Over-cladding with vinyl or aluminum siding is a progressive phenomenon largely dependent on social economic conditions and is every bit as pervasive as an insect infestation or tidal erosion, in both its manifestation and challenge. While conservationists choose to debate the many issues surrounding modern extruded sidings and trims the over-cladding industry is forging ahead with their work orders, historic structure by historic structure. The results are witnessed across the North Ameri...

Mr. Gregory MacNeil NSAA, RAIC

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À ce jour, la Commission des lieux et monuments historiques du Canada (CLMHC) a recommandé la désignation de plus d’une vingtaine de théâtres à travers le pays en raison de leurs valeurs historiques et/ou architecturales. Parmi ceux-ci figurent notamment le L.H.N. du Canada des Théâtres-Elgin- et-Winter- Garden (Toronto, désigné en 1982), le L.H.N. du Théâtre-Capitole / l’Auditorium-de- Québec (Québec, désigné en 1987) et le L.H.N du Canada du Théâtre-Outremont (Montréal, désigné en 1993). La...

Christine Boucher

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What can analysis of a modest two-story office building designed by Québec-born architect Maurice Mainguy in the mid-1960s to house a Bell Canada regional administrative office in Sillery teach students about North American architecture? When investigated from multiple perspectives and read against current historiography, it reveals much about everyday work environments that architects are regularly called upon to renovate.1 Incorporating up-to- date environmental controls white-co...

Dr Tania Martin

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