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Design for Community

We are committed to creating buildings and places that strengthen our neighbourhoods, enhance our daily lives and make our city more beautiful and connected. Since 1979, we have merged an abiding passion for design with a deeply-felt sense of responsibility to the wider community—to create a design team that innovates, client relationships that endure, buildings that inspire and environments that nurture creativity, health, spirituality and commerce.

Recent Projects

Kanata North Fire Station No. 45
Following the success of stations 36 and 55, the Hobin Architecture/Morley Hoppner design-build team was retained by the City of Ottawa for this new 3-bay station to serve the growing suburban community of Kanata North....
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Mosaïq 1 Affordable Housing
The largest Passive House project of its type in the country - Located at 811 Gladstone Avenue, "Mosaïq" Phase 1 provides a maintenance-free lifestyle and amenities in a safe......
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The Revalie Student Living
Located on Brookfield Road near Riverside Drive, the site is well connected to nearby amenities such as the Rideau Canal and Mooney’s Bay beach and recreational area......
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Highland Park Cemetery
The Reception Centre and Chapel at Highland Park Cemetery provide a new venue for Cole Funeral Services in the rural lands west of the city. Located near the historic village of Carp, the facility offers funeral and burial services in a modern, uplifting environment...
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Taggart Parkes Family Clubhouse
Opened in 2022, the brand new Taggart Parkes Family Clubhouse is the BGC Ottawa location serving the South-end of Ottawa. This Clubhouse delivers life-changing programming...
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McKay Lake Custom Residence
Planned in 1864 in the Picturesque tradition of 18th century England, Rockcliffe Park is a showcase of fastidiously maintained estate properties with custom residences dating back to the early 1900’s. Many lots in the Park enjoy views to the Ottawa River...
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The Grove Long-Term Care Redevelopment
Hobin Architecture's relationship with The Grove began in 2011 with a master plan study that looked at redeveloping the existing home and constructing an addition to accommodate the additional beds...
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Wellington West Retirement Community
The Wellington West Retirement Community at 1166 Wellington Street West includes 111 suites over nine storeys, above two and a half levels of underground parking...
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Greystone Village: The Oblate Lands Redevelopment
Filling the Gap in Old Ottawa East - The master plan strives to provide a wide variety of housing types and tenancies with up to 1,000 dwelling units distributed throughout a street layout drawn from the surrounding community...
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The Ottawa Pumphouse Kayak Pavilion
One of the best whitewater courses in Canada, the Pumphouse Race and Training Facility attracts competitors and spectators from around the world and was the site of the 2017 National Championships...
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1140 Wellington West – The Bethany Hope Centre Redevelopment
The reinvention of a key Hintonburg greenspace – This urban redevelopment project in the heart of Ottawa’s Hintonburg neighbourhood combines the preservation of a key greenspace along the Wellington Street West corridor with new built elements which strengthen both the greenspace and the street edge experience around it....
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The Annex, uOttawa
Functional & Contextual Design for New Student Residence — The Annex is a new mixed-use complex providing accommodations for over 500 students while reinventing a prominent Sandy Hill street corner....
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526 Kenwood Avenue
Hilltop House — This stately Westboro home celebrates its privileged hilltop location while remaining sensitive to the scale of the neighbourhood...
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Ottawa Fire Stations 36 and 55
Two sustainable and contextually-sensitive facilities for Ottawa Fire Services - Based on increasing demands, community growth and future development, the City planned for two brand new fire stations in Ottawa’s east end...
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Student Life Centre, Saint‑Paul University
The Student Life Centre: A Hallmark for the Evolution of Saint-Paul University - The Student Life Centre is a reflection of Saint-Paul University’s commitment to its student body, core values, and evolution within the post-secondary marketplace...
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The Innovation Centre at Bayview Yards
Strategic Rebirth of a 75-Year Old City Works Building - The Innovation Centre project involved the adaptive re-use of a c.1941 heritage-designated city works building into a brand new facility...
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The Haven Affordable Housing
An Affordable Housing Project with Strong Community & Sustainability Values - Located in the heart of Barrhaven and with recreational amenities, transit services, schools and shopping nearby...
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172 Clemow Avenue
The Experience and Delight of Space — Bold yet respectful, this Glebe home is a contemporary addition to a collection of stately residences on Clemow Ave. The material palette of limestone, wood, zinc and glass is timeless and the form draws from the history of the street...
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OakWood Design Centre & Showroom
A Sustainable Flagship for OakWood Designers and Builders - This brand new facility is located in Ottawa's east end near Trim Road and Highway 174...
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Yard & Station
A Schoolhouse Reinvention - Built in the 1930’s, this four-storey schoolhouse in Ottawa’s Hintonburg neighbourhood has served various functions over the years. The site was purchased and rezoned in 2013...
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Mutchmor Public School Addition
A Playful Expression of Function, Context and History in The Glebe - Mutchmor Public School, at 185 Fifth Avenue in the Glebe, was built in 1895 as a four-room school in the Romanesque Revival style...
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The Rideau at Lansdowne
A Celebrated Urban Landmark in The Glebe - The Rideau is located immediately to the west of the Lansdowne Park stadium, adjacent to Bank Street to the west and The Rideau Canal to the south...
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Our Work

The end products of our work—the spaces, buildings, parks, and neighbourhoods of our cities—will endure and mature, becoming elements in the human story of these places. Together with our clients, Hobin Architecture is dedicated to making that story as beautiful as possible.

Design for Community

Recent Projects

Kanata North Fire Station No. 45

Mosaïq 1 Affordable Housing

The Revalie Student Living

Highland Park Cemetery

Taggart Parkes Family Clubhouse

McKay Lake Custom Residence

The Grove Long-Term Care Redevelopment

Wellington West Retirement Community

Greystone Village: The Oblate Lands Redevelopment

The Ottawa Pumphouse Kayak Pavilion

1140 Wellington West – The Bethany Hope Centre Redevelopment

The Annex, uOttawa

526 Kenwood Avenue

Ottawa Fire Stations 36 and 55

Student Life Centre, Saint‑Paul University

The Innovation Centre at Bayview Yards

The Haven Affordable Housing

172 Clemow Avenue

OakWood Design Centre & Showroom

Yard & Station

Mutchmor Public School Addition

The Rideau at Lansdowne

Our Work

Projects

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