A FORWARD-LOOKING SOLUTION

Written By — Gordon S Grice

By Gordon S. Grice, OAA, FRAIC

An entry in the OAA Canine Castle Competition, 1984, Honourable Mention.

DRAWING: Gordon S. Grice

In 1984, the OAA held a competition among its members to design a dog house. The intent was to bring architectural design sensibilities to a commonly overlooked element of the built environment. Many of the entries (now lost to posterity) displayed the technical ingenuity and aesthetic sensibility that might be expected from Ontario’s professional architects. This entry, an outlier, and possibly prophetic, caught the jury’s eye.

— Gordon S Grice

is a freelance architectural writer and editor. He has published many books and essays on architecture, design and imagery. He is editor of The Right Angle Journal, and the annual publication Architecture in Perspective.

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