The Ontario Association of Architects honours Raymond Moriyama … and more than 30 other winners
Raymond Moriyama, one of Canada’s most respected, talented and humanistic architects will take the stage tonight at the Museum of Civilization for The Ontario Associations’ (OAA) Annual Awards Gala, as the award recipient of the OAA’s Lifetime Design Achievement Award.
A hero to many Canadians, Moriyama is a Japanese Canadian who founded in 1958 the planning and design firm now known as Moriyama & Teshima and is well-know for his design of landmark buildings across Ontario and abroad including; Ontario’s Science Centre, the Scarborough Civic Centre, the Toronto Reference Library and the Bata Shoe Museum in Toronto; Science North in Sudbury; the National Museum of Saudi Arabia in Riyadh; the Canadian Embassy in Tokyo.
ONTARIO ASSOCIATION OF ARCHITECTS ANNOUNCES 2012 AWARD WINNERS
Representing the best in architectural design and innovation, winners of the 2012 Ontario Association of Architects (OAA) Awards include both emerging new talent and some of the province’s most established architecture firms.
Designed by Ontario architects, 15 new built projects in Toronto, Ottawa, Mississauga, Waterloo, Mulmur, Nobel, Vaughan, Peterborough Montreal and Phuket, Thailand, have been distinguished in the ‘Design Excellence’ category. More than 160 submissions judged by a jury of peers from the design community on a variety of criteria including; sustainability, creativity, legacy, good design/good business and overall context, exemplify the significance of architecture in the public realm.
Celebrating forward-thinking design and leadership in architecture, more than 30 winners in nine categories will be recognized at a formal awards ceremony in Ottawa this May.
2012 OAA Awards – List of Winners:
Design Excellence
Bay Adelaide Centre – West Tower
Toronto, ON
WZMH Architects
Bluepoint Pavilion
Phuket, Thailand
Paul Raff Studio Incorporated Architect
Carling Residence
Nobel, ON
Tact Architecture Inc.
Espace culturel Georges-Émile Lapalme
Montréal, Québec
Menkès Shooner Dagenais LeTourneux
Provencher Roy + Associés Architectes
+HOUSE
Mulmur, ON
superkül Inc., Architect
James Bartleman Archives and Library Materials Centre
Ottawa, ON
Shoalts and Zaback Architects Ltd. &
Barry J. Hobin and Associates Architects Inc.
Lawren Harris House
Toronto, ON
Drew Mandel Architects
Ottawa Convention Centre
Ottawa, ON
bbb Architects Ottawa Inc.
Rideau Canal Skateway Chalets
Ottawa, ON
CSV Consultants Inc. Architects
Sisters of St. Joseph Motherhouse
Teeple Architects Inc.
Peterborough, ON
SPLIT House
Toronto, ON
superkül Inc., Architect
Stephen Hawking Centre at the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics
Waterloo, ON
Teeple Architects Inc.
TIFF Bell Lightbox
Toronto, ON
Kuwabara Payne McKenna Blumberg Architects
Terrence Donnelly Health Sciences Complex
Mississauga, ON
Kongats Architects
Vaughan City Hall
Vaughan, ON
Kuwabara Payne McKenna Blumberg Architects
Landmark Award
Ryerson Recreation & Athletics Centre
Toronto, ON
Lett/Smith Architects
Concepts & Presentations Awards
Image
Infrastructure
Honourable Mention
Aaron Finbow, Intern architect
Artifact
Gathering Circle at The Spirit Garden, Prince Arthur’s Landing, Thunder Bay
Award Brook McIlroy Architects, Ryan Gorrie & The City of Thunder Bay
Regina Gateway
Award
Paul Raff, architect &
Jyhling Lee, architect (SAA)
Timeline Siteline
Honourable Mention
Sean Solowski, intern architect & Peter Osborne, student
Proposals/Concepts
This is (NOT) a Laneway
Award
Maya Janikowski, student
Temagami Wilderness Camp
Award
Rick Galezowski, Intern architect
The Tar Creek Supergrid
Honourable Mention
Amy Norris, Intern architect &
Clint Langevin, Intern architect
Best Emerging Practice
Tact Architecture Inc.
G. Randy Roberts Service Award
Ivan Martinovic
Honour Roll
Graham Adams
Roderick G. Robbie
Lifetime Design Achievement Award
Raymond Moriyama
Order of da Vinci
Robert G. Hill
The 2012 Award winners were chosen by Juries that included members of the public whose interests and background represent many areas of the Ontario design community.
2012 OAA Award Juries:
Design Excellence & Plachta Award
CHAIR – Adrian Smith, Architect, Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture LLP
Tracie Bowie, Vice-President, IIDEX/NeoCon Canada
Christopher Glaisek, Vice-Pr
esident, Planning & Design, Waterfront Toronto
Ingo Hessel, Curator, Inuit Art
Susan Wiggins, Executive Director, Interior Designers of Canada
Concepts & Presentations Awards
CHAIR – David W. Oleson, Principal, Oleson Worland Architects
Sarah Hall, Glass Artist
Charles Varvarikos, Head of Facilities Sourcing, RBC Canada
Landmark, da Vinci, G. Randy Roberts Award, Honour Roll & Best Emerging Practice
CHAIR – Jerome Markson, Architect
Sheena Sharp, OAA President & Principal, Coolearth Architecture Inc.
Graham Murfitt, Architect, Smith Carter Architects and Engineers Inc.
Diana Osborne, Architect, Osborne Architect
The 2012 awards will be presented in Ottawa on Friday May 11, at the OAA Celebration of Excellence, hosted by OAA President Sheena Sharp and Master of Ceremonies Evan Solomon at the Canadian Museum of Civilization as part of the OAA Conference running May 9-12, 2012.
Additional awards to be announced at the event include ‘Best of Show’, the Michael V. and Wanda Plachta Award’, and ‘People’s Choice’. Voting for People’s Choice is open to the public and will run from Tuesday April 3, to Tuesday April 17, 2012. Members of the public are encouraged to vote online at People’s Choice Award page . For more information about the 2012 OAA Awards and to purchase tickets please visit: www.oaaconferenceregistration.com