2021 Winners

“This project is one of several that came out of an initiative to model a process of community engagement, led by Indigenous architects, that would result in…

“This project aims to destigmatize supportive housing and to give a sense of dignity to its residents.”

"How do we bring biophilic design into towers? This 57-storey building essentially eliminates interior corridor space, instead including an outdoor breezeway…

"This building has a clarity in plan despite its multifaceted occupancy of public-facing, university community-facing and faculty-specific activities."

"There’s a robust net zero strategy, which is especially challenging in a building with an aquatic centre that requires continuous energy use to heat the…

"The jury found the design to be well executed, and was excited to see an architecture firm taking the initiative to experiment with this mix of programs on an…

"To take a building that occupies a prime location at the centre of a community and repurpose it for an essential community institution is an innovative…

WINNER OF A 2021 CANADIAN ARCHITECT AWARD OF MERIT This project begins with a vernacular reference to Prairie silos, and transforms it into something that is…

"More projects are needed that fill the “missing middle” and bring increased density to downtown neighbourhoods in the city; this project takes an…

"The round forms nest in the landscape in a compelling way and speak to the need to value and conserve our natural environments."

" It’s an elegant building rendered with a deft architectural hand, that is working with an iconic piece of Toronto architecture in a lovely way."

"There’s something seductive and attractive about the resulting form that is a site-specific response to capturing solar energy."