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Under the About Allen & Lea tab on the bar along the top there are new information packages about Accessibility and Sustainability of interest to anyone thinking about building or renovating. Passive House might be for you.
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Ujamaa Cooperative Homes in Scarborough, Ontario, was designed to house families headed by women of colour. The founding Board wanted us to create a safe and welcoming environment that took design clues from the global South. The building has many informal gathering spaces, floor patterns inspired by traditional housing in Burkino Faso, a colour scheme inspired by the Caribbean.
![House on Galiano Island, BC](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e5c6b3_3ef4486011036947a5c6617fba856ab5.jpg/v1/fill/w_147,h_110,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/e5c6b3_3ef4486011036947a5c6617fba856ab5.jpg)
Designed by Chris Lea, 1999
![Monaco Place](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e5c6b3_d80ea939a838b8b64a8ff6c9b2c1b9ea.jpg/v1/fill/w_147,h_81,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/e5c6b3_d80ea939a838b8b64a8ff6c9b2c1b9ea.jpg)
20 unit affordable housing church conversion Ossington Avenue, Toronto, 2012 Ellen Vera Allen, Architect
![Music Room, house on Galiano Island](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e5c6b3_a8b3059a6301d305e74891363a0164c3.jpg/v1/fill/w_147,h_110,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/e5c6b3_a8b3059a6301d305e74891363a0164c3.jpg)
designed by Chris Lea, 1999 room is designed to be sound separated from the rest of the house, in proportion to optimally bounce sound waves
![House on Galiano Island, BC](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e5c6b3_3ef4486011036947a5c6617fba856ab5.jpg/v1/fill/w_147,h_110,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/e5c6b3_3ef4486011036947a5c6617fba856ab5.jpg)
Designed by Chris Lea, 1999
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![HUCCHC garden plan, 1997](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e5c6b3_6c5f534e02696e9d11c2be68f8600ac1.jpg/v1/fill/w_147,h_93,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/e5c6b3_6c5f534e02696e9d11c2be68f8600ac1.jpg)
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