National Urban Design Awards — Past Recipients
Urban design and architectural excellence play an important role in maintaining and enhancing the quality of life in Canadian cities.
The Royal Architectural Institute of Canada, the Canadian Institute of Planners and the Canadian Society of Landscape Architects in cooperation with Canadian municipalities, wish to promote public and private awareness of that role. For this reason, an Urban Design Awards program has been established to recognize individuals, organizations, firms and projects that have contributed to the quality of life in our Canadian cities and their sustainability.
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Kids Reimagine School Streets | Community Initiatives |
SPECTACLE Bureau for Architecture and Urbanism, Sustainable Calgary, Everactive Schools, Toole Design, University of Calgary Faculty of Engineering |
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Bentway Staging Grounds | Urban Fragments |
SHEEEP in partnership with Agency—Agency |
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Queen’s Marque | Urban Architecture |
MacKay-Lyons Sweetapple Architects (Design Architect and Urban Design) with FBM Architects (Prime Consultant) |
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Exchange: Realizing RiverWalk West | Urban Design Plans |
groundcubed (Ground3 Inc.), HEREBY Architectural Inc., SIKOMH KOKOMII, Bunt & Associates Engineering Ltd., Martinson Golly Ltd., RJC Engineering |
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Fields and Flows: Township Development in Nova Scotia along the Shubenacadie River System | Student Projects | View | |
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Skeena Terrace Community Plan | Urban Design Plans |
Perkins&Will |
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Esplanade Tranquille | Civic Design Projects |
Les architectes FABG et Fauteux et associés architectes paysagistes |
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Maisonneuve Library Restoration and Extension | Urban Architecture |
EVOQ Architecture + civiliti |
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The Ring | Urban Fragments |
CCxA Architectes paysagistes Inc. |
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sθәqәlxenәm ts’exwts’áxwi7- Rainbow Park | Civic Design Projects |
DIALOG |
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Stadium Station | Urban Architecture |
GEC Architecture |
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Downsview Framework Plan | Urban Design Plans |
Henning Larsen (urban design); KPMB Architects (architecture); SLA (landscape); Urban Strategies Inc. (planning) |
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PARK PARK | Urban Fragments | View | |
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True North Square | Urban Architecture | View | |
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Yarmouth Main Street Redevelopment Phase 2 | Small or Medium Community Urban Design | View | |
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University of Toronto Scarborough Valley Land Accessible Trail | Civic Design Projects | View | |
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Saugeen First Nation GZHE-MNIDOO GI-TA-GAAN (Creator's Garden and Amphitheatre) Master Plan | Urban Design Plans | View | |
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Lakeview Village | Sustainable Development | View | |
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Corner Commons | Community Initiatives | View | |
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Mobile Support as Shelter Support Infrastructure | Student Projects | View |
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Filling Pieces - Hall's Lane Creative Studios | Student Projects | View | |
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Place Monique-Mercure | Urban Fragments | View | |
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Montauk Montréal | Urban Architecture | View | |
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CF Toronto Eaton Centre Bridge | Urban Fragments | View | |
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Plaza of Nations | Urban Design Plans | View |
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Intervention plan for the comfort and safety of pedestrians and cyclists in Old Québec City (Vieux-Québec) | Urban Design Plans | View | |
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Topographic Urban Expansion | Student Projects | View | |
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Corridor de biodiversité, Arrondissement de Saint-Laurent, Montréal | Sustainable Development | View | |
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The Warming Huts | Community Initiatives | View | |
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18 Shades of Gay | Urban Fragments | View | |
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Mechanized River Valley Access | Civic Design Projects | View | |
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Casey House | Urban Architecture | View |
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North East Exchange District Public Realm | Civic Design Projects | View | |
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The Drainage Filter for the Everglades | Student Projects | View | |
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The Fourth Street SW Underpass Enhancement | Urban Fragments | View | |
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Berczy Park | Civic Design Projects | View | |
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The Springdale Library and Komagata Maru Park | Urban Architecture | View |
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Urban Beehive Project | Community Initiatives |
Lead Firm: Nine Yards Studio |
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Discovery Halts (Escales découvertes) | Urban Fragments |
Lead Firm: civiliti + julie margot design |
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Rehabilitation of the waterfront and boardwalk at the Anse-du-Sud sector of Percé, QC | Sustainable Development |
Lead Firm: AECOM |
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Place Vauquelin | Civic Design Projects |
Lead Firm: Lemay (Marie-Ève Parent, Jean-Philippe André, Sophie Lacoste, Benoit Gaudet, Carlos Santibanez, Isabelle Giasson) |
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Place des Canotiers: Parkade, Artifact Wall, and Public Realm | Urban Architecture |
Lead Firm: DAOUST LESTAGE + ABCP |
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[tactical] Infrastructure | Student Projects |
Lead: Bryce Clayton (University of Waterloo) |
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The Kuujjuaq Hackathon 2017: Reassembling the North | Small or Medium Community Urban Design |
Lead Organization: McGill University, Minimum Cost Housing/Hackathon Group |
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TOcore: Downtown Parks and Public Realm Plan | Urban Design Plans |
Lead Firm: PUBLIC WORK and City of Toronto (Co-Lead) |
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Domestic Insurgency - Towards Affordable Housing in Vancouver | Student Projects |
Lead: James Banks (University of Waterloo) |
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The 4th Ave Flyover | Community Initiatives |
Lead: Tawab Hlimi, Assistant Professor in Landscape Architecture at the University of Calgary |
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More Awesome Now Laneway Activations | Urban Fragments |
Lead Firm: HCMA Architecture + Design |
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Six Points Interchange | Urban Design Plans |
Lead Firm: SvN Architects + Planners and HDR inc. |
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Entre les Rangs | Urban Fragments |
Kanva |
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Technopôle Angus - Phase II | Urban Design Plans |
Provencher_Roy |
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Impulse | Urban Fragments |
Lateral Office / CS Design |
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Impose | Student Projects |
Brad Comis, Sebastien Sauve-Hoover, Danielle Soneff of Threshold Art and Design working with Jesse Sherburne. |
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Regenerating Rossdale | Student Projects |
Michael Zabinski, Designer |
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The Bench Project | Community Initiatives |
Developers: anonymous |
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Nathan Phillips Square Revitalization | Civic Design Projects |
PLANT Architect Inc. | Perkins + Will Canada in Joint Venture, with Hoerr Schaudt Landscape Architecture and Adrian Blackwell Urban Projects |
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Union Street EcoHeritage | Urban Architecture |
SHAPE Architecture Inc. |
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Lansdowne Park | Civic Design Projects |
PFS Studio |
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Queen Richmond Centre West | Urban Architecture |
Sweeny&Co Architects Inc. |
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University of Ottawa Campus Master Plan | Urban Design Plans |
Urban Strategies Inc. |
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Limoilou dans la rue | Urban Fragments |
Groupe A / Annexe U |
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Quartier des spectacles | Urban Fragments |
Partenariat du Quartier des spectacles |
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Gore Pedestrianization Initiative: Veterans’ Place | Community Initiatives |
The MBTW Group |
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Kinsmen Park | Small or Medium Community Urban Design |
space2place design inc. |
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St. Patrick's Island Park | Sustainable Development |
Calgary Municipal Land Corporation |
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University of Winnipeg Students' Association bikeLAB | Community Initiatives |
Peter Sampson Architecture Studio Inc. |
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Collaborative Exercise 2013: An Architecture of Civility | Student Projects |
Ryerson University, Department of Architectural Science, George T. Kapelos, FRAIC, MCIP, Coordinator |
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Westminster Pier Park | Civic Design Projects |
PWL Partnership Landscape Architects Inc. |
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Blatchford Redevelopment Masterplan | Urban Design Plans |
Perkins+Will Canada |
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Place Pierre Boucher and Platon Park | Civic Design Projects |
Urbanex division of Roche Ltd. |
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Montreal Museum of Fine Arts - Claire & Marc Bourgie Pavilion of Quebec and Canadian Art | Urban Architecture |
Provencher_Roy |
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Jiigew [By the Water] | Urban Fragments |
Brook McIlroy Architects / SPMB |
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The Landscape of Memory: Poppy Plaza | Civic Design Projects |
The Marc Boutin Architectural Collaborative Inc. |
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11 Division - Toronto Police Service | Urban Architecture |
Stantec Architecture, E.R.A. (Heritage Architecture) |
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Pottery Road Bicycle and Pedestrian Crossing | Urban Fragments |
PLANT Architect Inc. |
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Revitalization of Victoria Park Subway Station | Civic Design Projects |
TTC – Concept Design, SGA/IBI Architects – Details Design / Project Architect, Scott Torrance Landscape Architect – Landscape, Green Roof, Brown + Storey Architects Inc. – Urban Design, Aniko Maszaros – Public Artist, Owner/Client – Toronto Transit CommissionUrban Architecture |
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Central Transit Corridor - Community Building Strategy | Urban Design Plans |
Urban Strategies Inc. |
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Market Square | Civic Design Projects |
Janet Rosenberg + Studio Inc. |
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Ryerson Image Centre and School of Image Arts | Urban Architecture |
Diamond Schmitt Architects |
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NCC Rideau Canal Skateway Chalets | Urban Fragments |
CSV Architects |
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Evergreen Brick Works | Sustainable Development |
DTAH Architects Ltd. |
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City of Nanaimo Downtown Urban Design Manual and Guidelines | Small or Medium Community Urban Design |
D'Ambrosio Architecture + Urbanism |
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North Vancouver City Library | Urban Architecture |
Diamond Schmitt Architects and CEI Architecture Planning Interiors, in joint venture |
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ESPA 2010 Mural Project (aka "Transition" Mural Project) | Urban Fragments |
Edmonton Small Press Association (ESPA) |
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Feed Toronto: Growing the Hydrofields | Student Projects |
Drew Adams / Fadi Masoud / Karen May / Denise Pinto / Jameson Skaife |
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Canada's Sugar Beach | Civic Design Projects |
Claude Cormier + Associés and Waterfront Toronto, with The Planning Partnership |
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Gathering Circle | Urban Fragments |
Brook McIlroy and Ryan Gorrie |
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East Village Master Plan | Urban Design Plans |
Broadway Malyan, with Roland Berger Strategy Consultants |
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West Toronto Railpath | Civic Design Projects |
Scott Torrance Landscape Architect Inc. (Prime) |
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Toronto Avenues and Mid-Rise Buildings Study | Urban Design Plans |
Brook McIlroy and the City of Toronto, with ERA Architects, Quadrangle Architects, Urban Marketing Collaborative |
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YVR Vancouver International Airport | Urban Design Plans |
Sharp & Diamond Landscape Architecture Inc. |
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Elm Street Four Unit Infill | Urban Architecture |
Jason C. Flynn Architect Inc. |
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Loose Change | Student Projects |
(Rico) Chun Fung Law, Anne-Marie Desmeules, Aisha Sheikh |
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Garden City Play Environment, City of Richmond | Civic Design Projects |
space2place design inc., with POD Design |
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One Cole, Regent Park, Toronto | Urban Architecture |
Diamond Schmitt Architects, with Graziani + Corazza Architects Inc., NAK Design Strategies |
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Marché Lionel Daunais | Small or Medium Community Urban Design |
Sylvie Perrault architectes / Atelier Urban Face Inc. |
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Sherbourne Common | Sustainable Development |
Phillips Farevaag Smallenberg and Waterfront Toronto, with The Planning Partnership |
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City_Program: Hybrid Area | Student Projects |
Virginie Pontbriand, Anik Malderis and Alexandre Guilbeault |
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Manitoba Hydro Place | Urban Architecture |
Kuwabara Payne McKenna Blumberg Architects, Smith Carter Architects & Engineers, Transsolar KlimaEngineering |
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Waterloo Public Square | Civic Design Projects |
GSP Group Inc. |
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