Winners of the 2009 Premier’s Design Awards of Excellence in Saskatchewan were announced during Design Week, held in the last week of October in Saskatoon. The city welcomed several dynamic guest lecturers during the speaker series, which also included a two-day Building Saskatchewan Green conference. The week wrapped up with the Premier’s Design Awards gala held at one of the award-winning projects, the zu office, which occupies a former warehouse space in downtown Saskatoon.
The seven categories of the Premier’s Design Awards are: Architecture, Community Planning, Interior Design, Landscape Design, Engineering, Graphic Design, and Collaborative – made up of three or more disciplines. This year, no entries were submitted in the Engineering category.
The winners are as follows:
Architecture
Award of Excellence
Regina Early Learning Centre
LeeAnn Croft, Stantec Architecture Ltd. (Regina)
Award of Merit
450-square-foot condominium, Regina (see September 2009 issue of Canadian Architect)
Bernard Flaman
Award of Merit
172 – 8th Street East, Saskatoon
Gerry Agrey, Kindrachuk Agrey Architecture
Award of Merit
River Landing Pavilion
Derek Kindrachuk, Kindrachuk Agrey Architecture
Award of Merit
Addition and Renovations to the College of Law Building, University of Saskatchewan
Jim Siemens
, Stantec Architecture Ltd. (Saskatoon)
Community Planning
Award of Excellence
Pleasant Hill Village
Melissa Austin & Allan Wallace, City of Saskatoon
Interior Design
Award of Excellence
Mano’s Restaurant
Jackie Hoeppner & Rebecca Stewart, Stantec Architecture Ltd. (Saskatoon)
Award of Merit
Assante Wealth Management, Regency Advisory Corporation
Daniel Reeves, aodbt architecture + interior design
Award of Merit
Suncorp Valuations
Daniel Reeves, aodbt architecture + interior design
Landscape Architecture
Award of Excellence
Market Square
Cam Patterson, Stantec Consulting
Graphic Design
Award of Excellence
Treacherous Book Design
Allan Dowdeswell, Confidant Communications
Award of Merit
Koenig & Associates Christmas Card
Hal Schrenk, Hal Schrenk Graphic Design
Collaborative
Award of Excellence
zu office
Stantec Architecture & Interior Design, Stantec Consulting Mechanical & Electrical in collaboration with Begrand Fast Design Inc.
Award of Merit
Cameco Operations Centre
Kindrachuk Agrey Architecture/Daniels Wingerak Engineering Ltd./PWA Engineering Ltd./Crosby Hanna & Associates/Robb Kullman Engineering Ltd.
Award of Merit
River Landing Streetscape
City of Saskatoon, Land Branch Urban Design Section/Jeanna South/John Penner/Larry Schultz/Brock Dergousoff/Melanie Hartley/Cindy Painchaud/Genevieve Russell
For more information, please visit www.designcouncil.sk.ca