2013 Awards

"A striking architectural response to a harsh environment."

"It’s an elegant, choreographed resolution to the site’s topography."

"This is an incredibly resolved, well-executed design."

"The Centre provides a dynamic and modern counterpoint to the rest of the campus and neighbourhood and is a sensitive response to its context."

"There’s also a complete clarity of intention in the materiality and composition of the façade that is no longer about commodity baseline systems."

"It’s contextually sensitive, and at the same time incredibly bold."

"The master-planning strategy emphasizes an adjustable framework of simple elemental forms and the spaces in between."

"I like the distinctive illusory stance of the pavilion relative to the solidity of the nearby heritage building which is more massive and opaque."

"The relationship to landscape is key to the success of this project."

"This is a spectacular presentation of an illusion."

"The approach gives an ephemeral quality to concrete, an inherently weighty construction material."