OAA Perspectives the Journal of The

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843443_Canam.indd 1 10/11/16 11:12 pm MULTI-RESIDENTIAL EDITORIAL IN THIS ISSUE We have suspended most of our usual columns, INTO THE SUNSET so that we can include as much final-issue PROJECTS. material as possible. Contributions of value to the persons in whose interest this journal is published are cordially invited. Subscribers are also requested to forward newspaper clippings or 8 PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE MULTIDIMENSIONAL written items of interest from their respective localities. Incoming OAA President John Canadian Architect and Builder, Vol. XII, no. 1, January, 1899 Stephenson says hello to the OAA PERFORMANCE. membership and goodbye to the Please, don’t forget to send your letters of encouragement to the Perspectives Editor, OAA Perspectives readership. c/o the OAA. If you have more to contribute than a simple letter will allow, or if you have ideas about what other people should be writing, let us know about that too. 12 FEATURE Our readers and writers tell us Perspectives, Vol. 4, no. 3, Winter, 1996 what Perspectives has meant to them, personally IT WAS ALMOST 120 YEARS ago that Canadian Architect and Builder, Canada’s original and professionaly. architectural journal, published those first words; and a little more than 20 years since Perspectives expressed almost the same sentiments. Eerily, both journals ceased 42 LOOKING FORWARD: publication 20 years later. As of this issue, OAA Perspectives officially joins the roster of BROADER CONTENT CREATION deceased Canadian architectural periodicals. OAA Communications Committee The current term of choice for an event such as this is “sunset”. So OAA Perspectives sets a bold direction. has not been terminated. Not by a long shot. It has been sunset – settled over the 46 LAST WORDS horizon, after a warm sunny day that lasted 30 years. Perspectives extends its thanks We’ve had a pretty good run and we are all proud of the work we’ve done and the to the many generous individuals progress we’ve made in carving out a unique viewpoint in architectural journalism, who have helped create the establishing an inclusive forum for architectural discussion and encouraging high- journal over the past 30 years. HAMBRO quality jargon-free writing by and for architects and others. So in this, our very last issue of OAA Perspectives, we look back at some of our 58 FINAL PAGE THE COMPOSITE FLOOR SYSTEM FOR successes. We have asked a few of our faithful contributors, readers and committee Au revoir, not goodbye. YOUR MULTI-RESIDENTIAL PROJECTS members to tell us what the magazine (and its demise) has meant to them. We have also disinterred some interesting snippets from journals-gone-by. Hambro D500 and MD2000 are high-performance solutions ideal for multi-residential Rest assured (or dismayed, if you prefer) that the Communications Committee, the COVER IMAGE SHUTTERSTOCK buildings. Fully adaptable to your design and load specifications, these fire-resistant editor and the Editorial Committee are not going to be simply riding off into the IMAGE OF A MAN SITTING composite systems designed by Canam deliver outstanding soundproofing performance ON A LAKE PIER AT SUNSET. figurative sunset. New adventures are planned. Sunset is always followed by a sunrise. z PHOTO NELEPL and boast a space-freeing span capacity of up to 43 feet. Hambro is optimized to facilitate mechanical system installation and reduce construction time and costs.

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The Storytelling Tradition of Architects

I AM HONOURED TO HAVE been of the symphony and the visionary to the fullest understanding of how elected by OAA Council as the 2017 designers. Architecture is the tangible architecture lifts the human spirit. President of the Ontario Association manifestation of our cultural identity, I want to congratulate and thank of Architects. and without architects, there is no the many Perspectives contributors This is a pivotal time architecture – only building. listed in this issue – and those that for our profession and Speaking of tangible things, as may have been overlooked – for there is much work to be I write these words for my first their dedication and passion for done to articulate and President’s Message, I am keenly aware architecture. I look forward to defend the value that that this will be my last opportunity continuing to read their stories in architects bring to the to do so in OAA Perspectives. This formats to come, as I am certain that people who live, work and final issue is a celebration of the rich they will continue to write them. play in the environments history of Perspectives and a testimony This final issue of OAA Perspectives that we help to realize. to the dedication and passion of is a celebration of many years We continue to struggle those who have helped to produce it of excellence in writing about with new project delivery for the past 30 years. It is no doubt architecture. The stories it has models, downward pressure unsettling that OAA Council has told have connected readers to the on fees, challenging decided to sunset this print/digital emotional substance of what we RFP and contract terms, magazine as we reimagine how and do as well as how and why we do the insertion of project what the journal communicates – and it. Architecture matters, and the managers into the to whom. This is not surprising. As need to tell that to the broadest important client-architect you read and enjoy the many personal possible audience has never been relationship and the messages contained within this issue, more compelling. JOHN K. STEPHENSON, increasing specialization you may come to appreciate that As I look forward, I have no ARCHITECT OAA, MRAIC PRESIDENT of the broad range of this change is challenging for some doubt that print will continue technical skills that go into and saddening for others who see as a component of the OAA’s making architecture. Add to this, much it as regrettable. You may also see communication strategy. After all, greater public pressure for excellence that for many it can also represent what architects do through the design in the work we do, and it becomes an opportunity to introduce fresh, of buildings is to make the ephemeral clear that it is extremely important new, contemporary approaches to real! We deal in the tangible realm – for us to advocate forcefully that the communication that address the the materiality of “bricks and mortar”. public interest is best served by a future of our profession. These various In the world of ideas, print is the strong architectural profession. perspectives are all real and true. tangible, material and long-lasting In order to achieve a built world On a personal level, it has become realization of thoughts and ideas in that is safe and healthy, performs at very clear to me that, regardless of the form of words and images on the the highest level and lifts the human the tool, the storytelling tradition of page. There is no better medium for spirit, it is critical to maintain the architects (and others) writing about expressing what is important about central role of architects, as the architecture deserves to be celebrated the work we do as architects and the coordinating professionals, conductors and continued. This is how we come way we do it. z

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BY GORDON S. GRICE OAA, FRAIC

“I hang around architects mostly – people that wanna make things as dope as possible.” – Kanye West speaking to Zane Lowe of BBC News Radio, found on www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01h0cmy, retrieved 14 January 2017

think that’s pretty much how we feel too. Being part of PHASE 3. 1996: Perspectives second glossy magazine version, edited Perspectives, getting to know a lot of architects and listening by Luigi Ferrara; published by Omnicom Publishing, 3 times to their ideas and concerns has only confirmed our faith in just per year. how dope architects actually are. Our goal over the years has PHASE 4. 1996–1998: Perspectives now officially a quarterly, edited by been to keep pointing this out to our readers. For us, “architect” Gordon S. Grice, published by Omnicom, 4 times per year. Iisn’t what you do, it’s what you are. Sometimes architects themselves PHASE 5. 1999–2006: Perspectives quarterly journal published by need to be reminded of this. Canadian Association Press; new cover graphics introduced So what does it actually mean to call yourself an architect? That in 2000. is the question that we have been attempting to answer from the PHASE 6. 2006–2011: Perspectives quarterly journal published by moment we embarked on this adventure. Thirty years and 105 issues Naylor (Canada) Incorporated. later, we still haven’t quite pinned it down, but we have covered a lot PHASE 7. 2011–2017: Final phase, name changed to OAA Perspectives, of territory and uncovered a lot of fascinating pieces to the puzzle. to distinguish it from the dozens of other publications also called Perspectives; same editor, same publisher. Looking over the contents of the past many issues, one might sometimes wonder whether Architectural Digressions wouldn’t be In the autumn of 1996, the OAA, at the urging of Phyllis Clasby, took a good name for our journal. After all, in our striving to explore a huge flyer by hiring a fledgling editor with only two years of editing and understand the nature of architectural practice in the 1990s, experience. The new editor’s task was to re-imagine the existing it has been necessary to look fairly far afield. But architecture has journal as a quarterly, with some sort of content that would “inform and always encompassed many skills and disciplines; it’s only recently entertain” the membership. There was an editorial committee (one of that architects practising in specialized niches have been able to whose members, defying all OAA protocol, is still a member), a meeting maintain an architectural identity. room, a schedule, a helpful OAA staff and sandwiches, eight times a year. – “In this issue” Perspectives, Winter 1998 For the new editor, it was a challenge of the best and purest kind: utterly terrifying. AN EXTREMELY BRIEF Well, it worked out okay. Over the intervening 20½ years, your editor PERSPECTIVES HISTORY: has managed to plump up his résumé by editing more than 30 books. It seems that our journal, like our profession, keeps evolving. Here But unquestionably, Perspectives was the first and often only priority. is a stripped-bare chronology of the twisty path our publication Many of my activities – the books and periodicals I read, the movies and has followed. TV shows I watch – even the people I know – are a direct result of my PHASE 1. 1987–1992: Perspectives tabloid version, edited by Jamie work as Perspectives editor. This has never been a job to take casually, Wright (issue 1), Alina Payne (issues 2–4), Karen Black (issues and so walking away from it will not be an easy task. 5–7), Paul Lebel (issues 8–13); published by OAA, 1–4 times There have been many, many memorable moments. per year. There was the time the airline lost my computer containing the text PHASE 2. 1992–1995: Perspectives first glossy magazine version, edited for an entire magazine. I had been smart enough to back it up on a by Luigi Ferrara; published by PG Publishing, 2–4 times USB. They lost that too. Then there were the many times that architects per year approached me and informed me that Perspectives was the only

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architectural magazine they ever read. One afternoon, I received a 4 Ugly Buildings – I know, we already covered that (Fall 2012), but phone call from the hospital bed of an elderly architect who wanted to you can’t really overdo it. Never mind, Ian and I are doing a ConEd discuss a few Perspectives issues with me. He was a kind, generous and session “Why Aren’t All Buildings Beautiful” in Ottawa in May. We extraordinary man and it was the last conversation I ever had with him. can talk about it then. I remember amazing conversations with Ed Burtynsky, Mark Kingwell, 5 Fascist Architecture Lives – You don’t have to go to Cuba or John Fraser, Veronica Tennant, Jeanne Beker, Evan Solomon and Ben Beijing. Just pick an Ontario subdivision. Monster Houses have Mulroney. In the case of those last three, I also heard them read from a emerged from the Black Lagoon and architects may be powerless script that made the words I had written sound as though they might to stop them. actually mean something. Those were humbling experiences. 6 Architects and Their Weddings – Not as thin a topic as you might Then there were the small things: enjoying the look, smell and feel imagine. And what a great cover we would have! We could of 80 fresh issues of the journal; getting together with a committee of probably even sell copies on the newsstands. like-minded people and discussing the profession for a half-day, every 7 Ancient Architects – it turns out that some of the writers of our six weeks for 20 ½ years (that’s 164 incredible meetings); proving time last Vintage Architects feature (Spring 2004) are now vintage after time that architects really are good writers; learning how to use themselves. How do you think they feel about that? words like “comprise,” “ironic,” “enervate” and “criterion” correctly and realizing that no one actually cares. Of course, we had some harder-hitting ideas in the can too, such as: But the most important moments of all have been the many times 8 A series of Regional features – a concerted look at what concerns I got to meet and trade ideas with other architects and architecturally our local architectural societies. inclined people – at conferences, OAA occasions, cocktail parties and 9 Is Good Design Always Good Business? We continually say that on the street. May they never cease. it is, but it sometimes seems that the two are at odds. There are Among my few regrets are the many intriguing topics never found plenty of examples. their way onto the pages of the journal, such as: 10 Architectural Leadership – Within the profession and beyond it, 1 Shelter Porn – those TV programs that make architecture and architects have taken up the leadership challenge. More should interior design look like something that any idiot can do. It’s do so. We have the skills and the knowledge. time someone called them to task. I have a file. 11 The Architectural Ideas of Non-Architects – originally prompted 2 The Architecture of Futility – We never really planned to run by the passing of Jane Jacobs, but a rich topic at any time. this issue, even though we all loved the title, but every once in Since this is the last time I will be recording my thoughts for the a while, when one of our committee members was especially benefit of the membership, I would like to say what an enormous despondent about a project, a client, a supplier, a contractor, we privilege and pleasure it has been to work with so many of you would discuss it for a while and everyone would feel better. and to share so many ideas. There has never been a moment that 3 Architecture and Dance – Dancers and architects both study I have regretted choosing architecture as a career and, since my human movement in space. A couple of us are closely related to architectural editing career is only 25 years old, I am eager to press on dancers. Some of our best friends are/were dancers. to new challenges. The new editor’s task was to re-imagine the existing journal as a quarterly, with some sort of content that would “inform and entertain” the membership. There was an editorial committee...a meeting room, a schedule, a helpful OAA staff and sandwiches, eight times a year.

www.oaa.on.ca OAA PERSPECTIVES | SPRING13 2017 The first step in designing my office was to find a site surrounded by urban activity. The next step was to locate my space within the site to take advantage of all that came with the connection – just like finding very good stadium seats – where I could feel within and surrounded by the events of life. Bill Birdsell “Office in the stream,” WORKSPACE/WORKPLACES, Spring 2010

BILL BIRDSELL’S OFFICE, WITH OLYMPIC TORCH PASSING BY. PHOTO BILL BIRDSELL.

14OAA PERSPECTIVES | SPRING 2017 PHOTO BILL BIRDSELL. www.oaa.on.ca OAA PERSPECTIVES | SPRING15 2017 OUR READERS AND WRITERS REPORT For this final feature of our journal we asked supporters, committee members and contributors to describe briefly what difference the journal had made to them.

JAMES WRIGHT OAA PAST PRESIDENT, I don’t think anyone involved then could have imagined FIRST PERSPECTIVES EDITOR, ARCHITECT, TORONTO the unique journal that Perspectives has evolved into.

I remember enthusiastically writing the President’s Message in the The following is the text of Jamie Wright’s Introduction to the very first very first issue of Perspectives, 30 years ago, and saying that it was issue of Perspectives: intended to encourage better communications between members of the association. PRESIDENT’S REPORT, VOL. 1, NO. 1, JULY, 1987 At the time, Perspectives was intended as a response to the I am pleased to have the opportunity of writing my first report to perception that the association was concerned only with regulatory you in our initial issue of Perspectives. One of our prime objectives matters. So during the same period, the OAA sponsored a Design with this new format for our newsletter is to provide a forum for the Charrette on the future of the Gardiner Expressway at the annual members. We will publish a selection of letters, and articles written convention and initiated our own liability insurance plan to ensure by members, and I invite those who have an interest in contributing, that architects could obtain insurance at a reasonable premium. to write to Phyllis Clasby who will co-ordinate the publication until I don’t think anyone involved then could have imagined the a permanent editor is found. The next issue is scheduled for the Fall, unique journal that Perspectives has evolved into. following which Perspectives will be published quarterly. To my knowledge, there is no other publication sponsored by an architectural association, written by architects, for architects Perspectives gives effect to Council’s stated intention to encourage about affairs that directly concern architects and that has been better communications between the members of the Association. consistently issued for this length of time. We want to demonstrate the excellence of our members and we A great deal of the credit for Perspectives’ success is, of course, invite your participation and your suggestions for improvements due in no small part to the editor, having assumed editorship early in Perspectives. on and personally championing the journal ever since, with an equally dedicated editorial committee. Our members will always be the prime focus of Perspectives; their We all know that succession in architectural practice is interests and concerns, as practitioners and as individuals, must be notoriously challenging, so as OAA Perspectives transitions into our first consideration. some new form, to engage a new generation of architects, let’s hope that it can maintain its unique role in giving voice to those of However, we have a second objective for Perspectives. News about us who love the profession we chose to pursue and allowing us to our members and their activities is of interest to non-members communicate with each other and the world beyond. associated with or related to the profession, such as developers, politicians, planners, regulators, real estate practitioners and other design groups. We intend to gradually broaden our circulation to include these groups.

It took another 10 years to produce a quarterly journal and, over 30 years, the size of the readership and the magazine has continued to expand. – Ed.

16OAA PERSPECTIVES | SPRING 2017 It boggles my mind that every quarter, though I’ve been PHYLLIS CLASBY away from the OAA now for 20 years, I open each issue of HONORARY MEMBER, PICTON Perspectives with anticipation and read it cover to cover.

Every time I close the last page of Perspectives I say to myself – I smell of the ink. (I still read and buy real books with printed pages.) must write the committee and Gordon and tell them what a I also want to mention two other issues that gave me particular marvellous issue that was – and I never get round to it. Well, today pleasure – “The Space of Music”, Fall 2015, and “Architectural I finally am. Fiction”, Spring 2016. Those were both stunning and memorable The Winter 16/17 issue has to be the best ever. Each article was a and keepers. Occasionally there will be an article that’s more thoroughly good read but two I must mention. technical than I can comprehend but not often. You’re all doing Jamie Kwan has helped a 79-year-old woman understand a marvellous job of keeping architecture in the public eye. Please Millennials just a little better. The thing is, if we had been talking continue to keep me in the loop. I like that I still recognize the face to face, I would have picked up every fifth word maybe; they names of so many of the contributors and the committee. all talk at warp speed and it flows right over my head. Reading his thoughts was so much more understandable and satisfying. Thank Phyllis Clasby was Director of Communications for the OAA until you, Jamie. her retirement in 1997. In this capacity, she guided the OAA Public And Ian Ellingham’s dive into the future – an interesting Information Committee, and championed the idea of an OAA journal perspective (sic) that I won’t live to see! as early as 1982. She was responsible for hiring and inspiring all six It boggles my mind that every quarter, though I’ve been away Perspectives editors. – Ed. from the OAA now for 20 years, I open each issue of Perspectives with anticipation and read it cover to cover – even the ads! I hope last year’s survey does not mean there are moves to go strictly high tech. I dislike the computer enough that I would not read the magazine again and I would miss the feel of it in my hands and the

SCOTT A. What is quite remarkable about OAA Perspectives is the LUKAS perspective that it has offered its readers – critical yet PH.D., LAKE TAHOE, CALIFORNIA accessible, creative, and experimental in many senses.

I have enjoyed the work that has been represented in OAA quite remarkable about OAA Perspectives is the perspective that Perspectives, The journal of the Ontario Association of Architects. In it has offered its readers – critical yet accessible, creative, and my view, the journal has been a creative source of insight in regards experimental in many senses. The journal has also represented an to architecture, popular culture, and material culture analysis. As opportunity to bring together scholars, writers, and researchers an author, I have had the opportunity to contribute OAA articles from many disciplines, not just architecture. Most notable in this on topics that included architecture and entertainment, world’s sense was the Winter 2015 edition that focused on thresholds. fairs, and thresholds and immersive spaces. Working on these The design of the journal has also been outstanding and I have articles was especially enlightening for me as the writing allowed enjoyed sharing the beautiful articles (and their layouts) with many me to focus on new perspectives in architecture and popular colleagues on social media and on sites like Academia.edu. I am culture. The publications also allowed me to showcase some of the optimistic that the journal will continue to be published in some ethnographic research photography that accompanied my writing. form. There is really nothing like OAA Perspectives and it will be a These articles also provided an opportunity to develop critical and great loss when publication ceases. theoretical approaches in concise and accessible senses. What is www.oaa.on.ca OAA PERSPECTIVES | SPRING17 2017 A BUILDING ON EASTERN AVENUE, TORONTO. PHOTO LUCIAN NAN.

18OAA PERSPECTIVES | SPRING 2017 PRE-RENOVATION. PHOTO DEBBIE FRIESEN.

While the conventional wisdom seems to be that a storefront is of little use to an architect because architectural commissions do not just walk in off the street, in fact they have done just that. Almost all of my clients so far have been “walk-ins.” Debbie Friesen “There Goes the Neighbourhood,” WORKSPACE/WORKPLACES, Spring 2010

Architects are often criticized for creating ugly buildings, but there are few people, including architects, who would consciously undertake to build something ugly. So why are such comments made? Ian Ellingham “Looking For Ugly,” WHY ARE (SOME) BUILDINGS SO UGLY? Fall 2012

UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI, TAKEN 22.05.2008, CINCINNATI, USA. © BORMANG2. COURTESY WIKIMEDIA COMMONS. www.oaa.on.ca OAA PERSPECTIVES | SPRING19 2017 JEROME Also, I will miss the hand sketches, personal MARKSON and touching anecdotes, the frustrations and ARCHITECT, TORONTO successes confessed.

You ask if I will miss our thoughtful, rare, and precious journal, Who amongst us finds humour in architectural writing, that rare which binds us together. but necessary ingredient? Perspectives did – quoting reality, “Hair I will miss the open-mindedness of the editor and his committee, Architect,” and so many others in a never-ending and growing list. those architects who dare to open their hearts, minds, and And those lists of strange and funny architect-as-hero movies! experience in writing relatively free of B.S. and erudition. Anyway, may I say: We have to take our work seriously, but I will miss being reminded that all of us have similar problems, not ourselves. doubts and inhibitions. Also, I will miss the hand sketches, personal and touching anecdotes, the frustrations and successes confessed.

PETER Certainly I appreciate all you have done over many ORTVED years to put out a quality publication. Well done ARCHITECT, TORONTO and many thanks to you and the rest of the team.

Well, I guess it is not too surprising to hear the news about your Perspectives group are well positioned to take the lead on the cancellation. The print media in general, and magazines in producing that entity. particular, are having a very tough time and we are evidently Certainly I appreciate all you have done over many years to put at the end of a watershed. I would think that some kind of out a quality publication. Well done and many thanks to you and the digital publication would be a logical step. I also think that rest of the team.

BILL I came to appreciate how important it is for us to see CROMPTON each other, not as starchitects, but as regular folks, ARCHITECT, OTTAWA working hard to do our best for the profession.

I am saddened to learn the publication of OAA Perspectives will end Gordon and the editorial board have worked hard over the years to after 30 years in publication. Gordon Grice has been a superb and produce a self-sufficient, well-produced publication, evidenced by the patient mentor to anyone who has made a contribution, if his struggles quantity and quality of writing, quality of production and quality of with me were any indication. I recall numerous rewrites for an article advertising. The writing is superb and the editorial control transcends on the joys of planning one’s own house at his guidance (which – that of any trade magazine. I can only imagine how like herding cats ahem – pointed out the need for further education on my part). it has been for the Committee to get articles written on time and That issue in particular opened my eyes to the wit, thoughtfulness materials submitted for each printing. and insight exemplified by our members. I came to appreciate how Perspectives is an excellent publication, with high production values, important it is for us to see each other, not as starchitects, but as regular does not cost the membership and provides a much-appreciated folks, working hard to do our best for the profession. In reflecting the platform for discussion of matters related to and beyond architecture. character of our membership, it has been of much greater value and I am sure my voice is not alone: it will be a great loss to us and reassurance than any other professional publication. sadly missed.

20OAA PERSPECTIVES | SPRING 2017 DEBBIE FRIESEN For me, Perspectives is ARCHITECT, TORONTO the so-what of the OAA.

“This will be out of the comfort zone of almost everyone attending, for the graphic fiction stream of the workshop, and, it meant I had so we promise to be gentle,” replied OAA Perspectives editor Gordon to remember my partner’s story. But the point of this soon became Grice, referring to the invitation to the Architectural Flash Fiction apparent. Thankfully, it was not to show our drawings to anyone else. workshop he had organized. The point was to capture the essence of the story, and the next step “OK, I’m in.” Thus was launched my career as a flash fiction writer. in the exercise was the kicker. We were to draw an arrow pointing to Well, not a career, exactly. In fact, I haven’t written any more the “so what” moment in the illustrated story. fiction, flash or otherwise, since the OAA Perspectives Architectural The so-what moment might best be described as the piece of Flash Fiction Issue was published in the spring of 2016. But I will. Or the story that lifts it out of ordinary experience and points out what I may. Even if I don’t, the experience has enriched my life and my makes it unique. appreciation of the story-telling aspect of architecture, in ways I can’t Of course, we hadn’t realized that each of our stories had a begin to describe – you really had to be there – but I’ll try anyway. so-what moment. The graphic illustration made it so easy to see. This So it came to pass that on a rainy weekend in September, 2015, is what makes a narrative a story – the point of it all. I got it. Writing fifteen-or-so kindred souls, not knowing quite what to expect, my own stories wasn’t easy, but this lesson let me see how it could gathered in a small studio in the lovely Gairloch Gardens in Oakville, be done and gave me the courage and the impetus to try. to learn about writing flash fiction, under the tutelage of Professor I see now that it’s true of a building as well; the so-what is what Rebecca Damron. I’ve forgotten the exact order of events; there makes it architecture. Just as everything in a story is crafted to were definitions of “fiction,” “graphic fiction” and “flash fiction”; an support the so-what, so it is in architecture. I don’t think Rebecca overview of what makes good flash fiction; reading and discussion Damron, an English professor, expected to teach a bunch of of examples; but, like any workshop, it was in the participation that architects anything about architecture, but she did. the most learning happened. In the first participatory exercise, Since moving into public sector employment seven years ago, I no Rebecca asked us to pair up, and for each of us to tell our partners longer need the OAA to give me a Certificate of Practice. Registration about something that had happened to us recently. So we didn’t with the OAA, while an asset in my job, is not a requirement. I (yet) have to make up a story on the spot, which was a relief. Then maintain a licence, because it provides me with credibility and with she asked us to draw a series of panels illustrating our partner’s story. valuable information to carry out my work. But for me, Perspectives is Well, this was intimidating – I was pretty sure I had not signed up the so-what of the OAA.

ERROL PATRICK HUGH Perspectives has been ARCHITECT, PICKERING the OAA’s voice in the world.

Eighteen months ago, I returned to Toronto after living and working With the loss of OAA Perspective, Ontario’s architecture community in Hong Kong for more than 22 years. I found the architectural loses a unique professional voice. Perspectives not only highlighted differences between the two cities diverse and provocative to say Ontario’s architectural style, but gave the North American the least – Hong Kong’s high-rise high-density, unique in itself, community, and perhaps the world, visions of how to build and versus Toronto’s extensive urban design lifestyle. Love them or hate harmonize in fluctuating climatic changes, year after year. From them, the experience of both city cultures are invigorating and design excellence and far beyond climatic technological skills unforgettable for me. and adaptability, our architectural visions are illustrated through I can recall, during my times in Hong Kong, awaiting quarterly to Perspectives, with distinctions for all to see. To me, Perspectives has be updated on the architectural activities of the OAA, and to also been the OAA’s voice in the world. being informed on the architectural tempo of the North American architectural situation. www.oaa.on.ca OAA PERSPECTIVES | SPRING21 2017 Ron Thom was the sort of person about whom stories are told. Such stories travel widely, become embellished and perfected over time and eventually become oral lore… But, as we quickly concluded, the real Ron Thom story is the one that his buildings tell. It is remarkable, even incredible, that a building can so reveal the soul of an architect. I guess it’s something that we all strive for, but few of us achieve. Editorial, Remember Ron Thom, Fall 2013

MASSEY COLLEGE QUADRANGLE, TORONTO. PHOTO PERSPECTIVES.

22OAA PERSPECTIVES | SPRING 2017 As I write, I’m sitting across the creek from Frank Lloyd Wright’s Kaufman House, not far from where Ezra Stoller took his famous photograph. There are two or three dozen people in front of me, moving in slow waves, crowding themselves into the narrow clearing, all trying to get the same unobstructed “view”. Editor, “Views of Fallingwater,” FALLING WATER, PENNSYLVANIA. PHOTO PERSPECTIVES. Winter 2009

More importantly, it was David Craddock, President OAA who was the skipper of the vessel with which I had collided. As an intern at the time, this did not bode well for professional advancement. David, however, was a true gentlemen and quickly forgot about the whole affair (or so he lets me believe) even though he lost his glasses in the act. Gregory Reuter “Crash,” ARCHITECTS’ PASTIMES Winter 2013/14 www.oaa.on.ca OAA PERSPECTIVES | SPRING23 2017 TED WOOD I cherish my quiet breakfasts BOTELHO WOOD ARCHITECTS, HAMILTON, BERMUDA reading on the porch.

The termination of OAA Perspectives is regrettable. I cherish my quiet The quiet moments of real reading are a necessary respite from breakfasts reading on the porch. Glossy magazines are fine but you the desk, screen, smartphone and social media. We cherish our always have a glorious mix of humour and wisdom in Perspectives. architectural heritage. I think of Perspectives as a valued part of our OAA Perspectives is my lifeline to architecture in Canada and to the intellectual heritage. OAA in particular. The editorials and essays are always entertaining, insightful and informative. It is a unique and welcome architectural publication for an older (but still very active) overseas architect.

For me, OAA Perspectives has always been about making connections – not only with my peers in EVANGELO KALMANTIS the Big Smoke but also with my own experiences, ARCHITECT, WINDSOR as seen through a different lens.

Those of us that have been in practice long enough to remember Perspectives has been less about architecture and more about the abundance of opportunities for work in the ’80s will also architects and their views, personal experiences and insights. A remember the stark contrast with the ’90s. In 1990, after the real quick scan of the many titles from past issues on the OAA website estate bubble burst and the local economy spiralled downwards, I will attest to this. Perspectives has been both entertaining and moved to London, Ontario, where I was offered a promising future informative. It has raised more questions than it has answered. It in practice, but what had happened in Toronto soon happened has sought to make curious connections between architects (or there too. architecture) and seemingly random subjects such as food, music, In 1997, I decided to look for work in the U.S., which was movies, politics, and, of course, obsessions. experiencing considerable growth. I was fortunate to find work in Perspectives has drawn attention to the nuances of life as an Michigan, so I moved to Windsor from where I could commute daily. architect, especially outside of professional practice. Moreover, By the end of the decade, however, I began to feel disconnected it has probed into the experience of becoming an architect – as from my profession in Ontario and needed to find a way to a student and as an intern – thereby completing the circle of reconnect, so I applied for an opening on the Perspectives Editorial professional life. As a regular contributor, I have taken the bait of Committee. I was accepted with enthusiasm and became part of the a subject title on a few occasions to go down a thought path that group, where I served from 2000 till 2010. I would never have taken without being prompted, and written Perspectives has filled a unique void in the world of architectural about it from my own experiences. For this direction of focus, I publications by seeking to explore the personal experiences and give credit to the editor and the Committee. views of architects in Ontario and beyond. While we have many So, my response to the question of what the journal has resources at our disposal for upgrading our technical knowledge meant to me is this: for me, OAA Perspectives has always been and professional skills, Perspectives has offered a counterpoint about making connections – not only with my peers in the Big to our collective thinking by presenting articles that question Smoke but also with my own experiences, as seen through mainstream thought and challenge both the writer and the reader a different lens. It has given me insight into the experiential to have an honest introspective discourse. An example of such an tapestry of our membership and enriched my appreciation for experience for me occurred when I read the Spring 2006 issue of the obsessions that we architects have. I know that I will miss this Perspectives, which challenged my thinking on graffiti. At the time, worthy publication. I believed it was a subcultural expression of anarchy. We architects do not like seeing our buildings defaced, so this was a real challenge for me. The issue presented a compelling argument for some graffiti having its place as a form of urban art, which forever changed my view on this topic.

24OAA PERSPECTIVES | SPRING 2017 ALEX TEMPORALE It looks like I might have broken an OAA ARCHITECT, OAKVILLE rule. I might even have broken a record.

It looks like I might have broken an OAA rule. I might even have broken influenced by others, what interests architects have, what events mark a record. I was recently reminded that I have been a member of the their lives and what it really means to be an architect. Perspectives Editorial Committee for 21 years. That’s a lot longer than The next obvious question is: Why did I stay? I stayed because, around the more common three-year term. the Committee table, there was always a wide-ranging free-flowing I can’t say exactly how the Association’s searchlight missed picking thought-provoking discussion. It was such a pleasure not to discuss me out and ejecting me from the Committee – I certainly wasn’t projects, problems and promotions. And over my 21 years, the roster of hiding. Perhaps it was because past chairs, editors and the Association journal contributors and Committee members changed frequently. I was thought that the onerous task of soliciting articles and encouraging the only constant. I really liked the fact that each issue was an opportunity new contributors – Perspectives is dependent on the contributions of to start from square one. Years passed and each year brought with it architects and others – might be eased by keeping as many hands on novel ideas and different challenges. As a result, the process was never deck as possible. Or perhaps it was the fact that when an operation repetitive or boring. Personally, the challenge of writing something that like Perspectives runs smoothly with little expense or aggravation, the might be considered by my peers and the readership to be worthy of composition of the Committee becomes irrelevant. Nonetheless, my inclusion was always daunting, but immensely rewarding. extended presence eventually created a unique role for me among the In an association of creative professionals like ours, I believe that the young professionals. I became the senior guy who was keenly aware act of expressing yourself through writing is a valuable exercise. It can of both the evolution and history of the magazine and the practice force you to slow down, take a different perspective on architecture of architecture. and contemplate relationships that you may have never seriously Why did I join in the first place? I became involved with the Committee considered before. the same way I entered the faculty of architecture: naïve and idealistic, The wonderful thing about Perspectives was that I was able to work with limited writing skills and a lack of knowledge of what was to come. with other like-minded people and discuss architecture in a forum My original goals were to see the OAA communicate better with its that bore little relationship to the daily reality of practice. It was members and to give the members greater opportunities to contribute to refreshing and stimulating, not to mention that lunch was provided. As the architectural discussion. in the practice of architecture, there was always an overarching sense Soon after I joined, I became aware that the magazine had been slowly that from the efforts of many, a tangible result was provided for our evolving into something unique and unusual. Acknowledging that there community to read and enjoy. Responses from the membership lead were many other publications devoted to projects and technical issues of me be believe that several issues truly resonated with readers and that, construction, and that the OAA Bulletins adequately informed members overall, members understood what the magazine stood for. about legal and technical developments, Perspectives, instead, began As OAA Perspectives comes to a close, so do my 21 years on the looking at architecture in a much broader sense. It delved into how others Committee. It’s happened without my notice; I was enjoying the view or are impacted by architecture, how architecture is shaped and experience too much.

LIZA MEDEK Truth be told, it is the only journal that ARCHITECT, OTTAWA I look forward to reading.

For the past 30 years, Perspectives has been a journal appreciated by So, besides down-to-earth, I would also describe Perspectives the public at large, as well as the profession. If you ask why, I would as beguiling, provocative, lucid, charming, clear, straightforward, say that it’s because of its down-to-earth narrative that makes it so understandable, imaginative, and often humorous. Never pretentious pleasurable to read. In itself, this is not novel, but in an architectural or patronizing. journal, it is refreshing. Truth be told, it is the only journal that I look forward to reading. To In the most recent issue, we learned that the much-loved Pencil be immersed in its stories is what I relish. Not always knowing whether Points, [an architectural journal published from 1920 to 1942] included a story is truth or fiction is another delight, at least for me. personal accounts of architectural life – often lighthearted and ironic, Will I be the only one that will miss Perspectives? I think not. providing a degree of inspiration for OAA Perspectives. www.oaa.on.ca OAA PERSPECTIVES | SPRING25 2017 SEAN LAWRENCE (THIRD FROM RIGHT) WITH REAL ARCHITECTURAL CORBUSIER- INSPIRED GLASSES, FLANKED BY HARRY KOHN AND OTHER MEMBERS OF THE KOHN ARCHITECTS OFFICE WEARING FAKES. PHOTO KOHN ARCHITECTS. PERSPECTIVES, FALL 2005

Take architects, for example. An extraordinary attention to the tiniest details of materials, construction methods and space planning, is pretty much what we get paid for…But does our obsessiveness sometimes go a little too far? Editor, OBSESSIONS, Fall 2005

26OAA PERSPECTIVES | SPRING 2017 KATE BECKINSALE, ADAM SANDLER AND DAVID HASSELHOFF IN SAN SEBASTIÁN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, 26 SEPTEMBER, 2005. PHOTO MARIO ANTONIO PENA ZAPATERÍA, WIKIMEDIA COMMONS

More movie-goers will have learned about architects from having seen Click than have ever worked with an actual architect. Last summer, this blockbuster about a “workaholic architect” earned 136 million GARY COOPER IN FILM TRAILER FOR THE FOUNTAINHEAD, 1949 dollars. Star Adam Sandler earned a YOUTUBE (SCREENSHOT). WARNER BROS. WIKIMEDIA COMMONS reported twenty-five million dollars for his role, which is more than the In all our movies, the architectural total lifetime earnings of a dozen hero is a romantic hero, whose actual architects. ultimate challenge is to redeem a Footnote, ARCHITECTS IN THE MOVIES, relationship. The movie’s message is Winter 2007 that maintaining human connections is much more valuable than accomplishing flimsy professional goals. Architecture, it would seem, is simple. Love is difficult. Editor, “The Architect As Mr. (Or Miss) Right,” ARCHITECTS IN THE MOVIES, Winter 2007 www.oaa.on.ca OAA PERSPECTIVES | SPRING27 2017 Our world can always benefit JOE from a publication that provides a platform LOBKO for a broad diversity of local opinion and perspective ARCHITECT, TORONTO on the evolving architectural culture of our region.

In the face of the ever-increasing and not always beneficial influence Architects seek to contribute towards the making of great places, of global media and communications, our world can always benefit and all that this entails. That goal can be substantially aided by an from a publication that provides a platform for a broad diversity of architectural culture that supports active dialogue and exchange, local opinion and perspective on the evolving architectural culture of which educates and inspires us to action. I wish the Perspectives crew our region. My sincere thanks to the OAA Perspectives crew, supported and the OAA all the best in their efforts to reinvent the publication to by the OAA, who have been doing that effectively for many years now. do just that.

Over my tenure as OAA Perspectives editorial committee STEPHEN member and contributor I have been, and remain, proud of POPE the work Perspectives has done to publicly present the values ARCHITECT, OTTAWA of Ontario’s architects, and architectural culture.

As a recently licensed architect in 1993, I shared the antipathies of of architecture. The diversity of practice experience and interests my generation towards the OAA. When the first issue of a renewed among the volunteers and contributors strongly supported the idea Perspectives: The Journal of the Ontario Association of Architects of architectural culture beyond individual examples of architecture. arrived in my mailbox, I thought it was the best thing I’d seen Volunteering also exposed me to the politics of a self-regulating the OAA do. Representing architecture as a culture rather than a profession. Somehow, Perspectives was regularly “at risk”. Naïvely self-regulating profession felt very important at a time when the thinking that a commitment to flying in volunteers from outside the prospects for architectural work were thin. Already a volunteer writer Toronto area was an indication of commitment to the publication, for the RAIC Update, I decided to volunteer with the Perspectives I accepted the position of Editorial Committee Chair shortly after Editorial Committee. joining the committee, holding the position for over 10 years. Joining an OAA committee exposed me to a wealth of dedicated, Over my tenure as OAA Perspectives editorial committee member hardworking and smart OAA staff, and other equally dedicated and contributor I have been, and remain, proud of the work and smart volunteers from across all architectural practice types. Perspectives has done to publicly present the values of Ontario’s Conversations typically surrounded communicating the potential architects, and architectural culture.

Its openness to new ideas and its role as an outlet for a LES broad spectrum of contributors, combined with careful KLEIN curation by its creators, ensured that every issue held ARCHITECT, TORONTO both affirmation and challenge.

Perspectives has, for me, been one of those periodicals whose arrival careful curation by its creators, ensured that every issue held both I have always anticipated with pleasure. Its theme-based approach, affirmation and challenge. Neither a monograph nor journalistic fluff, which eschewed both parochial advocacy and academic polemics, has Perspectives has offered us an oasis of ideas and insights that will now served as a refreshing reminder of the innate pleasure of architecture find it hard to find a home – it will be missed by those of us who still as both a calling and a profession. Its openness to new ideas and its revel in the “long form” of thoughtful communication in more than role as an outlet for a broad spectrum of contributors, combined with 140 characters.

28OAA PERSPECTIVES | SPRING 2017 The character of Perspectives meetings has almost IAN always been one of optimism: that architecture is ELLINGHAM meaningful if complex, and that architects can ARCHITECT, ST. CATHARINES improve our built environment.

Over the years, the many participant members of the Perspectives that the committee has been a marketplace of ideas, with possible Committee have been privy to something that is unusual in magazine topics frequently brought forward, given detailed architectural circles: discussion about the fundamentals of consideration, and either advanced, or returned to a long list of architecture and being an architect. Frequently, the meetings have enduring possibilities. This is in distinct contrast to the way most become protracted and have wandered down seldom-explored business meetings occur, which as we know, can sacrifice creativity avenues, but, remarkably, and perhaps surprisingly, have always and the exploration of possibilities on the altar of expediency, returned to the serious business of producing a meaningful and short-term profit, group dynamics, and the use of power. engaging publication on schedule. There is a myriad of factors, well-documented in the This process of open, collective, and wide-ranging discussion management and psychology literature, that can undermine is sadly lacking in many areas of modern endeavour, which productivity and good decision-making. Creativity is fragile, but it often tend to focus only on what can easily be defined as strictly often appears groups of people can engage in open, unpressured, functional. Yet what is “functional” is not always obvious, and and non-hierarchical discussions about possibilities. We sometimes there are deep and complex connections that go into the meaning forget that progress –economic and otherwise – is usually driven of what it is to be human, and, in the case of architects, how our by creative ideas, and we need to ensure that we have contexts species relates to the built environment. in which they can emerge. What I have enjoyed most about my I find many discussions with architects disappear into the involvement with the Perspectives Editorial Committee has been world of fees, insurance, client procurement methods, planning the contact with many intriguing and insightful individuals, and building code matters, and OAA regulation. In contrast, the who have been committed to increasing the quality of the character of Perspectives meetings has almost always been one built environment. of optimism: that architecture is meaningful if complex, and that architects can improve our built environment. The result has been

The Ontario Places feature shows that even ordinary ERNEST structures with the right context can be seen as HODGSON special. Not starchitect special, but precious and ARCHITECT, TORONTO noteworthy all the same.

I am disappointed that the OAA is discontinuing OAA Perspectives. has always dealt with the real program of architecture – how I have always looked forward to its arrival and have read it cover buildings are used. How we live, work and play in buildings. So to cover. there have been articles about food, entertainment and education. Like a lot of English words, perspectives has more than one How Canadian was the issue on Winter Architecture! meaning. One’s perspective is a particular attitude, point of view No other magazine would elaborate on how architects and the or interpretation – this is how we think about the world around us. profession are perceived by the public, as in discussions about how How we think about architecture. Perspectives has changed the way architects are portrayed in movies and in books. I look at buildings and at the urban world. The Ontario Places feature shows that even ordinary structures A perspective is also a drawing that portrays a three- with the right context can be seen as special. Not starchitect dimensional building in a more two-dimensional way, so that a special, but precious and noteworthy all the same. design can be studied and interpreted. This is what designers do What other magazine would have a section entitled every day. Perspectives magazine has showcased drawings of all “Digressions” that could deal with any other related topics? sorts and subjects. This is what makes Perspectives special and why I am surprised Perspectives magazine is a unique architectural publication that that the OAA would not want to continue to embrace these ways of embraces both these definitions. Other publications deal with thinking about architecture. awards and the latest shape and colour of buildings. Perspectives www.oaa.on.ca OAA PERSPECTIVES | SPRING29 2017 A NATURE TRAIL IN TASMANIA: A JOURNEY OF 1,000 MILES BEGINS WITH A SINGLE STEP. PHOTO PERSPECTIVES.

30OAA PERSPECTIVES | SPRING 2017 UNDATED PHOTO. L TO R: JEROME MARKSON, ERNIE HODGSON AND RONJI BOROOAH. PHOTO COURTESY ERNIE HODGSON.

Groucho Marx once said, “I don’t care to belong to a club that accepts people like me as members.” I am a small town, northern boy who all his life wanted to belong to the Architects’ Club. My mother would say that Most architects can dash this was because she encouraged off a reasonably elegant my drawing skills. My dad might proposal or a building say it was because I helped him profile, but baring the build the family cottage in the soul requires more than 1960s. Personally, I think it was skill. It requires real because of those Lincoln Logs I courage. It began to dawn got for Christmas in 1954. on us that the very act of writing an odyssey Ernie Hodgson, “My 25 Years With Jerome Markson,” ODYSSEYS, Fall 2009 constituted a sort of odyssey in itself. Introduction, ODYSSEYS, Fall 2009 www.oaa.on.ca OAA PERSPECTIVES | SPRING31 2017 BILL I’ve often heard it said that architects can’t write, BIRDSELL however, the magazine seems to have drawn out and OAA, FRAIC, OAA PAST PRESIDENT, GUELPH, ONTARIO given a voice to the untapped talent of the profession.

One of the wonderful things about writing is that there are so many experiences, connect to resources and events and build a writing different ways of doing it. While there are certainly elements that community specific to the profession. Nourishing the individual unify all types of writing, sitting down to write creative nonfiction spirit is integral to the professional experience. is different than writing a fact-based article, a piece of fiction or We live in a quantitative age. So much is measurable in our a President’s Message. I’ve gotten to write in all of those styles multi-media environment. Hits and views come in large numbers during my time with OAA Perspectives. as opposed to the smaller digital footprint of print medium. Those As a reader of the magazine, I enjoy the fact that it goes beyond numbers are just fleeting glimpses of a deluge of ethereal data the typical association periodical. In the early days of the magazine, that surrounds all of us. All that communication is sometimes it did provide the staples of OAA information about membership stimulating, but often it is just exhausting. Perhaps that is just me. and practice, but OAA information and communication has I’ve heard it said that advertisers see a periodical as successful if now moved onto the website, allowing the periodical to evolve it can hold your attention for 15 minutes, an eternity in the digital into a dialogue expressing the interests and human passions of age, but an area where Perspectives has been very successful. architects. Each issue has posed a question to the readership, and Judging by the growth in size of the journal, advertisers are a response was always forthcoming – and not just by architects flocking to its strength and quality. It’s a magazine of depth that I and interns, but by those closely connected to architects, set aside when it lands in my mail box until I can sit with it and give including family members. This invitation to participate made for it its due: a quiet, chosen time in which I take refuge. a powerful combination that freed up potential from all corners of The magazine has spanned 30 years, and 25 of those years the profession. became the subject of a highly regarded coffee table book that As a member of the Editorial Committee, I’ve also been invited can be sampled for its writing and graphic design or read all the to read other writers’ work and engage in thoughtful dialogue in way through. As President, I gave many copies to worthy people support of that writing. This made for a very fertile environment and have gotten back many letters of thanks touting the unique to nurture budding writers. I’ve often heard it said that architects accomplishment of the book and, as a result, the magazine. These can’t write, however, the magazine seems to have drawn out and letters came from across Canada and around the world. given a voice to the untapped talent of the profession. The editorial The strength of printed text lies in its ability to transcend time committee is one of the most diverse within the OAA. It is a balance and boundaries. I guess I should acknowledge and take comfort in of interns, new architects and seasoned veterans. The contributors the fact that all of the issues of the magazine will also live on in the to the magazine span the entire association, encompassing gender, form its pdf cousin. I think what will really be lost from the OAA will age and ethnicity, equally. Many contributors have benefited be the community of writers that got together regularly through from having their work printed by listing it as a professional the support of the association. accomplishment in their CVs – an accomplishment of which I am most proud of the contribution of that group of writers to they are justly proud. The coordinators of the meetings of the the larger architectural community. committee provided a vehicle for authors to share ideas and

HELEN MULLIGAN CAMBRIDGE ARCHITECTURAL Architecture needs to break out of its professional silo, and RESEARCH, LIMITED, CAMBRIDGE, UK Perspectives has been a pioneering voice in that break-out.

I was very sorry indeed to hear that OAA Perspectives will cease the field of architectural literature and multi-media storytelling. It publication. What a loss to architectural publishing! Perspectives will have a lasting impact on how we look at architecture, respond always looked beautiful – superbly illustrated and elegantly put to it, and communicate that response to others. Architecture needs together. For some architectural journals, that seems to be the to break out of its professional silo, and Perspectives has been a height of their ambitions. Perspectives, on the other hand, reliably pioneering voice in that break-out. Very best wishes for your future provided thought-food – commentary on buildings, places and publication plans. trends in the profession. And it went further – ground-breaking in

32OAA PERSPECTIVES | SPRING 2017 I always appreciated the quality of Perspectives and looked LIGIA SAATGIAN forward to receiving the hard copy in the mail, and then TORONTO reading it as my special treat.

I noticed the OAA communications about the cancellation of the organization. I always appreciated the quality of Perspectives and OAA Perspectives and I have to admit I wasn’t very happy about it. looked forward to receiving the hard copy in the mail, and then While it is understandable that digital media are seen as the way reading it as my special treat. forward, a published periodical grants a different status to any

With the demise of many architectural publications, ROCCO MARAGNA OAA Perspectives magazine demonstrated the Association’s ARCHITECT, TORONTO pride in the thoughtful achievements of the profession.

January 6 is the feast of the Epiphany. On this day, the “Befana”, uniquely and separately from the corporate brands. a witch riding a broom, delivers gifts. Two socks – one for good Its contents cover the spectrum from technical finesse to behaviour and one for bad, during the past year – are hung on emotional directions, done in a professional but friendly way, with the mantle and, in each, she leaves the appropriate item. This a sprinkling of human passion. Because it could never completely year, in the good sock I found a sketchbook and colouring pencils, exhaust the topics it has addressed, each issue challenged readers whereas the bad sock was empty. Finally I said, “This is very odd,” to imagine beyond the limit of the glossy pages and embark and opened my email account where I found messages from on their own voyage of discovery. A civilization that thirsts for well-wishers and an email from the OAA News Special Bulletin. immediacy, for instant meaning and instant sensations, is an There in a bold notice I read: OAA Perspectives ceases publication impoverished one. April 2017. And, to me, Perspectives has always been authentic. In With the demise of many architectural publications, OAA architecture, authenticity refers to the honesty with which Perspectives magazine demonstrated the Association’s pride in the spirit of a place is expressed in built form. Perspectives has the thoughtful achievements of the profession. Like a sketchbook always portrayed the essential spirit of the profession and that you can flip through from time to time and always discover the personalities of the individuals who comprise it. There’s something new and different, for me, Perspectives magazine authenticity for you. has always had a special quality. Like a boutique hotel, it stands

I found myself digging deeply into a lifetime cache of INGRID VA I VADS experiences, personal and professional, observing and LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT, OAKVILLE designing spaces around the world.

It’s disappointing to learn that OAA Perspectives is signing off. It is unfortunate to see the end of a professional publication that When I was asked to submit an essay for the Fall 2016 issue, I has been a forum for uniting points of view from different design jumped at the opportunity. It was a chance to express my own disciplines and presenting them as relevant, inclusive and just insights and to provoke your readers into generating their own the right thing to do. thoughts and meanings. I found myself digging deeply into a Thanks for the chance to contribute. lifetime cache of experiences, personal and professional, observing and designing spaces around the world. www.oaa.on.ca OAA PERSPECTIVES | SPRING33 2017 BARBARA M. ROSS We’ve shared a rare thing: ARCHITECT, MISSISSAUGA a conversation that lasted for years.

Shine on, Perspectives – I am sad to see you go. I visited you in the Avery Library at Columbia University in New Oh, but we had some good times, you and I. Like the time [Steve] York. Then you sent me, along with various friends or relations, in Pope and I were driving through the bleak mid-winter, somewhere search of adventure, image and reflection. We rose in the dark in east of Carleton Place, and we got an idea. It just flew in through the order to see the dawn, and stayed at the water’s edge as the sun open window, entering that magical space in a good conversation slipped down. We scampered through open fields and snuck down that lies between the “I said” and the “he said” – entered and sat city alleys, in search of Ontario Places. Your assignments helped down between us and declared itself interested in appearing in me make meaning of so many activities that I love, and helped your pages. And so we had, for a little time, the Perspectives Lexicon me share that affection with other architects – drawing, writing, of Environmental Words. even eating. Then there was the time Deb Friesen and I visited the And then there were all of those times I gave Gordon a hard time Multicultural History Society, in search of tips about how to collect about the cover. oral history from the elder statesmen – and women – of our We’ve shared a rare thing: a conversation that lasted for profession. And all of the times the generations coming up were years. But Greater Wisdom has prevailed, and the siege you’ve featured on your pages – from little Sozia Gontarz and her drawings been forced to defend, for many years, has finally brought you to promote recycling, to the whole team that made the North to your rest. But shine on, Perspectives – your lessons shall not House, to the time [Greg] Reuter got his centerfold. be forgotten.

For me, it has provided the satisfaction of contributing HERB and being a part of a group of individuals dedicated to the KLASSEN creation of four magazine issues every year, as well as a more ARCHITECT, BOWMANVILLE humane connection to the OAA.

I have had an association with Perspectives for about a decade or so. a connection with a community engaged in the conversation of For me, it has provided the satisfaction of contributing and being architecture in a broader sense. a part of a group of individuals dedicated to the creation of four By chance (they say chance favours the prepared mind), the chair magazine issues every year, as well as a more humane connection to of the Perspectives Committee, a classmate from architecture school, the OAA. invited me to contribute to Perspectives. I had always wanted to My path to becoming an architect and a member of the OAA has write, but since English was not my first language, writing has always not been a direct one. There were false starts and many turns but, frustrated me. However, I gave it a go and prepared an Ontario Places in 1984, I became an OAA member without seal. My goal had been essay. The experience of writing and being edited was tough. But reached: I could now call myself an architect. fortunately, the support for developing writing skills is one of the However, calling myself an architect and practising architecture strengths that Perspectives Committee offers to its contributors, so I are two very different things. I was very much out of my element was encouraged and I did not succumb to the compulsion to run away. when it came to the practice of architecture, which I see as the main My relationship with Perspectives began to grow, as did my concern of the OAA. But I always had the feeling that I wanted to understanding of what happens at the OAA. It feels good to be do more than just help build. I wanted to contribute to the building connected to a community that is engaged with influencing the process in a different way. direction of the world we live in. It also feels good to be able to make Several years later I began my teaching career (from which I have a contribution to that world. recently retired after 30 years), maintaining my tenuous connection The loss of Perspectives is, for me, the immediate loss of my with the OAA, but not feeling that I was a member of the architectural connection to the OAA. I think that other contributors and readers community, involved in the greater discussion about the role of may experience this separation as well. I hope that the OAA’s plans architecture and architects in shaping the larger community. include other ways of engaging members in the conversation about From the late ’80s onward, I tried to navigate my way through the architecture and architects. demands of the OAA in the hope that I would be able to maintain

34OAA PERSPECTIVES | SPRING 2017 ALFRED BOG. PHOTO FRANK POPE.

Let me introduce myself. My son, the architect, introduced me to your magazine and it was he who suggested that you might like some feedback from a reader. I am a retired employee of Statistics Canada with an interest but no expertise in architecture. I like the size and appearance of the magazine. The cover is attractive. A theme for an issue strikes me as a good idea and you make a noble effort with “A Maiden Voyage” (although it doesn’t quite come off)…I wish you the best of luck in continuing your magazine, even expanding circulation, but don’t target newsstands. Yours very truly, Frank Pope, Nepean, Ont. RESPONSE, Spring 1997 www.oaa.on.ca OAA PERSPECTIVES | SPRING35 2017 JOHN RAIMONDO The magazine was a shared interest NIAGARA FALLS, ONTARIO between my father and me.

Stumbling over magazines about architecture is a monthly As an M.A. Candidate in History at Brock University, OAA occurrence for the son of an architect. I often find myself flipping Perspectives showed me the value of architects and architecture. It through various architectural magazines that my father subscribes presented to me the impact of my father’s profession in Ontario. In to. I look forward to reading articles on the latest construction our ever-changing society, the public tends to forget the importance projects and design trends as well as finding out more about the of architects. They are the visionaries, the problem solvers and the architectural profession. OAA Perspectives provided all of this and designers of our environments. Understanding architecture more more. It was a source of unique insights into the world of architecture through what I have read in OAA Perspectives, I can visit cities, enter and the life of an architect. The magazine was a shared interest buildings, and rooms with a greater appreciation of how architecture between my father and me. It was inspiring to all who worked in the shapes us. Wherever I go I remember the main message I got from profession and those with an interest in architecture, such as me. OAA Perspectives: Architecture matters.

JON Perspectives was a great forum to talk about being SOULES architects and helped us remember why we ARCHITECT, TORONTO wanted to practice in the first place.

Perspectives is not an unnecessary endeavour. The journal has support our efforts to enrich our culture. This kind of leadership informed all of us architects and has certainly been entertaining. is needed to improve our chances of being understood and Maybe at times it doesn’t seem central to the primary mandate appreciated by the public. of the Ontario Association of Architects: “…to serve and protect the Perspectives was a great forum to talk about being architects and public interest…” Doesn’t that sound a lot like the motto printed on helped us remember why we wanted to practice in the first place. the side of our police cars? While adhering to standards of care is important, our Association should also provide leadership in collegiality among members and

GREG REUTER I am a different person and architect because of my ARCHITECT, TORONTO tenure on the Perspectives Editorial Committee.

A month ago, the Committee learned that this issue would be In retrospect, Perspectives has brought me moments of great joy. our last…[rant deleted]. It has opened my thoughts to a variety of intimate insights into a lot I have always been aware that, while OAA Perspectives doesn’t hit of issues facing the profession that I wasn’t aware were even there. I the mark for everyone, it is a physically tangible element that comes also had the pleasure of learning about practitioners in our province back to the members from their provincial association dues – and that had endured quiet careers of merit and offered wonderful has always been painstakingly inclusive of a range of views from all anecdotal nuggets of wisdom. I am a different person and architect sorts of contributors. It has been the feel-good element that bonds because of my tenure on the Perspectives Editorial Committee. us together in our search for success in the profession within Ontario And so it is sad that we are now removing this visible conduit for – a platform that revels in whimsy, is a quick read, and focuses more the transmission of these messages and careless whispers. What can on architects than on architecture. replace it?

36OAA PERSPECTIVES | SPRING 2017 It was also the committee’s role to support and CHRISTOPHER MOISE mentor all those in the profession who were willing ARCHITECT AND URBAN DESIGNER, OTTAWA to participate in this journey of exploration.

When I decided to get involved as a committee volunteer in the So, issue after issue, we assemble, brain-storm, dream and OAA, I wanted to find a group that would interest and (hopefully) explore new topics hoping to touch those elusive chords within our inspire me sufficiently for me to invest my free time towards membership and beyond. Through ample joyful work and support, it. I looked into the various volunteer opportunities and talked we have been successful in pulling together a journal unlike any with many people, who eventually led me to the Perspectives other in the country and probably far beyond. It is this effort, Editorial Committee. beyond the value of our professional participation in its fabrication, Like most of the volunteer groups at the OAA, a selection that has always been the inspiring element which keeps me process was involved. I met with Gordon Grice (the editor) and involved in spite of the many pressures on time. Knowing that we Ian Ellingham (the committee chair), who explained what the are doing something worth doing, with or without recognition, committee and the magazine were trying to achieve, and how fanfare or accolades. Perspectives is something the committee all critical the core committee members were to its success. They believes is worth doing, even for its own sake. explained that Perspectives was rather unique among architectural I do have to say that I’ve always enjoyed giving my time back magazines, in that its goal wasn’t to promote individual firms to the various institutions to which I’ve committed my work and or describe and illustrate architectural work (typical of most life, and the OAA has proven to be no different. In spite of being a architectural publications), but to explore the hearts and minds part of a profession that is too often misconstrued as a bunch of of architects (and non-architects) by having them write personal individuals (thanks to H. Roark and all those starchitects), we are essays, and to provide a forum for the profession and the public all interdependent. We are not (only) painters or programmers at large to think about and discuss (in writing) the underlying or builders or managers or dreamers, we are also leaders of ideas challenges and advantages of being (or knowing) an architect. that take teams of people to realize. But our history has shown us This was an approach not found in any other architectural that to do so, we must continuously reinvent, and always, always publication, and a fundamental characteristic of its popularity. be open to change. My own career path has been riddled with The intent of this approach (and departure from the norm) was to changes, and I see it increasing across our society at an increasing encourage the art of writing through themes and not subjects, to rate. (How many times will Millennials change jobs? There has even give voice to the common threads we share as professionals. The been a term coined: “The Job-Hopping Generation.”) committee had a core group of OAA members who were clearly We are all learning to embrace change as a necessary part of interested in creatively exploring what it means to call oneself growth, and as an architect, I have used it to guide my career. I see architect. It was also the committee’s role to support and mentor change for all its possibilities, so when I first heard that the OAA all those in the profession who were willing to participate in this had decided to stop publishing Perspectives, and after the pain had journey of exploration. subsided, of course, I took a critical look and saw that only positive As an architect, I find joy in creative endeavours. I thrive on things would come from this decision. This was a chance for both innovation and finding new ways to improve on what already the OAA and the editorial team to take a hard look at what we exists. Perspectives magazine spoke to me in this way. My interest were doing, how we were doing it and what the future might have and enthusiasm were hard to contain and it wasn’t long before I in store. was a full member of the team. Change can be frightening, but it can also be embraced for That was eight years ago. its potential to make things better – when it is accompanied by The core committee is a small and varied group of architects a vision, an intent for what’s next, and a desire to embrace the from all areas of the professional spectrum. We have small- and change. So, in spite of the OAA’s termination of OAA Perspectives, medium-sized practice owners, employees of similar practices, I feel confident that those of us who recognized its value, will those in the public sector, and those who have taken their strive to keep a part of it alive, even in spirit. The OAA will move architectural training in other directions. What ties us all together is on with new communications vehicles and we will move on to the shared interest, inquisitive tendencies and enthusiasm to be a new adventures. part of a group that is attempting to do something rarely seen but much needed: gathering, supporting and inspiring membership and public alike around the idea of “architect”.

www.oaa.on.ca OAA PERSPECTIVES | SPRING37 2017 The act of drawing makes you see, be it the physical reality in front of you or that which is in the mind’s eye. There is no better way to see than to draw. Seeing, really seeing, is crucial to understanding the physical environments we live in as well as those that we propose to create. Allan B. Jacobs, sketcher, author, Planning Professor, Berkeley, California.

The days of drawings are over. Design is all digital now. It gives you so much more freedom. Thom Mayne, Los Angeles architect, quoted by Aaron Betsky in “Machine Dreams”, Architecture, June 1997 DRAWING TO AN END, Fall 1999 DRAWING BY DAVID GILLET, FROM “FIRMNESS COMMODITY AND DELIGHT,” IN THE FUTURE RECONSIDERED, SPRING, 2014

The metaphorical use of “architect” is so common now among the computer crowd that an architect is obliged to refer to himself as a “Building Architect” in such circles. This fact has been confirmed to me by an OAA member who works among computer people. Ed., RESPONSE, Winter 1997

38OAA PERSPECTIVES | SPRING 2017 The best project in Toronto is the TD Centre. The quality of its conception is matched by the discipline of its execution, which presents an entirely coherent and authentic experience to the user TORONTO DOMINION CENTRE, TORONTO, CANADA. 27 MAY 2007, 14:29:08, JOHN VETTERLI. and viewer. A leading COURTESY ‘WIKIMEDIA COMMONS’ global example of the International Style, the TD Centre holds up extremely well to the judgment of time. William Thorsell, Editorial Board Chairman, The Globe and Mail: Toronto Dominion Centre, Toronto, 1964-1971, 1985-1986. Ludwig Mies van der Rohe with John B. Parkin Associates and Bregman & Hamann ONTARIO FACES/ONTARIO PLACES, Winter 1999

FRONT PAGE OF THE VERY FIRST PERSPECTIVES, JULY 1987 www.oaa.on.ca OAA PERSPECTIVES | SPRING39 2017 Perspectives – the journal – has been inclusive and challenging by provoking thought and dialogue about important aspects of KEN FUKUSHIMA architecture that don’t relate to the daily matters of professional ARCHITECT, TORONTO practice and client and community service.

Keep Perspectives. Perspectives – the journal – has been inclusive and challenging In my humble opinion, architects should be society’s keepers of by provoking thought and dialogue about important aspects of perspective since we understand that drawing a perspective view architecture that don’t relate to the daily matters of professional is more than simply a “point, drag and rotate” activity. To draw a practice and client and community service. Sometimes architects credible perspective view involves both creative/artistic and critical/ contemplate, write, draw, make models, or mould stuff, because scientific exploration and opinion. that’s how we think, and how we express our ideas, questions and And what does the phrase “keep perspective” mean to me? views about the world, or at least those parts of the world with a) To put matters at hand in context. which we have personal experience. This is important if we are to b) To consider things in relation and in proportion to each other. work as “architects” or, to phrase it differently: How can we work as c) To translate and communicate what we perceive into a familiar or architects without perspective (see item e, above)?” Or dare we say, easily understood form. how can we be P/professionals without P/perspectives? z d) To understand that there are many points of view; we may choose one, but it is only one out of an infinite number. e) All of the above (and more).

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Communication is a constant dialogue: the more people engaged in the conversation, the richer and sunsetting while at the same time identifying the opportunities that more informative it is. Outreach and such a change presents. The OAA Communications Committee is engagement is integral to success. focusing on seizing these opportunities; on the hope and renewal of “dawn”. The OAA is positioned to take a bold step and broaden our content across a series of platforms, including print media. Over the To communicate effectively, we need to know our goal, devise a past seven years, as OAA’s communications have moved from an plan, implement, evaluate and realign our tactics. Today, we can internal member focus to an expanding external public focus, we communicate easier, faster and more often than ever before, as a have prioritized public awareness, to build on the public’s increasing result of innovative technology, which is ever-present in our daily interest in the built environment. We are now at a point where we lives. For those working in communications it is no longer enough to can strengthen that message. just get the message out; we are now competing for our audiences’ Through this renewal, our goal, for the past several years has been brief attention span in a world full of noise. to create a cultural shift in the public’s appreciation of architecture: The OAA Communications Committee is aware of the challenges, one in which architecture is better understood. The OAA believes not only in delivering messages, but also in engaging in meaningful that if the public can be made more aware of architecture’s positive dialogue. It is also cognizant of the increasing expectations of effects on physical and emotional well-being, its beneficial role in the public, industry partners, government, cultural/arts groups, society, and the ways in which it reflects and shapes our cultural educational institutions, members and Council. The Committee will identity, the value of architects to society will be obvious. use its resources strategically and prioritize its activities to move the To begin this shift, in 2012, Council undertook a public awareness profession and the Association toward its objectives. To help carry campaign, focused on raising awareness of the value of architecture. out OAA Council’s overall strategy, the Committee is continually Several initiatives were aligned – public awareness programs, aligning OAA programs and services, building on opportunities and outreach, media, awards coverage, sponsorship of events, building expanding potential outreach. the profile and public engagement of Societies – and by focusing on As in many OAA programs, a regular review process will ensure the broad reach of media relations, the OAA was able to insert itself that these programs align with Council’s priorities and reflect the into public issues and conversations already underway. The voice of OAA’s Vision, Mission and Mandate. As an example, last year, OAA the Ontario architect was added to the discourse. Council directed the Communications Committee to undertake a As the OAA experienced successes in its sponsorship program, review of OAA Perspectives after 30 years of evolution. After careful Society special project funding and Government Relations program, consideration, Council decided to sunset the Perspectives Editorial relationships began developing and invitations for involvement Committee and the quarterly Journal with this, the Spring Issue. and comment increased exponentially. It quickly became The President’s Message (page 8) and the contents of this apparent that outreach and engagement was steadily moving our magazine speak to the reactions and emotions of the Committee objectives ahead – and opportunities began to grow, revealing member volunteers and the avid group of readers regarding the the importance of the OAA, and architects, to all facets of Ontario

42OAA PERSPECTIVES | SPRING 2017 THROUGH THIS RENEWAL, OUR GOAL FOR THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS HAS BEEN TO CREATE A CULTURAL SHIFT IN THE PUBLIC’S APPRECIATION OF ARCHITECTURE: ONE IN WHICH ARCHITECTURE IS BETTER UNDERSTOOD.

culture, including budget consultations, procurement, arts funding and social consciousness. Similarly, with the growth of the OAA’s Website and electronic Our profession embodies creative, communications, the OAA became more accessible and nimble diverse ideas from a wide in responding to a growing number of enquiries and invitations. OAA Communications has evolved from print-focused vehicles demographic that is aware of the (newsletter, Perspectives, Profiles and Annual Report) to also strength of collaboration, visual managing and developing e-communication, including e-news, e-notices, the OAA Website, the blOAAg, OAA Conference expression and technology. We communications, the NOW lecture, and various events. It provides believe this next step in direction communication consultation for all OAA programs and services, integrates communication throughout the organization and assesses will reflect these attributes. opportunities that can be capitalized. We are well-positioned to broaden the reach of our voice – to Our success relies upon the strength of our collective voice. speak not only to our members, but also to our allied professions We need to engage and to promote the value of architecture and the public at large. To accomplish this, we need a diversity more strongly. We need to encourage the public appreciation of contributors within the profession – new members, interns of architecture, to achieve the vision of an Ontario in which and technologists – to add to the conversation and to share their architects are valued contributors to society, by creating a safe and individual viewpoints and interests. As well, we need to go beyond healthy built environment that performs at the highest levels and the profession – collaboration, community involvement, opinion and elevates the human spirit. The more we understand this broader debate are all important to the understanding of what architecture context, the better architects can respond to the needs of their is and what architects can do. communities and to society. The OAA Communications Committee is focused on the It’s a reciprocal relationship – OAA Council and OAA importance of content and on positioning the OAA as a content Communications Committee invite you to get involved and join provider, as it relates to architecture in Ontario. The Communications us! Help us to take advantage of the credibility we have fostered Content Committee will continue its ongoing review of OAA and the opportunities we currently have in front of us and make communication strategies to integrate communication in all areas the most of them by making our communication and engagement of the OAA. We look forward to increasing coverage of the OAA, more dynamic, diverse and captivating. Please watch for architects and architecture, by exploring ways to make content more upcoming opportunities that resonate with you. accessible through vehicles that reflect the profession today and into the future. We hope to further engage a diversity of contributors Architecture Matters – the time is now! z from a mix of the architectural community, the broader public, industry and government. www.oaa.on.ca OAA PERSPECTIVES | SPRING43 2017 Together, we make better energy performance possible

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TO OUR COMMITTEE MEMBERS TO OUR CONTRIBUTORS Every OAA committee has its own unique Our contributions came from everywhere – Canadian provinces from British Columbia to appeal. But each relies on members’ desire Newfoundland, Anguilla, Australia, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, China, Hong Kong, Israel, to collaborate with other architects and Japan, New Zealand, Rumania, Ukraine, United Kingdom and United States, to name a few – and commit more deeply to the profession. The reflect an entire spectrum of architectural experience. We often challenged our contributors to Perspectives Editorial Committee required an bare their souls by recalling events in their professional and personal histories that may have unusual commitment from its members: to been emotionally charged. These episodes produced some of our best writing. help plan, construct and write (in some cases, draw) a 32-to-60-page journal, four times per Tabloid, 1987–1992 Monica Contreras Lisa Ruys de Perez Marcia Cooper (Staff) year. Without the dedication and collaborative Dean Baker Ingrid Cryns Islam Shaheen John Couchman participation of our committee members, Marc Baraness John D’Angelo Brigitte Shim (Interview) Perspectives and OAA Perspectives could not Brian Chamberlain Ted Davidson Guela Solow David Craddock (OAA have existed. Chris Cooper Ludmila Dejmek Nancy Smith President) Douglas Clancey Enrique Diaz Infante Victor Smith Doug Crawford Pre-quarterly Rimes Mortimer William Clarkin Mark Fenwick Michael Spaziani Norm Critchley Perspectives Diarmuid Nash Edward Cuhaci Peter Ferguson Kim Storey (Interview) (tabloid and (OAA President) Bruce Downey Walter Figgis Martin Tite Bill Crompton early magazines), Alina Payne (Editor Dan Dunlop Ivan Franko William Teron Susan Crosswell 1987–1996 number two) Anthony Eardley Ellis Galea (OAA Elroy Van Groll Mark Cuhaci Lloyd Alter Stephen Pope (Chair Charles Greenberg President) Lesley Watson (OAA Brad Culver Robert Arnone number three) David Lasker Ben Gianni President) Bill Curran Karen Black (Editor Alan Seymour Dorothy Mazeau Philip Goldsmith Mary Williamson Terry Danelly number three) Robert Stiff (Chair Michael McClelland Alastair Grant Andrzej Wodkiewicz Walter Daschko Cameron Burns number two, OAA Robert McCrea (OAA Howard Greenspan Ernest Wotton Matt Dawson Phyllis Clasby (Staff) President) President) Anthony Griffiths Quarterly Journal, Randy Dhar (OAA Nancy Cohen Alex Temporale Terry Montgomery (OAA President) 1996–2017 President) Elizabeth Davidson (1995-2017) Neil Munro Nan Griffiths Len Abelman Jack Diamond (Chair number one) James Wright (editor James Murray Pat Hanson Jim Anderson Lucien Delean Janet Dey number one and Douglas Neville (OAA Barry Hobin Orlando Barone Barbara Dewhirst Luigi Ferrrara (Editor OAA President) President) David Hodgson Lisa Bate (OAA Frances DiGiuseppe number five) Hershel Okun (Executive Director) President) Kanga Dinshaw Robert Gilvesy Quarterly Douglas Richardson Jaquelin Holzman Louis Belanger Carrie Dokis Ronald Hershfield Perspectives and Roderick Robbie Lily Inglis Renée Moise John Dorris (OAA President) OAA Perspectives, Francesco Scolozzi Jane Joy Lily Bernheimer Tenille Dowers Paul Lebel (Editor 1996–2017 Ryszard Sliwka Daniel Karpinski Peter Berton Paul Dowsett number four) Luke Andritsos Michael Spaziani Carol Kleinfeldt John Biggar Gerrie Doyle David Lienert SheryleBoyle Susan Speigel Christina Kokosky Bill Birdsell (OAA (OAA President) Leo Makrimichalos Cathy Capes Richard Szegidewicz Janis Kravis President) Kristi Doyle Ian Ellingham (Chair Eliseo Temprano (OAA Kathleen Kurtin Adrian Blackwell (Executive Director) number four) President) Gail Lamb Terry Meyer Boake Toon Dreessen Amanda Fraser William White Tim Lamb Terrell Bond (OAA President) Debbie Friesen Eberhard Zeidler John Langley Chris Borgal Ted DuArte Gordon Grice (Editor Early Magazines, Allan Larden Ronji Borooah P. Duckworth- number six) 1992–1996 David Lawson Justin Breg Pilkington Clifford Harvey Shary Adams Chris Lea Boris Brott Roger du Toit Angelo Kalmantis Ellen Allen Martin Liefhebber (Interview) Jim Eaton (publisher) Herb Klassen Craig Applegath (OAA Rob Lowry Carolyn Brown David Eckler Thomas Leung President) Edna Martin Alicia Bulwik Real Eguchi Vivian Lo Rod Archer Ian McGillivray Astra Burka Diana Ellingham Mary Ellen Lynch Jim Baird Barbara McLean Anthony Butler Victoria Ellingham Inès Marchese Ned Baldwin Evelyn McLean Suzanne Cannon David Ellis Rick Mateljan Allan Barkin Domenic Meffe John Robert Carley Stefan Elsholtz Lucian Nan John Bobaljik Robert Millward Dan Chalikoff Gary Erickson John Ota Mario Botta Reid Murphy Brian Chamberlain John Este Gary Pask (also (Interview) Bill Neish Brad Chase Paul Evans contributed to Peggy Ann Brock Sandra Ng Roberto Chiotti Paola Fabrizio earlier journals) Margaret Buchinger FJK Nicol Leslie Coates Tye Farrow Anthony Provenzano Joan Burt Gary Pask Claudia Colli William Fawcett Greg Reuter Vince Catalli Sheila Penny Peter Colquhoun (Interview) Natalie Tan Ruth Cawker Jean Pigott Steve Comisso Leo & Elen Filipp Javier Zeller Denys Chamberland Paul Reuber Jennifer Conron Christopher Fillingham Harry Christakos Murray Ross (Staff) (OAA President)

46OAA PERSPECTIVES | SPRING 2017 THANK YOU OAA AWARDS JURORS Jake Fowell Jonathan Kearns Julia Mortimer Sheena Sharp (OAA In 1997, the year that Perspectives became Marco Frascari Anthony Kemp Ahmed Motamed President) a fully-formed quarterly journal, the OAA Florian Freitag Tamara LaPierre King Helen Mulligan John Shaw Annual Awards were also reorganized and Ken Fukushima (Staff) Les Muniak Chris Shepherd regularized. It was decided that one issue Walter Furlan Michael Kirkland Alan Munn Paul Shepherd each year – the summer issue – would Zenbei Furuya (Interview) Arvind Narale Issam Shukor be dedicated to the Awards: the jury Peter Gabor Leslie Klein Joe Nasr Veronica Silva deliberations and the results. So, for the next Daniel Gaito Tomislav Knezic Cathy Nasmith Charles Simon 20 years, each February, a small complement Ellis Galea Carl Knipfel Rashmi Nathwani Charles Simco of Perspectives scribes would report for duty Joseph Galea Ronald Kolbe Garry Neil P. Simister at OAA HQ, to record their observations. Bob Gallant June Komisar Alan Ng Court Sin The reporters’ notes, as well as a recorded Rob Garrard Clifford Korman Chantelle Ng (Staff) Brad Skinner transcript of the Design excellence awards Bill Gastmeyer Debra Krakow Garth Norbraten Hugo Slepoy and, more recently, comments submitted Zak Ghanim Monica Kuhn James Nowski (OAA Kendra Schank Smith by the jury chairs, have combined to form a Emad Ghattas Shefali Kumar President) Richard Soren twenty-year chronicle of Ontario architects David Gillett Bruce Kuwabara Elizabeth Ohi Jill Sparling – their priorities, concerns, aspirations, and Cheryl Giraudy (Interview) Grant Oikawa Alex Speigel very best examples of their work. Robert Glover Jamie Kwan David Oleson Ruthe Stein Since the juries included both architects Fausto Gomes Wilf Lamb Kael Opie Paul Stevens and non-architects, the discussion frequently Mark Gorgolewski Nic Lambooy (Ret) Sean O’Reilly (OAA Doug Stewart-Geldart revealed insights that were surprising and Margarita Goyzueta Willem Langelaan President) Jeff Stinson profound. It was this discussion, between Marcelo Graca David Lawrence Peter Ortved Angela Cadman professionals and non-professionals, on a Michelle Grant Doug Lawrence Steven Otto Strachan level playing field, that produced some of Brad Green Anthony Leaning Ian Pannabaker Jim Strasman the richest moments of the Awards juries. 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IF YOU’RE LIKE MOST PEOPLE, and you’re thumbing through the magazine from back to front, stop right now. This is the last OAA Perspectives page, ever. It’s only fair that you read it last. Our final words are words of thanks, for our many contributors and supporters, including our families and our firms, and for those readers who derived enjoyment from the journal, even though you may never have contacted us. We would especially like to thank the OAA Presidents with whom the current Editorial Board has had the privilege to serve: Anthony J. Griffiths, James J. Nowski, Randall L. Romanin, Christopher Fillingham, Bernard M. Rasch, Randy Dhar, J. Craig Applegath, Paul W. Mitchell, Lesley D. Watson, G. Randy Roberts, Lisa M. Bate, David Craddock, Sean O’Reilly, Gerrie Doyle, Sheena Sharp, Bill Birdsell, Toon Dreessen and John Stephenson. And to the OAA Executive Directors who have supplied 30 years’ worth of wisdom and patience: Brian Parks, Brian Watkinson, David Hodgson and Kristi Doyle. And to the OAA communications staff with whom we have had the pleasure of collaborating: Phyllis Clasby (who got the ball rolling in 1982), Jennifer Conron, Marcia Cooper, and especially Tamara La Pierre King whose extreme diligence, kindness and good humour constantly made our job a pleasure. Above all, we would like to thank the Ontario Association of Architects, without whose wisdom, foresight, support and understanding, this brave publishing adventure would never have thrived.

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