Question: Architectural Features

This past weekend the Heritage Resources Centre held an Architectural Styles Workshop. As part of this workshop we ask people to bring in pictures from their community and we go through them as a group and identify the styles or features.

One person brought in this picture of two houses in Chatham with very interesting wavy brick work:

I've never seen it before. But someone from Bayfield then indicated they also have one in their community: 

Clearly, its not a one off. Do you know anything about this brick pattern? Or do you have a house in you community with this pattern? We'd love to know! 

Architectural Styles: Second Empire

Want to learn more about the Second Empire style of architecture? Check out the detailed write up by the Canadian Register which includes lots of great pictures.

Architectural Styles Workshop

Upcoming Workshop: Architectural Styles 

Dates: April 14^th & 15^th, 2012Times: 10am - 4pmLocation: TBD, St. Mary’s

This workshop will focus on Ontario’s architectural styles. We will learn how to identify a wide variety of styles and distinguish which features (character-defining elements) are important to each style. Using our gained knowledge we will examine one of Oakville’s neighbourhoods to determine the local styles, as well as use examples from participant’s own neighbourhoods.


The workshop fee for practicing planners and other concerned citizens will be $225.This price will include lunch and snacks on both days of the workshop.

To register e-mail hrc@uwaterloo.ca

Canadian Architectural Styles Resoruce

One of the best resources on Canadian architecture is now available online at historicplaces.ca


"The Buildings of  Canada" pamphlet on architectural styles was put out in 1974 by the Parks Services, but is still a valuable resource today.

HRC Workshop: List

March 5 &6 - University of Waterloo

Topic: Heritage Conservation Districts

April 2 & 3 - Kitchener

Topic: Heritage Buildings & Energy

May 28 & 29 - Oakville

Topic: Architectural Styles

June 18 &19 - Prince Edward County

Topic: Cultural Heritage Landscapes

*All workshops will take place over one weekend (2 days) from 10am to 4pm. The cost

is $225 per person.

To register for any of these workshops e-mail hrc@uwaterloo.ca

School of Architecture Hosts International Design Exhibit: SNOHETTA

Reprinted from the Built Heritage News

SNØHETTA, architecture landscapes interiors

Exclusive Canadian venue for the North American tour (Canada, United States, Mexico)

Place:	Cambridge Galleries Design at Riverside University of Waterloo, School of Architecture
Date:	June 17 - August 14, 2010 - Opening Reception: Thursday June 17,
Time:	7 pm
Info:	http://www.snoarc.no/

The exhibition will be officially opened by Her Excellency, Ms. Else Berit Eikeland, Norwegian Ambassador to Canada and will be attended by Craig Dykers, SNØHETTA founding partner, and Eva Madshus, Senior Curator, National Museum, Oslo.

Complimentary Bus return from Toronto (seating is limited) RSVP: 519.621.0460 X127

Departing outside 401 Richmond Street promptly at 5 pm, returning at 9:30 pm from Cambridge.

SNØHETTA architecture – landscapes – interiors. An innovative inter-disciplinary, 20 year retrospective of the work of Norway’s renowned architecture phenom.

The exhibition features 11 of SNØHETTA’s significant projects via film, computer animation, photographs, drawings, architectural models, texts and an interactive multi-touch table.

Craig Dykers Lecture - Thursday July 15th at 6:30 pm
Admission is free, everyone is welcome.

Cambridge Galleries Design at Riverside and the University of Waterloo School of Architecture present Snøhetta Senior Partner and Director Craig Dykers.
University of Waterloo School of Architecture, 7 Melville Street South, Cambridge.

The full colour monograph, SNØHETTA WORKS accompanies the exhibition and will be available for sale at the gallery.

International Commissions of Note
Biblioteca Alexandrina, Egypt
The Opera House, Norway
Ras Al-Khaimah Gateway Project, Dubai
King Abdulaziz Centre for Knowledge and Culture, Saudi Arabia
Tubaloon – Kongsberg Jazz Festival Band Shelter, Norway
Student Learning Centre, Ryerson University, Canada

SNØHETTA Background
Snøhetta AS was established in 1989, when five young architects (three Norwegians, one Austrian and one American) won a prestigious competition to design the new library in Alexandria, Egypt. Twenty years later the firm now has a staff of 120 many of whom are international citizens. The firm has offices in Oslo and New York, and various project sites on several continents. SNØHETTA is currently run by two of its founders, Craig Dykers (New York office) and Kjetil Trædal Thorsen (Oslo office), together with four other partners: Ole Gustavsen, Robert Greenwood, Tarald Lundevall and Jenny B. Osuldsen.

The scope of SNØHETTA’s activities is broad. Finished projects range from restaurant interiors, courtyard landscapes, public art commissions, to museums and the Opera House in Oslo which was awarded the 2009 Mies van der Rohe Award-the European Union Prize for contemporary architecture.

One of the main characteristics of Snøhetta’s work is the importance attached to context and landscape, and to achieving harmony between buildings and their surroundings. Close collaboration with artists has been of crucial importance in most of the firm’s projects. SNØHETTA strives to produce designs that are eco-friendly, sustainable and of high quality.

SNØHETTA, architecture – landscapes – interiors
Exhibition design and production
Curator: Eva Madshus (Senior Curator, the National Museum)
Exhibition design: Askim/Lantto Arkitekter, the National Museum
and SNØHETTA Graphic design: Bleed
Multi-touch installation: One Communication

CAMBRIDGE GALLERIES DESIGN AT RIVERSIDE

7 Melville Street South
Cambridge, ON
N1S 2K6

GALLERY HOURS:
Tuesday to Thursday: 12 - 8 pm, Friday: 12 - 5 pm, Saturday: 10 am - 5 pm
(Closed Sundays during the summer from Victoria Day weekend through Labour Day weekend)

GENERAL INQUIRIES:
Esther E. Shipman
Architecture and Design Curator,
Design at Riverside
eshipman@cambridgegalleries.ca
519.621.0460 ext. 150

MEDIA CONTACT:
Katrina Jennifer Bedford
jbedford@cambridgegalleries.ca
519.621.0460 ext. 119
www.cambridgegalleries.ca