Architects DCA

Ottawa’s Porsche dealership debacle shows there’s a better way to incentivize desirable urban developments

Techopia

The city should encourage investment in our communities, writes Architects DCA president Toon Dreessen.

Putting Ottawa’s public properties to better use

Real Estate

What if we thought differently about our publicly-owned assets?

How public washrooms can aid Ottawa’s economic recovery

OBJ360 Sponsored, Ottawa, Sponsored

How can cities help create the kind of community that supports small businesses? One way is with good public amenities.

Dreessen: ByWard Market plan needs a bolder vision of excellence

Ottawa

Area could be an incubator for testing how to support small businesses in a post-COVID economy, creating the walkable, sustainable community we all aspire to

Cognitive dissonance creeps into Ottawa’s planning and design decisions

Real Estate

Ottawa, like many cities, experiences cognitive dissonance. We need to rethink what we are doing, and how, if we are serious about being the most

Designing 15-minute neighbourhoods in a post-COVID Ottawa

Ottawa

One of the keys to business growth is ensuring a steady supply of customers. What better way to do that than to build more housing

How COVID-19 will change the design of our cities

Canada & World

Our current crisis is teaching us that social spaces within our increasingly dense urban places matter, writes Architects DCA president Toon Dreessen

Eliminating eyesores: How Ottawa can address its empty and abandoned buildings

Techopia

In Ottawa, lax bylaws fail to offer much incentive to property owners to redevelop or restore their empty and boarded-up buildings

How the ‘missing middle’ can create affordable infill housing in Ottawa

Ottawa

Architect Toon Dreessen breaks down the barriers to creating four and six-storey developments that integrate into existing communities

Building bridges between Ottawa and Gatineau

Real Estate

When designing our next interprovincial crossing, we must think about how it will function and last for the next century, writes Ottawa architect Toon Dreessen