📚 Join the Ottawa Urbanism Book Club this May! For this month’s meetup, the Ottawa Urbanism Book Club will be reading “Human Transit (Revised Edition): How Clearer Thinking about Public Transit Can Enrich Our Communities and Our Lives” by Jarrett Walker. (1/2)

🌳 Last week, attendees gathered at Espace Canevas in Gatineau, QC for City Nature with SLA. Presented by Brigil, the Ottawa Architecture Foundation, and ULI Ottawa in collaboration with Perkins&Will, this event offered insight into the role of design in shaping quality of life. (1/2)

🔔 Are you looking to make a positive impact on the local community? The Ottawa Architecture Foundation is actively searching for a casual, remote Volunteer Web Developer to join the team. (1/2)

Thanks @brigittepellerin.bsky.social for this great post about nature, urbanism and better ways of thinking about design #DesignMatters #DesignPolicy @oaarchitects.bsky.social @alexbozikovic.bsky.social @ecologyottawa.bsky.social @stevenmackinnon.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/randomac...

📰 Extra! Extra! Read about @brigittepellerin.bsky.social’s experience attending City Nature with SLA in the “Random Acts of Urbanism” Substack! (1/2)

🇩🇰 A day at the Embassy of Denmark Residence. Yesterday morning, attendees gathered at the Official Residence of the Embassy of Denmark for City Nature with SLA. This lecture explored how thoughtful urban design and quality architecture can help create vibrant, sustainable communities. (1/4)

🇩🇰 A day at the Embassy of Denmark Residence. Yesterday morning, attendees gathered at the Official Residence of the Embassy of Denmark for City Nature with SLA. This lecture explored how thoughtful urban design and quality architecture can help create vibrant, sustainable communities. (1/4)

“We can’t pipe our way out of the climate crisis” - (paraphrase) Nanna Maj Stubbe Østergaard (SLA) @ecologyottawa.bsky.social @envirocentre.bsky.social @shawnmenard.bsky.social @seandevine9.bsky.social @ottarchfoundation.bsky.social

🔔 Today’s the day! Join City Nature with SLA and explore how design, nature, and community shape climate-resilient cities. 📍 Where: Canevas - 425 Boulevard Saint-Joseph, Gatineau 📆 When: Thursday, April 30th | 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM 🎟️ Price: FREE! 🔗 in bio. (1/2)

⏰ One week to go until City Nature with SLA! Join us for a public discussion on how cities can better respond to climate challenges through thoughtful, nature-based urban design. (1/6)

🏙️ Meet the experts shaping our cities! SLA is a Copenhagen-based landscape architecture and urban design firm internationally recognized for creating resilient, nature-integrated environments. (1/6)

🏙️ Meet the experts shaping our cities! SLA is a Copenhagen-based landscape architecture and urban design firm internationally recognized for creating resilient, nature-integrated environments. (1/6)

📢 JUST ANNOUNCED! Join us and Brigil, SLA, Perkins&Will, and ULI Ottawa April 30th at Espace Canevas in Gatineau for City Nature with SLA, a public talk on how cities can respond to climate challenges through design. (1/4)

📢 JUST ANNOUNCED! Join us and Brigil, SLA, Perkins&Will, and ULI Ottawa April 30th at Espace Canevas in Gatineau for City Nature with SLA, a public talk on how cities can respond to climate challenges through design. (1/4)

📚 Join the Ottawa Urbanism Book Club this April! For this month’s meetup, the Ottawa Urbanism Book Club will be reading “If You Want to Win, You’ve Got to Fight: A Guide to Effective Transportation Advocacy” by Carter Lavin. (1/2)

📢 #ICYMI: Heritage Ottawa Lecture Series Last month, Heritage Ottawa invited David Gorden and Toon Dreessen to their Lecture Series as featured speakers. Their respective lectures are now FREE to watch on Heritage Ottawa’s YouTube channel. 🔗 David Gorden: youtu.be/wfQjWfi9bmo?... (1/2)

📢 Calling all coding enthusiasts! The Ottawa Architecture Foundation is looking for a remote Volunteer Web Developer to join the team. The ideal candidate will: 💻 Maintain the Foundation’s website on a casual basis. 🗓️ Update the Foundation’s events calendar as needed. (1/2)

📢 Calling all coding enthusiasts! The Ottawa Architecture Foundation is looking for a remote Volunteer Web Developer to join the team. The ideal candidate will: 💻 Maintain the Foundation’s website on a casual basis. 🗓️ Update the Foundation’s events calendar as needed. (1/2)

📚 Join the Ottawa Urbanism Book Club this March! For this month’s meetup, the Ottawa Urbanism Book Club will be reading “Life After Cars: Freeing Ourselves from the Tyranny of the Automobile” by Sarah Goodyear, Doug Gordon and Aaron Naparstek. (1/2)

📚 Join the Ottawa Urbanism Book Club this March! For this month’s meetup, the Ottawa Urbanism Book Club will be reading “Life After Cars: Freeing Ourselves from the Tyranny of the Automobile” by Sarah Goodyear, Doug Gordon and Aaron Naparstek. (1/2)

🎤 Tonight’s instalment of Heritage Ottawa’s Lecture Series features the OAF’s very own Toon Dreessen! 📆 When: Wednesday, March 25th | 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM 📍 Where: Zoom (Pre-Register Below) 🎟️ Price: FREE! 🔗 heritageottawa.org/en/lecture-s... #OttawaArchitecture #OAF #OttawaEvents #Ottawa

🎤 Tonight’s instalment of Heritage Ottawa’s Lecture Series features the OAF’s very own Toon Dreessen! 📆 When: Wednesday, March 25th | 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM 📍 Where: Zoom (Pre-Register Below) 🎟️ Price: FREE! 🔗 heritageottawa.org/en/lecture-s... #OttawaArchitecture #OAF #OttawaEvents #Ottawa

📚 Still deciding your New Year’s resolution? Consider reading more books! Next on our #TBR list is “Ottawology” by Tonya K. Davidson, Associate Professor of Sociology in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Carleton University. (1/2)

📚 In search of your next read? Consider picking up “Juvenilia: A Winnipeg Boy's Imaginings (Volume 4)” by Ottawa-based architect Barry Padolsky. This collection contains a “smorgasbord” of poems, essays, ink sketches, graphics, and more from 2024–2025. (1/2)

☃️ The Ottawa Architecture Foundation would like to wish you a happy holiday season and a joyful New Year! We thank you for your continued support. #HappyHolidays #OAF

We were saddened to learn of the recent passing of Frank Gehry. Dubbed a “Titan of Architecture” by the @nytimes.com, Gehry’s passing marks a major loss for the architectural community. (1/2)

💡 Did you know that November 8th is STEM Day? First celebrated in 2015, STEM Day aims to encourage young people to pursue STEM-related subjects and pathways. 📐 As an architect, what does working in STEM mean to you? Let us know! 📸 Imagining My Sustainable City (No.9) #STEMDay2025 #STEM (1/2)

📰 Hot off the press! @brigittepellerin.bsky.social from the @ottawacitizen.com attended Designing A Better City earlier this month in search of “affordable ways to make Ottawa more beautiful.” 🔗 Full article below: ottawacitizen.com/opinion/pell... #OttawaArchitecture #OAF #OttawaEvents #Ottawa

🎉 Last week, we discussed the ways we can create better #PlacesForPeople at Designing A Better City to a SOLD OUT crowd. Thanks to everyone that took part in the event. 🔗 in bio to stay up to date on future events. #OttawaArchitecture #OAF #OttawaEvents #Ottawa (1/2)

📢 Heading to Designing A Better City today? Here’s what you need to know! When: Thursday, October 9th | 11:00 AM – 1:30 PM Where: Rogers Centre Ottawa in Meeting Room 210 Who: Carol Belanger, Alex Bozikovic, Patrick Marmen and Marcia Wallace 🔗 in bio to get your ticket now. #OttawaEvents #Ottawa

🌎 Happy #WorldArchitectureDay! Created in 1985 by the International Union of Architects, World Architecture Day aligns the architectural community’s efforts with the global urban development goals of World Habitat Day. 🎉 To celebrate, tag an architect! #WorldArchitectureDay2025 #DesignForStrength

🎟️ Don't wait! Tickets to Designing A Better City are selling fast. When: Thursday, October 9th | 11:00 AM – 1:30 PM Where: Rogers Centre Ottawa Who: Carol Belanger, Alex Bozikovic, Patrick Marmen and Marcia Wallace 🔗 in bio to get your ticket today. #OttawaArchitecture #OAF #OttawaEvents #Ottawa

🎟️ Tickets to Designing A Better City are LIVE! Join us October 9th for a presentation and panel discussion on design vision, design leadership and procurement strategies that can create better #PlacesForPeople. 🔗 in bio to get your ticket now.

📢 Attention all Ottawa architects and architecture enthusiasts! Join us October 9th for a presentation and panel discussion on design vision, design leadership and procurement strategies that can create better #PlacesForPeople. 🔗 in bio to get your ticket now.

🎤 Introducing the panelists for Designing A Better City! This October 9th, we will be discussing the ways we can create better #PlacesForPeople with our panelists Carol Belanger, Alex Bozikovic, Patrick Marmen and Marcia Wallace. (1/2)

🎟️ Tickets to Designing A Better City are LIVE! Join us October 9th for a presentation and panel discussion on design vision, design leadership and procurement strategies that can create better #PlacesForPeople. 🔗 in bio to get your ticket now.

📢 Attention all Ottawa architects and architecture enthusiasts! Join us October 9th for a presentation and panel discussion on design vision, design leadership and procurement strategies that can create better #PlacesForPeople. 🔗 in bio to get your ticket now.

Save the date! October 9, location TBA. Designing a better city with Carol Belanger and @alexbozikovic.bsky.social; other speakers to follow. @seandevine9.bsky.social @oaarchitects.bsky.social Sign up here to hold your spot! www.eventbrite.com/e/save-the-d...

RIP Tim Murray; your talent and creativity have shaped Ottawa. Your legacy lives on, your talent will never be forgotten. #Architecture @oaarchitects.bsky.social www.legacy.com/ca/obituarie...

Attending the opening reception for the Society for the Study of Architecture in Canada; talk by Sarah Hall starts soon!

Excited to see a big crowd join Andrew for an OAF supported walking tour exploring the capital with @oaarchitects.bsky.social

Are you in town for the 2025 @oaarchitects.bsky.social conference and are you a grad from @carleton.ca? Come to the alumni reception! mailchi.mp/938b2703f06f...

Great turn out and enthusiastic crowd following me through the NAC and into the core and ending at main branch of the library. Thanks!

Starting a #Brutalist #OttCity #JanesWalk with the incredible @gelbard.ca

What if we embraced #BigBoldIdeas? @ottarchfoundation.bsky.social with great piece from @brigittepellerin.bsky.social via @ottawacitizen.com ottawacitizen.com/opinion/city...

Thanks @brigittepellerin.bsky.social for coming to our discussion on #BigBoldIdeas; via @ottawacitizen.com ottawacitizen.com/opinion/city...

If this sort of change fascinates you, come to @ottarchfoundation.bsky.social event tomorrow night! Learn about the #BigBoldIdeas it takes to create better #PlacesForPeople @strongtownsottawa.bsky.social See post here: bsky.app/profile/otta... Tickets: www.eventbrite.com/e/central-pa...

There’s only a few days left to get your tickets to this event to learn about the potential of #BigBoldIdeas Get your tix here! www.eventbrite.com/e/central-pa...

Thanks @brigittepellerin.bsky.social for sharing! We’re excited to see you there! Let’s make #OurBestOttawa with #BigBoldIdeas! Tickets available here: www.eventbrite.com/e/central-pa...

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