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Grand Bend, Lake Huron Water Supply System

Exterior views of the water treatment plant, constructed in steel and glass. Stamped on verso of photograph: "Lake Huron Water Supply System Water Treatment Plant. Banz-Brook-Carrithers-Grierson-Shaw Architects, 40 St. Clair Avenue West Toronto 7 Ontario"

McBrian Island, Georgian Bay, F. S. Eaton House

View of the exterior of a residential structure built into a rocky landscape, with with exaggerated concrete columns for support. The accompanying paper contains a typescript report from the Canadian Housing Design Council awarding this house a National Design Award for 1969.

Cooksville, Public Library

Folder contains 4 b&w photographs of the Cooksville Public Library. Includes both exterior and interior views of the building. Architects were W. J. McBain and Carmen Corneil. Photographs appear to have been taken for the July 1964 issue of Canadian Architect magazine.

Jowett, Henry Roger

Chatham, St. Anthony's Church

The main entrance to the square, concrete building is pictured. A frieze decorates one side of the doors while a statue of St. Anthony and child decorates the other. The entrance is accessible by a set of concrete steps. A circular stamp on back of photograph reads" F.J. Stalmach Architect/ Ontario Association Architects Member".

Chatham, Blessed Sacrament Church

Interior view, showing pews and altar flanked by a statue of the Virgin and Child and a tapestry. The walls are plain, rounded concrete. A piece of paper adhered to the back of the photograph reads: "RAMBUSCH Designers, Craftsmen an Lighting Engineers/ Forty West Thurteenth Street, New York, N. Y. 10011/ Blessed Sacrament Church/ Chatham, Ontario/ W. J. Storey, Architect/ Furnishings by Rambush - Toronto."

Bramalea, Northern Electric Co. LTD.

Photographs of the exterior of a low-rise brick office complex on a manicured lawn. Stamps on the back of the photographs give the architect as Gordon S. Adamson & Associates and the photographer as N & H Studio. A piece of paper adhered to the verso has the following text: "Northern Electric Co. Ltd./ Toronto Branch Laboratory/ Bramalea, Ontario/ View looking South/ Gordon S. Adamson & Associates/ Architects". A similar paper appears on the second photo, except the view is looking West. Photograph 3 is a view of the main entrance and photograph 4 is a view looking north.

N. & H. Studio

Alton, Millcroft Inn

View of the rear of the building, a 4 storey brick structure with mansard roof and turret dating to 1881, overlooking a waterfall. A piece of paper has been taped to the back, indicating the building was entered in the 1977 Design Award Program for renovations converting the mill to a hotel.

Applied Photography Ltd.

Agincourt, 2 Bridlewood Blvd.

Single family dwelling, split-level ranch with porch clad in brick and vinyl siding. Photograph is stamped property of Canadian Housing Design Council. A piece of paper accompanying the image indicates this structure was entered into competition for the National Design Awards in 1964.

Panda Associates Photography

Ottawa, Algonquin College of Applied Arts & Technology

Photographs of the exterior of a brick building. Paper gives details of the decision to award this an Award of Merit: "... The original buildings to which the new Algonquin work was added was not considered to be of sufficient architectural merit to necessitate continuation of the forms and details and this has allowed the older work, but owing nothing to it visually...The Jury felt that the apparent thickness of exterior wall construction denoted by the sloping sills and generally massive forms belied the long masonry spans and cantilevered corners that are more turly expressive of concrete technology..."

Professional Photo Services

Ottawa, National Arts Centre

Exterior views of concrete theatre building during construction and upon completion. Folder also includes interior views of auditorium seating, hanging glass sculptures by William Martin, lobby, and stairwells. The National Arts Centre received the 1971 Design Canada Concrete Awards Program Award of Excellence: "A fine concept on a difficult and restrictive site...splendid functional and space planning with a pleasing relationship to people...an outstanding example of in-situ and precast concrete work used together structurally and as a cladding."

Jowett, Roger

Windsor, City Hall

Photograph of the front entrance of the 1906 city hall, with the edges of two cars visible on either side of the image dating the picture much earlier than the reprint - probably 1930s.

OAA Model

Images of the model for the former Ontario Association of Architects headquarters at 50 Park Road Toronto, Ontario. The modernist building was designed by John C. Parkin, and served as the home of the OAA from the building's completion in 1954 until 1992. The building is now occupied by DTAH, a landscape design company.

Canadian Architect

Ottawa, C.D. Howe building

Interior and exterior views of the building. This office building has a 'green roof', which reduces the amount of energy required to heat and cool the building. It also has an extensive shopping mall at the ground floor and an arboretum with a waterfall at the Queen Street entrance. The double-decker elevator cabs are found inside the atrium, which stretches the entire height of the building.

Source: City of Ottawa website at www.ottawa.ca

Applied Photography Ltd.

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