'Virtual museum' to showcase Rideau Canal

Soon a new online exhibit will show how the canal and its surrounding town grew, changed shape, and kept growing, with a website combining engineering plans and historic paintings to build computer images of Ottawa’s past.

CIMS' to present at the XXIIIrd International CIPA Symposium

Nevil Wood will deliver a presentation at the XXIIIrd International CIPA Symposium in Prague, Czech Republic on March 14th, 2011.  

New tools to peel back the history of the Rideau Locks

The architectural and cultural history of the construction of the Rideau Canal, considered a World Heritage Site, will soon be available as a unique web-based virtual museum.

Doors Open Ottawa

This Saturday, June 4th, CIMS will be taking part in Doors Open Ottawa.  We will be opening our doors from 10:00am to 4:00pm to showcase some of our exciting work relating to heritage documentation and conservatio...[more]

Building a Brain

Architecture student Crystal Hanley is making processes in the brain more visually accessible.

Cultural Diversity and Material Imagination in Canadian Architecture

Cultural Diversity and Material Imagination in Canadian Architecture (CDMICA) addresses knowledge creation and mobilization for both the tangible and intangible qualities of our built heritage. Building on a record of collaborative research in the fields of heritage conservation, documentation, and digital archiving among our partners (Autodesk Canada, Canadian Centre for Architecture, Heritage Canada Foundation, IBM Canada, ICOMOS Canada Parks Canada, Public Works and Government Services Canada), CDMICA employs an innovative re-purposing of existing software and web technologies in a focused study that examines the ethno-cultural character of materials and methods of construction integral to Canada's heritage architecture.