St. John Cathedral, Napa
This dynamic, modern cathedral (built in the mid 1960′s) had a serious problem with heat gain. We proposed to use passive means to help dump this heat build-up at night, so that the church could be basically ‘reset’ to normal temperatures by morning services. Cool air inlets were proposed at floor level, which would run [...]
Ottawa MEC Store Expansion
On returning from Napa, California by way of Toronto after trying to get the OHOME projects underway, I took up a contract position with Linda Chapman Architect. Linda Chapman stood out from most of the other postings on the OAA job boards as her website featured some serious eco-cred and a long history with [...]
Youth Treatment Centre, Ottawa
Proposal designed by Linda Chapman Architect of Ottawa, for Youth Treatment Cottages. Modelled by Andy (images shown by Andy), and rendered by my good friend and mentor Jon Worden (final images not shown here yet). Copyright Linda Chapman Architect 2011 – All Rights Reserved.
Retail Unit
A contemporary furniture store in downtown Toronto required some additional retail floor space, and so Andy designed the Retail Unit for SDS based on the 12WIDE chassis system. The Retail Unit was basically deployed overnight, in downtown Toronto, without requiring a building permit. The unique features of this design were the large areas of glass [...]
Regent Park Block 14 Competition
Photos by Terrence Torangeau. Architecture by architectsAlliance. Competition team: Andy Thomson, Adrian DiCastri, Adam Feldman, Emerich Kaspar
Purespirit Condominiums
Photos by Andy Thomson, Renderings by Monika Jaroszonek. Architecture by architectsAlliance with Andy Thomson.
4S Residences & Hotel
Architecture by architectsAlliance. Renderings by Monika Jaroszonek. Preliminary massing & program interpretation by Andy Thomson
