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Architecture – Brockville – Part 3

October 4, 2017 by Claude Jobin

The most magnificient house is yet to be featured (and that will come in an upcoming blog post) but I think this is the grandest area of Brockville. An absolutely stunning grouping of homes. I hope you’re enjoying reading about Brockville as much as I enjoyed discovering it.
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Black & Burned Wood Trend

September 28, 2017 by Claude Jobin

Burning wood to make it fireproof! Not something that’s been very popular in the west but it has been done for a long time in the east. Seemingly it als oneutralizes the cellulose in the wood which makes the wood unattractive to termites, fungus, and bacteria. Fire the new old way to treat wood! Read more here!

Architecture – Brockville – Part 2

September 27, 2017 by Claude Jobin

With a bit of a Brockville overview, and then a style intro, or two we’re ready to visit Brockville. As you know my new favourite city!

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Architecture
Architecture Styles – Part 2

September 20, 2017 by Claude Jobin

And here we have a second installment of introductions to major architectural styles found in Ontario.

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Architecture
Architecture Styles – Part 1

September 13, 2017 by Claude Jobin

Architecture styles was always on my list of future posts but Brockville changed that order a little as it has so many noteworthy styles I thought might be best to go over a few to better understand their characteristics before looking at the homes there.

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Architecture – Brockville – Part 1

September 7, 2017 by Claude Jobin

In 1809 Elizabethtown was a hamlet in the township of Elizabethtown in need of a new name. In 1812 it took the name of Brockville to honour General Isaac Brock who had recently won the Battle of Detroit. That same year before the name could become official he was mortally wounded in battle.

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Architecture
Society of Beaux-Arts Architects

August 30, 2017 by Claude Jobin

A. Stewart Walker, Leonard Schultze, Ely Jacques Kahn, William Van Alen, Ralph Walker, D.E. Ward, Joseph H. Freelander

Total let us travel to New York City 1931. On January 13, 1931 the Society of Beaux-Arts Architects held a ball at the Hotel Astor. 20 Architects were dresses as their buildings. Must have been quite the spectacle! Here a group of seven representing what has become iconic buildings of the skyline most of New York City. I seem to recall that architects of a later generation did a photo spread wearing their buidings.

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Architecture – Carbine Wilson Ruins

August 23, 2017 by Claude Jobin

Thomas ‘Carbine’ Wilson (1860-1915) was a inventor, engineer, entrepeur, and electrochemist. While experimenting with aluminum he discovered how to produce calcium carbide. With this he made a fortune. He sold the patent to The Union Carbide.

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Architect
Werner Ernst Noffke
Part 1

August 16, 2017 by Claude Jobin

Werner Ernst Noffke was a Canadian Architect of German Descent. In 1884 his parents relocated the family to Canada including the 5 year old Noffke. He apprenticed with Adam Harvey and studied at the Fine Arts Association of Ottawa. Later he partnered with George W. Northwood. Mr Northwood worked principally in the West while Noffke worked principally in Ottawa. Approx 200 buildings were constructed, at least 60 remain. Ottawa Heritage produced a booklet called Werner Ernst Noffke: Ottawa’s Architect – it is with that book in hand that I went exploring.

Noffke is known mostly for his grand houses, these are eclectic in style with a Mediterranean influence, or various other architectural styles popular at the beginning of the 20th century.

Noffke also designed 3 larger quite celebrated building. The post office at the corner of Elgin and Sparks, the Medical Arts building on Metcalfe, and the Ogilvie store at the corner of Rideau and Nicholas.

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