Global News: Breathing new life into an old structure to be used at Kingston’s Grass Creek Park
Link to article with video here Kingston’s motto is, “Where history and innovation thrive”, and a good example of that is happening at Grass Creek Park in the city’s east end. It’s still very much in the early stages, but when complete, the Highway 2 location will get a new washroom and change room facility. […]
MTBA celebrates Christopher Warden becoming a Principal November 1, 2018!
MTBA Associates is very excited to announce that Christopher Warden, Conservation Architect, became a Principal of the firm on November 1, 2018. Chris started at MTBA as an Associate in 2008. He has over 13 years of experience in the Architecture and Conservation fields. As early as the 6th grade knew that he wanted to be […]
THIS IS BIG! Embodied Carbon is in the News!
Thousands of political and business leaders, scientists, activists and journalists gathered in San Francisco, September 12-14, for Global Climate Action Summit. Mark Thompson Brandt, of MTBA, on behalf of ZNCC, led two key sessions at the summit, during Carbon Smart Building Day and Climate Heritage Mobilization. The event garnered much attention, as leaders stepped up their commitments […]
Livestream Mark Thompson Brandt @ Climate Heritage Mobilization, September 12, 2018
Catch Mark Thompson Brandt live at the Global Climate Action Summit in San Francisco! Mark will be chairing and presenting at the Carbon Mitigation and Cultural Heritage: Historic Preservation Policies & Practices to Get Communities Moving to Net Zero session during at Climate Heritage Mobilization on September 12, 2018 between 10:50-12:20 pm PST (1:50-3:20 pm EST). […]
MTBA Launches Building Resilience Website
MTBA is very excited to announce the launch of our Building Resilience website! Over the next few months we will be updating the beta version of the web site to address technical issues and more importantly upgrade content. Visit Building Resilience Building Resilience: Practical Guidelines for the Retrofit and Rehabilitation of Buildings in Canada serves […]
Exciting news @ Carbon Smart Building Day, September 11, 2018
Carbon Smart Building Day on September 11, 2018 has officially sold out! Mark Thompson Brandt of MTBA will be leading Best Practices for Delivering Deep Energy & Carbon Upgrades at Carbon Smart Building Day, taking place during the Global Climate Action Summit. Brandt’s session focuses on reuse of an existing building vs demolish/build new, as […]
MTBA @ APT Fifty
With three active members, MTBA is fully engaged with the Association for Preservation Technology International (APT), a multi – disciplinary, membership organization dedicated to promoting the best technology for conserving/preserving historic structures and their settings. This year’s conference will celebrate the foundations of the organization when a group of preservation and conservation professionals from both […]
MTBA Takes the Stage at Global Climate Action Summit in San Francisco
Demonstrating further leadership in Sustainability and Carbon Mitigation of the built environment, Mark Thompson Brandt, of MTBA, on behalf of ZNCC, has been asked to lead two key sessions at the Global Climate Action Summit in San Francisco, September 11-14, 2018. This conference brings together specialists and leaders from around the world to act as […]
Sir John A Macdonald Building recognized with a 2018 World Architecture Award
As part of the 27th cycle of the World Architecture Awards, the Sir John A Macdonald Building in Ottawa, Canada was selected as an award winner for a realized building. Of note, this award places the building on the worldwide architectural stage aligning it with other high quality architecture from countries including Saudi Arabia, Portugal, […]
Canadian Interiors: Sir John A. Macdonald Building
The Sir John A. Macdonald Building was featured on the Canadian Interiors web feature “Inside Peek”: The former Bank of Montreal (a federally classified heritage building) and the adjacent empty lot to the west have been transformed into a new state-of-the-art conference facility for the House of Commons, now known as the Sir John A. […]
