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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Place Monique-Mercure | Urban Fragments | View | |
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Filling Pieces - Hall's Lane Creative Studios | Student Projects | View | |
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CF Toronto Eaton Centre Bridge | Urban Fragments | View | |
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Montauk Montréal | Urban Architecture | View | |
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Plaza of Nations | Urban Design Plans | 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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Corner Commons | Community Initiatives | View | |
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PARK PARK | Urban Fragments | View | |
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Mobile Support as Shelter Support Infrastructure | Student Projects | View | |
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Lakeview Village | Sustainable Development | 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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18 Shades of Gay | Urban Fragments | View | |
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Casey House | Urban Architecture | View | |
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Mechanized River Valley Access | Civic Design Projects | View | |
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The Warming Huts | Community Initiatives | 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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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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The Fourth Street SW Underpass Enhancement | Urban Fragments | View | |
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The Springdale Library and Komagata Maru Park | Urban Architecture | View | |
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Berczy Park | Civic Design Projects | 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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TOcore: Downtown Parks and Public Realm Plan | Urban Design Plans |
Lead Firm: PUBLIC WORK and City of Toronto (Co-Lead) |
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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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[tactical] Infrastructure | Student Projects |
Lead: Bryce Clayton (University of Waterloo) |
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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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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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Discovery Halts (Escales découvertes) | Urban Fragments |
Lead Firm: civiliti + julie margot design |
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Urban Beehive Project | Community Initiatives |
Lead Firm: Nine Yards Studio |
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Place des Canotiers: Parkade, Artifact Wall, and Public Realm | Urban Architecture |
Lead Firm: DAOUST LESTAGE + ABCP |
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More Awesome Now Laneway Activations | Urban Fragments |
Lead Firm: HCMA Architecture + Design |
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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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Six Points Interchange | Urban Design Plans |
Lead Firm: SvN Architects + Planners and HDR inc. |
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The Bench Project | Community Initiatives |
Developers: anonymous |
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Impulse | Urban Fragments |
Lateral Office / CS Design |
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Union Street EcoHeritage | Urban Architecture |
SHAPE Architecture Inc. |
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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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Technopôle Angus - Phase II | Urban Design Plans |
Provencher_Roy |
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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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Regenerating Rossdale | Student Projects |
Michael Zabinski, Designer |
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Entre les Rangs | Urban Fragments |
Kanva |
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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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Lansdowne Park | Civic Design Projects |
PFS Studio |
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Limoilou dans la rue | Urban Fragments |
Groupe A / Annexe U |
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Gore Pedestrianization Initiative: Veterans’ Place | Community Initiatives |
The MBTW Group |
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Quartier des spectacles | Urban Fragments |
Partenariat du Quartier des spectacles |
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St. Patrick's Island Park | Sustainable Development |
Calgary Municipal Land Corporation |
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Kinsmen Park | Small or Medium Community Urban Design |
space2place design inc. |
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NCC Rideau Canal Skateway Chalets | Urban Fragments |
CSV Architects |
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Place Pierre Boucher and Platon Park | Civic Design Projects |
Urbanex division of Roche Ltd. |
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Ryerson Image Centre and School of Image Arts | Urban Architecture |
Diamond Schmitt Architects |
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Pottery Road Bicycle and Pedestrian Crossing | Urban Fragments |
PLANT Architect Inc. |
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Market Square | Civic Design Projects |
Janet Rosenberg + Studio Inc. |
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11 Division - Toronto Police Service | Urban Architecture |
Stantec Architecture, E.R.A. (Heritage Architecture) |
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The Landscape of Memory: Poppy Plaza | Civic Design Projects |
The Marc Boutin Architectural Collaborative Inc. |
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Central Transit Corridor - Community Building Strategy | Urban Design Plans |
Urban Strategies 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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Montreal Museum of Fine Arts - Claire & Marc Bourgie Pavilion of Quebec and Canadian Art | Urban Architecture |
Provencher_Roy |
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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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University of Winnipeg Students' Association bikeLAB | Community Initiatives |
Peter Sampson Architecture Studio Inc. |
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Jiigew [By the Water] | Urban Fragments |
Brook McIlroy Architects / SPMB |
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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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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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HRMbyDesign | Small or Medium Community Urban Design |
The Downtown Halifax Plan, Heritage and Design Department, Halifax Regional Municipality |
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Tower Renewal Opportunities Book | Sustainable Development |
E.R.A. Architects Inc. and the John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design, University of Toronto, Project lead Graeme Stewart, ERA Architects Inc. |
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Royal Conservatory, TELUS Centre for Performance and Learning | Urban Architecture |
Kuwabara Payne McKenna Blumberg Architects |
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Spadina WaveDeck | Civic Design Projects |
WEST 8 + DTAH Joint Venture |
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The RiverWalk Master Plan | Urban Design Plans |
Stantec Consulting Ltd. |
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Life Sciences Complex, McGill University | Urban Architecture |
Diamond and Schmitt Architects, Provencher Roy + Associés Architectes, Architects in Joint Venture |
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Capital Health Centre | Urban Fragments |
Dub Architects Ltd. |
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City_Program: Hybrid Area | Student Projects |
Virginie Pontbriand, Anik Malderis and Alexandre Guilbeault |
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Ottawa Children's Garden | Community Initiatives |
Sustainable Living Ottawa East and the Community of Old Ottawa East |
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Waterloo Public Square | Civic Design Projects |
GSP Group Inc. |
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Transformation of the Bonaventure Expressway at the Montreal Downtown Gateway | Urban Design Plans |
Groupe Cardinal Hardy collaboration: Urban Soland : paysages urbains and Société du Havre de Montréal |
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Manitoba Hydro Place | Urban Architecture |
Kuwabara Payne McKenna Blumberg Architects, Smith Carter Architects & Engineers, Transsolar KlimaEngineering |
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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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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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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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Loose Change | Student Projects |
(Rico) Chun Fung Law, Anne-Marie Desmeules, Aisha Sheikh |
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Gathering Circle | Urban Fragments |
Brook McIlroy and Ryan Gorrie |
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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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North Vancouver City Library | Urban Architecture |
Diamond Schmitt Architects and CEI Architecture Planning Interiors, in joint venture |
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East Village Master Plan | Urban Design Plans |
Broadway Malyan, with Roland Berger Strategy Consultants |
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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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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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