November 24, 2015
by Elsa Lam
Borden Park Pavilion and Clareview Community Recreation Centre were among the winners in in the City of Edmonton’s 2015 Urban Design Awards. The awards were announced at City Hall on November 20, 2015. “Edmonton’s Urban Design Awards encourage discussion about the memorable urban places that make up a great city,” said Mayor Don Iveson. “A big congratulations to all the award recipients on their significant achievement in exemplifying the value of good design advancing the art of city building in Edmonton.” Urban Architecture:
Civic Design Projects:
Urban Fragments:
Community-Based Projects:
Heritage Development (new category for 2015):
Implemented Residential Infill (new category for 2015):
Student Projects:
The public also had a chance to vote for the People’s Choice Award. This category was created to recognize past examples of good urban design that had a transformative impact on our quality of life in Edmonton. The Legislature Grounds were crowned the winner this year. The projects receiving awards are eligible to be entered for the National Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (RAIC) Urban Design Awards. “The Royal Architectural Institute of Canada is committed to promoting a greater awareness about the importance of better urban design,” said the chair of the RAIC-Edmonton Chapter, Basel Abdulaal, “Edmonton’s Urban Design Awards celebrate achievements in building a livable, sustainable and beautiful city, through outstanding urban design and appealing public spaces, my sincere congratulations to all winners.” The City of Edmonton and the RAIC-Edmonton Chapter host the Urban Design Awards together every two years. The first awards were presented in 2005. |
Would have been nice to add firm credits to the Edmonton Urban Design Award announcement – everyone works so hard to achieve excellence.
Thanks for the comment – we’ve added the credits now, in the cases where we were able to find them. Please let us know if you are can help with the missing credits.
The Borden Park Pavillion by GH3 appears to be an architecture design jewel, and the shot is nice too.
However, in what way is it relevant to urban design?
Isn’t the figure of the pavilion in a park that of the free-standing architectural object par excellence?