See the 10 Design Excellence winners of the 2016 OAA Awards!
By Lucas on Apr 05, 2016
The Ontario Association of Architects (OAA) revealed the finalists of the 2016 OAA Awards a little over a month ago. Today, we’re happy to share the winners with you, recognizing the best in Ontario architecture over the last year.
The most prestigious of the awards is for Design Excellence. The winners encapsulate what it means to build and design a high quality, unique building with regards to creativity, context, sustainability, good design, good business, and its legacy factor. There were nearly 200 submissions for the Design Excellence category and the OAA has announced 10 winners!
The OAA have announced the winners of all the other categories as well, except for three, which will be announced at the awards show on May 13 at the Allstream Centre in Toronto. Concluding the 2016 OAA Annual Conference, every winner will be recognized and the winners of the Lieutenant Governor’s Award, Michael V. & Wanda Plachta Award, and People’s Choice Award will be announced.
The People’s Choice Award gives you the opportunity to play judge. You can vote for your favourite design by an Ontario architect between April 5th and April 20th.
Listed below are the 10 Design Excellence winners and other 2016 OAA Awards winners (courtesy of the OAA):
Design Excellence
Aga Khan Museum; Toronto, ON
Photo Credit: Gary Otte
Moriyama & Teshima Architects in association with Maki and Associates
Commonwealth Community Recreation Centre; Edmonton, AB
Photo Credit: Tom Arban
MacLennan Jaunkalns Miller Architects Ltd. and HIP Architects in joint venture
Go Home Bay Cabin; Georgian Bay Township, ON
Photo Credit: Tom Arban
Ian MacDonald Architect Inc.
Harbord Towns; Toronto, ON
Photo Credit: Ben Rahn/A-Frame Studio
Superkül Inc.
Prince Arthur’s Landing, Thunder Bay Waterfront; Thunder Bay, ON
Brook McIlroy Inc.
Richard Ivey Building, Richard Ivey School of Business, Western University; London, ON
Photo Credit: Ben Rahn / A-Frame
Hariri Pontarini Architects
Robert H. Lee Alumni Centre, University of British Columbia ; Vancouver, BC
Photo Credit: Nic Lehoux
KPMB Architects & HCMA Architecture + Design in joint venture
Skygarden House; Toronto, ON
Photo Credit: Shai Gil
Dubbeldam Architecture + Design
Stade de soccer de Montréal; Montréal, QC
Photo Credit: Olivier Blouin
Saucier + Perrotte Architectes /Hughes Condon Marler Architects (now HCMA Architecture + Design)
Toronto Public Library Scarborough Civic Centre Branch; Toronto, ON
LGA Architectural Partners Ltd. and Phillip H. Carter, Architect in joint venture
Concepts
Planespotting: Dominique Cheng, OAA
Shoreline Commemorative: Paul Raff Studio Incorporated Architect
Landmark Designation
299 Queen Street West; Toronto, ON
Burke, Horwood and White (original building)
Quadrangle Architects Limited (renovation)
St. Mary’s Ukrainian Catholic Church; Sudbury, ON
John Stefura and Carl Skerl, Townend Stefura Baleshta and Pfister Architects
Best Emerging Practice
Denegri Bessai Studio
G. Randy Roberts Service Award
Recognizing members of the OAA for extraordinary service to the members
John C. Cook
Honour Roll
Douglas Cumming Johnson
Brian Curtner
Lifetime Design Achievement Award
Honouring members for career-long contribution to Architectural Design Excellence
George P. Baird
Order of da Vinci
Presented to persons who have made a significant and meaningful contribution to the profession of architecture
William N. Greer
The OAA Awards are a chance for architecture firms in Ontario to be recognized for their amazing designs in front of a professional audience, as well as before the public. The OAA is a self-regulating organization that is governed by the Architects Act. Their mission is to “represent, regulate, support and promote” the architecture industry across Ontario to ensure that Ontarians and professionals within the industry are building the best they can and being recognized for it.
