Award of Merit

"I don’t imagine the RFP for this infrastructure project listed “poetry” as a requirement, yet in the delicate hands of this team, there is a demonstration that…

"I admire the ambition for the wood structure—a diagrid that gives the building apparent stability, as well as iconic character."

"The building is like a beautiful whale that has beached and given up its soul for us all to explore."

"This is a remarkable transformation of a building type, taking a massive parking garage with all its negative impacts and turning it into a landscape and…

"It’s a house with a spiritual aspect."

"The interior atrium is an inviting, generous civic space, at a natural centre point within the eye-shaped volume."

"I appreciated the compactness of the plan—which is very efficient with regard to minimizing the quantity of envelope—and the way the designers decided to bring…

"There is more to the project than just a façade: the units are well connected vertically and light enters the spaces in a dynamic way."

"It imagines how you could squeeze three additional dwelling units on a very small, tight site."

"The success of this project is in its sectional diagram, as a snaking form that connects through the principal public spaces and suggests links to the rest of…

"A DNA module that can be copied, extended and retracted, plopped anywhere and not just used in the north."

"It’s interesting to see housing being re-invested by architects in such a sensitive way, with a concern for community and everyday-ness."

"A smart and empathetic addition to the old industrial building."

"It’s quite provocative and is smart on many levels by thinking through an old material and making it appear new."

"It’s not architecture as an object, but rather architecture linked to experience."

"There is a very delicate assertion to this project that preserves the quality and integrity of the existing building and its forecourt and gardens while adding…