The Design Exchange (DX) announced the 2009 winners of the Design Exchange Awards at a gala dinner on November 24, 2009. This national design competition is open to professional designers across Canada working in a range of disciplines, and the winning projects are displayed in an exhibition at the DX running from November 25, 2009 to February 21, 2010.
The Design Exchange Awards promote Canadian design excellence and recognizes the critical role of design in all types of organizations – national and international. The Awards celebrate the success stories achieved through close partnerships between clients and designers. Projects are recognized for balancing function, aesthetics, and economic success.
Award categories include architecture, interiors, visual communications, environments, fashion and industrial design. A special award is also presented to the CEO with the best design strategy. The winners in each category are listed below.
Architecture – Commercial
Gold
Project: RBC Centre
Design Architects: Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates, Sweeny Sterling Finlayson & Co. Architects Inc.
Production Architect: Bregman + Hamann Architects
Advocacy and Compliance Architect for RBC/RBC Dexia: Sweeny Sterling Finlayson & Co. Architects Inc.
Client: Cadillac Fairview Corporation Limited, RBC Financial Group and RBC Dexia Investor Services
Silver
Project: George Brown College – Centre for Hospitality and Culinary Arts
Designer: Kearns Mancini Architects Inc. with Gow Hastings Architects Inc.
Client: George Brown College
Bronze
Project: Centre for Urban Ecology
Designer: Taylor Hazell Architects with architectsAlliance
Client: Humber College Institute for Technology and Advanced Learning; City of Toronto; Toronto and Region Conservation Authority
Honourable Mention
Project: Island Yacht Club
Designer: Montgomery Sisam Architects
Client: Island Yacht Club
Honourable Mention
Project: Southbrook Vineyards
Designer: Diamond + Schmitt Architects
Client: Southbrook Vineyards
Architecture – Residential
Gold
Project: 40R Laneway House
Designer: Superkül Inc.
Client: Elena & Jorge Soni
Silver
Project: Shift Cottage
Designer: Superkül Inc.
Client: Anonymous
Bronze
Project: aerieLOFT
Designer: Breathe Architects
Client: B. Puckering
Honourable Mention
Project: House 60
Designer: gh3
Client: Allison Granovsky
Engineering
Honourable Mention
Project: Versus Scoreboard – Portable, Electronic Scoreboard and MP3 Player
Designer: Cortex Designs
Client: Versus Ltd.
Fashion/Apparel Design
Honourable Mention
Project: R 320 Climbing Harness
Designer: Arc’teryx
Client: Arc’teryx
Industrial Design
Gold
Project: Artful Winemaker
Designer: Poissant Design Associates Inc.
Client: Global Vintners Inc.
Silver
Project: Xyr&aum
l; Playground Equipment
Designer: Marc Boudreau Design Industriel
Client: Jambette Évolujeux
Bronze
Project: DNA Self-Collection Kit: Test Tube format
Designer: DW Product Development Inc.
Client: DNA Genotek Inc.
Honourable Mention
Project: LED Light ‘Bright Cube’
Designer: Lumolar
Client: Lumolar with Arkalumen
Honourable Mention
Project: Planna
Designer: Inscape / Inscape Design Team
Client: Inscape
Interior Design – Commercial
Gold
Project: W Hotel Downtown Atlanta
Designer: burdifilek
Client: W Hotel / Barry Real Estate
Silver
Project: Scandinave Les Bains vieux-Montreal
Designer: Saucier + Perrotte Architectes
Client: Gestion Rivière du Diable Inc.
Bronze
Project: Sub-Zero Wolf Showroom
Designer: Cecconi Simone
Client: Maroline Distributing Inc.
Bronze
Project: Bennett Jones Client Centre
Designer: Frankland + Associates Ltd.
Client: Bennett Jones LLP
Honourable Mention
Project: Murale
Designer: burdifilek
Client: Shoppers Drug Mart
Honourable Mention
Project: Stantec Guelph Office
Designer: Stantec Architecture Ltd.
Client: Stantec Consulting Ltd.
Interior Design – Residential
Gold
Project: Shelf Life
Designer: Perkins Eastman Black Architects
Client: Perkins Eastman Black Architects
Silver
Project: Beach House
Designer: Dubbeldam Design Architects
Client: Sean Smith & Kate Halpenny
Bronze
Project: Russell Hill House
Designer: gh3
Client: Dale Burshtein
Interior Design – Temporary or Portable
Gold
Project: Lippincott Living
Designer: Cecconi Simone
Client: Blurredge Group
Silver
Project: Schad Gallery of Biodiversity
Designer: Reich + Petch Design International
Client: Royal Ontario Museum
Bronze
Project: ÏCE Condominiums at York Centre Sales Office
Designer: Munge Leung Design Associates
Client: Lanterra Developments and Cadillac Fairview
Honourable Mention
Project: Installation
Designer: Studio Junction Inc.
Client: Studio Junction Inc.
Honourable Mention
Project: Blue Note
Designer: PLANT Architect Inc.
Client: Nightswimming
Landscape Architecture
Gold
Project: Dymaxion Sleep
Designers: Jane Hutton and Adrian Blackwell
Client: Refford Gardens/Jardins De Métis International Garden Festival
Silver
Project: Square Des Frères-Charon
Designer: Affleck + de la Riva
Client: City of Montréal, Direction des Grands Parcs et de la Nature en Ville
Bronze
Project: West Toronto Railpath
Designer: Scott Torrance Landscape Architect Inc. with Brown and Storey Architects Inc.
Client: City of Toronto, Economic Development, Culture and Tourism Department
Honourable Mention
Project: Trinity College Quadrangle
Designer: gh3
Client: Trinity College
Honourable Mention
Project: Victoria University Forecourt
Designer: PMA Landscape Architects Ltd.
Client: Victoria University in the University of Toronto
Honourable Mention
Project: ESRI Canada Green Roof
Designer: Scott Torrance Landscape Architect Inc.
Client: ESRI Canada
Urban Design
Gold
Project: Shops at Don Mills
Designer: Rudy Adlaf for The Cadillac Fairview Corporation in collaboration with Giannone Petricone Associates Inc. Architects and pellow + associates architects inc.
Client: The Cadillac Fairview Corporation Ltd.
Silver
Project: Place des Festivals – Quartier des Spectacles
Designer: Daoust Lestage Inc.
Client: Ville de Montréal
Bronze
Project: Lakeview Legacy Project
Designer: John Danahy Centre for Landscape Research
Client: Lakeview Ratepayers Association
Visual Communication – Brand & Identity
Gold
Project: Bell TV Packaging
Designer: lg2boutique
Client: Bell Canada
Silver
Project: Happy Planet Shots Packaging System
Designer: Subplot Design Inc.
Client: Happy Planet Foods, Inc.
Bronze
Project: Vancouver Convention Centre
Designer: Gottschalk+Ash and Terry Heard Design
Client: BC Pavilion Corporation
Honourable Mention
Project: Guelph Office Entry Signage
Designer: Stantec Architecture Ltd.
Client: Stantec Architecture Ltd.
Honourable Mention
Project: Lippincott Living
Designer: ninth+crux
Client: Blurredge Group
Visual Communications – Content Development & Editorial
Gold
Project: Agora Borealis: Engaging in Sustainable Architecture
Designer: Joel Harding / Manasc Issac Architects
Client: Manasc Isaac Architects
Silver
Project: Pug Awards
Designer: ninth+crux
Client: Pug Awards
Bronze
Project: Vancouver Matters
Designer: James Eidse, Mari Fujita, Joey Giaimo, Christa Min (editors); Lori Kiessling (photo editor); Robin Mitchell of hundreds & thousands (graphic design)
Client: Blueimprint
Honourable Mention
Project: [un]Fold[in]
Designer: Borxu Design / Borzu Talaie
Client: atelier rzlbd
Honourable Mention
Project: Leaf A Legacy
Designer: Signals Design Group
Client: BC Cancer Foundation
Design Exchange Staff Choice
Project: Phonofone II
Designer: Science & Sons
Client: Science & Sons
Canadian Company or CEO with the Best Design Strategy
Gareth Brennan
Principal/CEO, Founder of Eventscape Inc.
For more information on the DX Awards, please visit www.dx.org