Award of Excellence

"An iconic building design has emerged from a thoughtful, incredibly creative analysis of context and program."

"I greatly appreciate how the story of the bee is reinterpreted throughout the architecture, both as a didactic tool and as a unifying concept."

"It appears the integration of systems has co-evolved, rather than resulting from an additive process. The team of client, architect and engineer are equally…

"Enormous care has been taken to create great urbanism, and the architects have done this expertly on many fronts."

"It knits old and new, but allows each to be of its time."

For 52 years, Canadian Architect has sponsored an annual national awards program, the only national awards that recognize projects in the design stage. The…

"The cantilevered form is in line with the profit centre of the building, and those profits probably pay for the structural gymnastics. It’s really quite…

"The quality of the mountain-like roof, the oculus at its centre, and the way that light will spread within the library—all of these are going to enhance the…

"It’s a building about passage and threshold, and an example of what you can do with a utilitarian infrastructure that we haven’t paid attention to for…

"We have many big, iconic buildings across Canada that would benefit from new intervention and reuse strategies with this kind of sensibility."