In October, jurors Peter Hargraves, Betsy Williamson, Louis Lemay, and photo juror Félix Michaud met to adjudicate the 55th annual Canadian Architect Awards of Excellence. They considered 153 professional entries, 30 student entries, and 31 photo entries to arrive at their selection of winners.
The winners are:
AWARDS OF EXCELLENCE
S2 Architecture (Architect of Record) and gh3* (Design Architect)
Blatchford District Energy Sharing System Sewage Heat Exchange
Moriyama & Teshima Architects and Smoke Architecture
Mukwa Waakaa’igan Indigenous Centre of Cultural Excellence
Oxbow Architecture & Richard Kroeker
Muscowpetung Powwow Arbour
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Pelletier de Fontenay + Kuehn Malvezzi + Jodoin Lamarre Pratte architectes in consortium
PHI Contemporary
AWARDS OF MERIT
NÓS
Les Ateliers Angus
AEdifica & ADHOC architectes
Canoë
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Affleck de la Riva | Coarchitecture
Coeur Nomade Library and Cultural Center
D’Arcy Jones Architects
Hornby Island Arts Centre
KPMB Architects + Daoust Lestage Lizotte Stecker Architecture
Montreal Holocaust Museum
EDGZ Architecture & Design Studio
Passive(doppler)haus in Search of the Sublime
STUDENT AWARDS OF EXCELLENCE
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Johnathan Lum, University of Manitoba
Chaos & Control: Complexity of natural systems and the industrialized condition
Naomi Julien, McGill University
From Loom to Room
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Jon Ackerley, The University of British Columbia
Subindustria: The Bio-Mechanical Neighbour of Tomorrow
PHOTO AWARD OF EXCELLENCE
James Brittain
The Dory Shop
PHOTO AWARDS OF MERIT
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James Brittain
Vivarium
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Jacqueline Young | Stationpoint Photographic
The Builder
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Lisa Stinner-Kun
Waskesiu (elk)
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Jacqueline Young | Stationpoint Photographic
Kenaston Building Blanket
Read the jury’s full comments here.