Award of Merit

"The strength of this project lies on its relationship to the existing building and the park."

"The jury appreciated the architect’s structural, spatial, and compositional commitment to an organizing grid."

"The Annex House project prioritizes hidden density in an established neighbourhood."

"The design exceeds the client’s expectations by combining a sporty public washroom and pickleball court."

"A sense of conviction in the use of the geometry to create a simple volume and a very rational plan, while incorporating a very large and complex program."

"An intervention that celebrates the importance of the existing vernacular through minimal contemporary interventions."

"A simple and refined approach to museum design."

"A wonderful, contemporized interpretation of the Vancouver Special using prefabricated components."

"This exploration of space and materials is just the kind of thing that is good to see in small-scale residential work."

"A masterful use of heavy timber in a well-tailored community building."

"This well-resolved neighbourhood library building explicitly wears its commitment to reconciliation on its sleeve."

"A new form of architecture consciously emerges from the landscape and looks to Indigenous precedents, and it works well."

"The building section pushes the boundaries of what can be achieved in Northern public buildings."

"This project was much discussed as a model for architecture’s responsibility to fragile landscapes."

"Delightful without kitsch.”

"The project proposes a well-designed urban solution to the housing problem."