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Martini Pit!
OK, so this is not actually in Ottawa, but I just had to share this! In the past I published a post on conversation pits in 1970s housing design: The Conversation Pit. I was just perusing through some...
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Old Barrhaven
The northwest section of Barrhaven is one of the oldest areas of the suburb. Within this area of Old Barrhaven are some interesting plans from the 1970s, including these designs by Holitzner. Below are...
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The uneven pitched roof
One of the most distinctive architectural elements to come out of the Mid-Century Modern period of architecture is the uneven-pitched roof. Typically these designs were split-level plans. Here are some...
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Woodlea by Campeau
In the mid-1970s Campeau built the Woodlea townhouse complex in Arlington Woods. The complex won a Canadian Housing Design Council award in 1974. The layout of the complex is unique with some designs...
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1960s-1970s Campeau Semis
This post is inspired by a comment that was posted on this blog about the semi-detached houses built by Campeau in the late 1960s and early 1970s. During that time Campeau had a series of semi-detached...
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Teron Homes in Lynwood Village
By request, here are floor plans for the houses built by Teron in Lynwood Village (Bell's Corners). The quality of the plans is not great with some plans being cut off...but they are all I have. So, if...
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The latest on Ottawa new home sales...from the mid-century
I have a collection of articles on mid-century Ottawa home building, but I was unsure how to post them in a way that made sense. I decided post them by theme - so here is the first batch. The articles...
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The Minto Ranchwood plan
In the early 1960s Minto built a series of flat-roofed semi-detached houses in Parkwood Hills and Crystal Beach. They are scattered in a seemingly random manor throughout the streets of these areas...
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Article 23
I have realized that it has been way too long since I did a post on the CMHC house plans - so here is a new one! Starting in 1947 the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC), formerly Central...
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Was your house built in the winter?
As we are in the depths of winter, I thought it would be a good time to share two articles about winter house construction in Ottawa, something which was quite novel in the late 1950s. If you live in...
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The Chateliane Design Home 1966
In the 1960s Chatelaine magazine built a series of annual design homes in various Canadian cities to showcase trends and cutting-edge technology of the time. Robert Campeau often provided his...
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The Highlands - What was built and what could have been
Located on St. Laurent just north of Montreal Road is a large condo complex called The Highlands. There are two tall towers linked by a lower podium building as well as townhouses tucked in behind. The...
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Riverview Park
The Riverview Park area has some fantastic examples of early mid-century modern designs built during the 1950s and 1960s...but it is an area that I do not have too much information on as it was...
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Braemor/Braemar Park
A while ago one of my blog readers asked about the neighbourhood southwest of Maitland Avenue and the Queensway. The area has a collection of some of Campeau's rarer designs, including the large...
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Guildwood Estates/Urbandale Acres
A short while ago a reader asked me for some information on the Guildwood Estates/Urbandale Acres area. I do not know too much about the area, but I will share what I do know and the plans for houses...
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Amberwood Village - Stittsville
Another blog post by request! Located south of Hazeldean Road east of Stittsville Main Street is a very special "adult-lifestyle" neighbourhood begun in the late 1970s. The original phases of Amberwood...
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Design File: 1970s condo design - The Barclay
Readers of my blog will know that 1970s is one of my favourite periods in architecture, and I love to highlight exactly why whenever possible. During the 1970s Ottawa went through its first...
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Bel-Air Heights and Queensway Terrace
As always, I take requests for blog postings. A while ago I was asked to post on the Bel-Air Heights neighbourhood built by Campeau in the 1950s and 1960s. Below are the pages from a brochure that...
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In November 2010, I decided to start a blog to share my passion for mid-century modern housing design in Ottawa and as a way to share my collection of floor plans, site plans and old advertisements. In...
View ArticleNew Year - New Changes!
This new year will bring some new (and improved) changes to this blog as well as my personal life. On a personal front, I have taken on the full-time position as the listing manager for the John King...
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