Monaco Place Housing

Ellen Vera Allen Architect, 2012

Monaco Place elevations

Ellen Vera Allen Architect, 2012

Monaco Place

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Monaco Place garden

Bicycle Shed

Westwood Cooperative, Niagara Falls

Allen and Ensslen Architects designed by Harald Ensslen and Chris Lea

Westwood Cooperative, Niagara Falls

Westwood Cooperative pergola

Westwood Phases 1 (top) and 2

Study for a cooperative

Allen Ensslen Barrett Architects Was to be in Niagara Falls

Crystal Beach Cooperative

Allen & Ensslen Architects, 1991 designed by Harald Ensslen, Ellen Vera Allen and Chris Lea

Crystal Beach stacked housing

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Crystal Beach, rear, stacked housing

photo taken in 2013

Crystal Beack playground in 2013

Ujamma Cooperative, Scarborough

Allen Ensslen Barrett Architects, 1993 designed by Ellen Vera Allen, Chris Lea and Harald Ensslen

Ujamaa bench

Ujamaa near playground

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Emmaus Place street elevation

Allen Ensslen Barrett Architects designed by Charles Barrett and Chris Lea

Emmaus when new

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Emmaus lobby

Emmaus streetscape

Agnes MacPhail Cooperative

St. Catharines, Ontario designed by Ellen Vera Allen, Harald Ensslen and Chris Lea was originally called Agnes McPhail Women's Cooperative

Agnes MacPhail Cooperative

Agnes MacPhail from the air

Watermark Cooperative

Allen Ensslen Barrett Architects designed by Harald Ensslen and Chris Lea

Women's Community Cooperative

Allen and Ensslen Architects designed by Ellen Vera Allen and Robert Mitchell

Women's Community Cooperative front

Women's Community Co-op from the air

Shriners Creek, Niagara Falls

Allen Ensslen Barrett Architects designed by Harald Ensslen and Chris Lea

Shriners Creek Cooperative

Shriners Creek

Shriners Creek Co-op from the air

Country Lane Cooperative

St. Catharines, Ontario Allen and Ensslen Architects designed by Harald Ensslen and Chris Lea

Country Lane apartment block

Country Lane Co-op apartment rear

Stacked housing

Country Lane Cooperative St. Catharines, Ontario

Country Lane Co-op from the air

YWCA Pape Avenue sketch, 1987

Allen and Ensslen Architects designed by Harald Ensslen, Ellen Vera Allen and Chris Lea

YWCA Housing from Pape Avenue

photo taken in 2013

YWCA Pape Street Housing

view from Eastern Avenue

YWCA Pape Avenue Housing

View from the north parking area

Good Shepherd Study

Study by Chris Lea to redevelop the Good Shepherd Centre Hamilton's Mary Street properties

St. Nicholas Cooperative, Toronto

Allen and Ensslen Architects Tridel Corporation designed by Harald Ensslen, Ellen Vera Allen and Chris Lea View from the courtyard

St. Nicholas Cooperative from air

St. Nicholas Cooperative

Apartment interior

St. Nicholas Cooperative, Toronto all apartments in this building featured a layout with southern and northern exposures, allowing for cross-ventilation

Beauparlant Cooperative playground

downspout at Beauparlant

all rainwater landing on this building was retained on site

Beauparlant vestibule

Falls Place, Niagara Falls

Allen and Ensslen Architects, 1982 designed by Harald Ensslen and Ellen Vera Allen

Falls Place park

Falls Place Cooperative Pavilion

designed by Harald Ensslen and Chris Lea

Legion 414, Woodbridge

Allen Ensslen Barrett Architects designed by Charles Barrett and Chris Lea

Ether Harrington site

Allen Ensslen Barrett Architects designed by Harald Ensslen and Chris Lea project was cancelled by the Common Sense Revolution

Esther Harrington 2A

As many of the women who were to occupy this project were coming out of abusive relationships, the units were planned with garages, unusual in cooperative housing projects, in order that occupants could exit their cars in safety.

Briar Rose under construction

Allen and Ensslen Architects designed by Harald Ensslen and Chris Lea

Briar Rose construction drawing

Briar Rose 2

Briar Rose bikes

Briar Rose 1 and 2 from above

Briar Rose 2 is large L shaped building top left, the first phase is the smaller L to bottom right

Lakeshore Village CAD model, 1991

Lakeshore Village Artists' Cooperative Allen Ensslen Barrett Architects Daniels Corporation designed by Harald Ensslen and Chris Lea

Lakeshore Village Artists' Cooperative under construction (AEB Architects).jpg

South centre

Lakeshore Village Artists' Cooperative

Lakeshore Village Artists' Co-op

Allen Ensslen Barrett Architects, 1993 designed under urban planning guidelines by Paul Reuber Architect for Daniels Group

Metro Housing Equity Housing study

Allen Ensslen Barrett Architects drawn by Chris Lea

West Rouge townhouse

West Rouge Cooperative

West Rouge near Port Union Road

West Rouge end

West Rouge Cooperative from the air

Allen Ensslen Barrett Architects

Arbor Village backyards

Allen and Ensslen Architects designed by Harald Ensslen and Chris Lea

Arbor Village, St. Catherines

Arbor Village townhouses

Arbor Village from the sky

Urban Design Awards Larch Street

Larch Street Housing

Allen and Ensslen Architects, 1986 designed by Harald Ensslen and Chris Lea project is in the middle of Chinatown, near Spadina Avenue and Dundas Street

Meadowgreen Cooperative

St. Catharines Allen Ensslen Barrett Architects designed by Harald Ensslen and Chris Lea

Meadowgreen pavilion

Meadowgreen Cooperative from the air

Norman Avenue elevations

Ellen Vera Allen Architect, 2007 An affordable housing 5-plex replaced a single-family house, part of Woodtree Cooperative.

Norman Avenue sections

Norman Avenue housing