The Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (RAIC) and the Canada Council for the Arts invite architects to participate in the competition for the 2020 Governor General’s Medals in Architecture.
Awarded every two years, the 12 medals recognize and celebrate outstanding design in recently completed built projects – big or small – by Canadian architects.
The Governor General’s Medals in Architecture are among this country’s most prestigious and coveted architectural awards. Recipients receive an exceptional opportunity to:
- celebrate achievement with their team and clients
- reach new markets
- attract new business and talent
- gain exposure across Canada and internationally
Submission deadline: December 6, 2019 at 12:00 a.m. ET. Applying is quick and easy with the RAIC’s new online submission platform. RAIC members receive a discount on the entry fee.
The call for submissions is open to all architects or team of architects who were the lead design architects. They must be Canadian citizens or permanent residents of Canada, and licensed or registered with a Canadian provincial or territorial jurisdiction.
The RAIC, with the RAIC College of Fellows, is proud to organize and administer the competition. The Canada Council for the Arts selects and administers the peer assessment committee.
The 2020 jury members are:
- Alison Brooks, Principal and Creative Director, Alison Brooks Architects, London, UK
- Johanna Hurme, FRAIC, Architect and Co-founder, 5468796 Architecture, Winnipeg, MB
- Renée Mailhot, MIRAC, Architect and Co-founder, La SHED architecture, Montreal, QC
- David Theodore, MRAIC, Canada Research Chair in Architecture, Health, and Computation at the Peter Guo-hua Fu School of Architecture, McGill University, Montreal, QC
- Isay Weinfeld, Head Architect, Isay Weinfeld Arquitetura, Sao Paulo, Brazil
The medals recognize excellence in the art of architecture. The jury will assess the architectural and artistic merit of the design taking into consideration factors such:
- conceptual clarity
- innovation and uniqueness
- compatibility with the site
- sustainable design
- detailing
Eligible projects are those that were built in and outside of Canada and completed between January 1, 2012, and September 1, 2019.
The beautiful bronze medals, weighing 460 grams, have a new design that debuted in 2018.
See past recipients.