Award of Excellence

"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 starting point for this powerful project is the amazing idea that a water reservoir could symbolize the union between Tsuut’ina culture, the land, and the…

"It does a lot of things very beautifully and almost effortlessly, with its approach to structure, light, and fitting into its urban context."

"This is a big building that seems comfortable, with qualities of delicacy and softness."

"The sculptural shape is complemented by a very interesting tectonic approach that does something different with brick."

“This project’s designers have created a dynamic new front-of-house for this existing theatre on an impossibly tight urban site.”

"This project is healing the city by connecting back over the highway to join two major precincts."

"An iconic building design has emerged from a thoughtful, incredibly creative analysis of context and program."

"I greatly appreciate how the story of the bee is reinterpreted throughout the architecture, both as a didactic tool and as a unifying concept."

"It appears the integration of systems has co-evolved, rather than resulting from an additive process. The team of client, architect and engineer are equally…

"Enormous care has been taken to create great urbanism, and the architects have done this expertly on many fronts."

"It knits old and new, but allows each to be of its time."

For 52 years, Canadian Architect has sponsored an annual national awards program, the only national awards that recognize projects in the design stage. The…

"The cantilevered form is in line with the profit centre of the building, and those profits probably pay for the structural gymnastics. It’s really quite…

"The quality of the mountain-like roof, the oculus at its centre, and the way that light will spread within the library—all of these are going to enhance the…