhouettes, the art installation is made of yellow stripes that represent sun rays shining through the park pavilion’s Oculus and also references to the ...vibrant future planned for The Oculus. Located in the City of Toronto’s South Humber Park along the Humber River Recreational Trail, the art installation will be up for the next few months until the restoration of the pavilion takes place in 2021. Check it out, safely while physically distancing, and tag us in your photos on social media! https://mailchi.mp/0/new-temporary-public-art-at-the-oculus See more

Oculus Revitalization project update: ACO Toronto and Giaimo are excited to be hosting an outdoor park pop-up event October 17! We’ll be on-site to give a short talk about the past, present, and future of space and its cultural heritage value, and also to reveal a new temporary public art installation at The Oculus. Designed by Giaimo, the installation will brighten the pavilion until the restoration process is possible in Spring 2021. Due to COVID-19, space at this event is very limited. The pop-up is free to attend, but registration in advance is required to ensure no more than 25 people are gathering at a time allowing for safe physical distancing. Please see Eventbrite link in our bio for more details https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/the-oculus-pop-up-tickets-12447

This year’s recipient of the Eric Arthur Lifetime Achievement Award, which recognizes an outstanding contribution to the heritage conservation movement in Ontario over a sustained period of time, is architect Phillip Carter. Carter's contributions to ACO, and to the preservation of our province’s heritage, are truly beyond measure. Please join us in thanking him for all that he has done for our communities across Ontario. You can see a short video about Phillip Carter and this award at https://youtu.be/4TT35NEe3lU, and read more about his work at https://acoheritageawards.ca/phillip-carter/

This year we have a brand new Heritage Award! The Carlos Ventin Award for Municipal Heritage Leadership recognizes elected municipal leaders, municipal staff, and appointed representatives who have championed the rehabilitation and/or adaptive reuse of public heritage buildings in their community. The inaugural recipient of this award is Alissa Golden, a heritage project specialist for the City of Hamilton. Congratulations! You can watch a short video about Alissa’s work at ...https://youtu.be/4atJxlKsRuE and read about all of this year's Carlos Ventin Award nominees at https://acoheritageawards.ca/carlos-ventin-award-for-munic/ A special thanks to award sponsors The Ventin Group (+VG) Architects Congratulations to this year's nominees: Kathryn Anderson, Toronto Alissa Golden, Hamilton Mayor Kathryn McGarry and City Council, Cambridge Carolyn Samko, Hamilton Plus VG Architects

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The ACO NextGen Award recognizes an individual early in their career for outstanding contributions to the field of heritage. It was impossible for this year's jury to choose between two fantastic candidates for this award. The nominations were deemed equally worthy, so the award is being given jointly to both Ali Piwowar and Stephen Henderson. Congratulations! You can watch a short video about Ali Piwowar at https://youtu.be/zxW4CN_kNZA. You can find Stephen Henderson’s vid...eo at https://youtu.be/0Kvdei0jtdE You can read about the NextGen Award and both award recipients at https://acoheritageawards.ca/aco-nextgen-award/ Henderson Construction The Heritage + Design Company

The Heritage of the Future Award recognizes an architect, engineer, planner, or landscape architect whose body of work completed after 1945 is esteemed as being outstanding, enduring, and the heritage of the future. The 2020 Awards Jury is pleased to present Shim Sutcliffe Architects with the Heritage of the Future Award for an outstanding and varied body of work that prioritizes the integration of built form with the natural environment, the innovative use of building materials, and exceptional design. You can watch a short video about Shim Sutcliffe Architects at https://youtu.be/8TVH9eEasHo and read more about this award at https://acoheritageawards.ca/heritage-of-the-future-award/

It’s Day 4 of the ACO Heritage Award announcements. Thank you for celebrating all of this important work with us. This year’s recipient of the James D. Strachan Award for Craft is Jeremy Pfuetzner. Congratulations! You can watch a short video about Jeremy and his work at https://youtu.be/Inmx5lRPMXw and read more about this award at https://acoheritageawards.ca/james-d-strachan-award-for-cr/... Hunt Heritage

It’s Day 3 of the ACO Heritage Award announcements. This year’s recipient of the Peter Stokes Restoration Award: Small Scale is the Paradise Theatre in Toronto. Congratulations! You can watch a short video about The Paradise Theatre at https://youtu.be/zAOw9rKxRis and read about all of this year's Peter Stokes Restoration Award (Small Scale) nominees at https://acoheritageawards.ca/peter-stokes-restoration-awar/... Congratulations to this year's nominees: Alfred Mici, restoration of Hedge House, Mississauga James Sculthorpe Ltd., for three restoration projects The Paradise Theatre, Toronto

The ACO Heritage Award announcements continue... This year's recipient of the Peter Stokes Restoration Award: Large-Scale is mcCallumSather and Electric City Developments for their Westinghouse HQ restoration in Hamilton. Congratulations! You can watch a short video about the Westinghouse restoration at https://youtu.be/adMMbl5jR7I and read about the Peter Stokes Restoration Award at https://acoheritageawards.ca/peter-stokes-restoration-awar/

Thank you for celebrating the ACO Heritage Awards with us. This year's recipient of the Paul Oberman Award for Adaptive Reuse: Large-Scale/ Team/ Corporate is Mitra Foroutan and Youth Opportunities Unlimited, for revitalizing a part of London’s heritage at 333 Richmond St. and turning it into a hub serving the city’s youth. You can watch a short video about Youth Opportunities Unlimited at https://youtu.be/ukK5mStwUu8 and read about all of this year's nominees for the Paul Ob...erman Award for Adaptive Reuse in the category "Large-Scale/ Team/ Corporate" at https://acoheritageawards.ca/paul-oberman-award-for-adapti/ Congratulations to this year's nominees: Mitra Foroutan, Youth Opportunities Unlimited, London The Selby, Toronto Aleo Associates Inc., Walker Power Building, Windsor Youth Opportunities Unlimited YOU