The Ontario Association of Architects (OAA) has announced its 2006 award winners who represent the best in Ontario architectural design, innovation, and business. New buildings in Dundas, Kleinburg, Markham, Ottawa, Peterborough, and Toronto have been honoured. The Bata Headquarters in Toronto received the Landmark Award recognizing its ability to “stand the test of time” as a notable example of the development of architecture in Ontario.

The OAA Awards offers the Ontario architectural profession an annual opportunity to present its work to a public and professional audience; it advertises the excellence of both individual award winners and the profession as a whole; it fosters a greater appreciation of architecture and architects among all levels of society, professional and non-professional. One hundred and sixty-seven submissions were received and reviewed by two juries.