Ottawa Citizen: Old Bank of Montreal building reborn with pomp and circumstance

Pedestrians on Sparks Street were treated to some mysterious pomp and ceremony Monday morning as the Sons of Scotland Pipe Band, the country’s oldest civilian band, passed by and into a former bank at the corner of O’Connor Street. With bagpipes and drums set to high importance, the group’s rendition of The Maple Leaf Forever […]

MTBA at the NCC’s Urbanism Lab

Roofscape looking southwest

MTBA Principal Mark Brandt and Senior Associate Chris Warden will be presenting at the upcoming NCC Urbanism Lab on May 7, 2015 on Conserving the Modern. Mark will be speaking on the recent thought evolution in the area of conserving the modern in addition to upcoming initiatives.  This includes Building Resilience, the sustainable conservation companion […]

Building Resilience Guidelines Sneak Previews at Recent Conferences

Exterior envelope improvements, Workers Compensation Building, 1x1 Architecture and A49 (image source: Winnipeg Architecture Foundation)

As part of the  proceedings at the APTi Conference in Quebec City in October 2014 Heritage BC and Parks Canada’s Federal, Provincial and Territorial Collaboration on Historic Places provided an information sheet featuring the forthcoming Building Resilience Guidelines.  The information sheet provided an overview of the document’s purpose, it’s connection to the Standards and Guidelines […]