First Day in Quebec for SSAC

Today we woke up bright and early and flew from Toronto to Quebec City.  In true Malcolmite fashion, we hit the ground running and began our day of visits pretty much right after picking up our ugly green car.  Before heading up to Chicoutimi for the conference, we spent some time doing a whirlwind tour of Vieux Quebec.

Notre-Dame-des-Victoires, Quebec City

We were fortunate enough to have a beautiful sunny day to explore the UNESCO World Heritage site so we could check out the 17th century houses, some churches and the Chateau Frontenac (AND to allow us to enjoy some patio-poutine and la tire).

Maison Chevalier with Chateau Frontenac behind it on the hill

Following this, we drove to Chicoutimi for the beginning of the conference.  We will be posting more of our photos from Quebec City soon, but I have to give my paper in the morning and should probably get some sleep!

St Stephen's in the spring

I snapped this shot of St Stephen's-in-the-Fields, Toronto about 2 weeks ago. When I walked by yesterday, the facade was barely visible because of all the leaves! I guess all this rain is good for something. It's not the best picture, but there probably won't be a better one until the fall or winter.

SSAC conference program

If anyone is interested, the program for the upcoming 38th annual conference for the Society of the Study of Architecture in Canada (May 25-28) can be found on the SSAC website.  It looks like there will be a wide variety of topics covered and it is shaping up to be a really great conference (as always).

We will be blogging regularly from the conference, so don't worry if you can't make it!

New BOTW Format

Hi everyone,

We thought we'd try out a new format, so for now, the Building of the Week will be placed at the top of the page.  Sometimes we feel that our beautiful buildings of the week get neglected being placed so far at the bottom of the page - even we forget about them sometimes!

Hope you like it!

A new article!

A new article, written by Jess, was published today, April 12, in Raise the Hammer.  This article looks at the famed Auchmar House (1855) situated on the top of the Niagara Escarpment. There is no known architect for the house and so it is given a much-needed stylistic analysis in this accessible little article.

Read it online here:
http://www.raisethehammer.org/article/1351/auchmar_house_hamilton

If you are interested in visiting the house, it will be part of Doors Open Hamilton May 7 & 8, from 10am to 4pm!  Don't miss it!

Where does the time go?

Hello everyone,

Is it possible that it is almost mid-April?  Time flies and this PhD thing is pretty time-consuming.

Sorry for our lack of posts, but know that we are hard at work and we will have some great fodder for the blog soon! We have an exciting trip to Quebec planned for next month and that is just the beginning...

Jess and Candace