Diamond and Schmitt's Richmond Hill Centre for the Performing Arts, which includes a 630-seat main theatre, employs wood in two prominent locations: as an acoustic element on the interior of the auditorium, and as a visual element on the walls of the public lobbies. Photo by West Photo.

Honours for Diamond and Schmitt

Ontario Wood Works! reccently presented the Jury's Prize to Diamond and Schmitt Architects for outstanding use of wood in design at an awards gala in Toronto. The winning project is the Richmond Hill Centre for the Performing Arts in the Town of Richmond Hill, Ont. The award is given at the discretion of the jury…

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The award-winning Underground store is located in Calgary's Chinook Centre.

Gold for Ruscio Studio

The International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) has awarded Montreal's Ruscio Studio with a Maple Leaf Gold Award in the area of Retail Store Design at the annual Canadian Shopping Centre Awards competition - for Ruscio's design of the Underground store in Calgary. The winners were announced on October 6 at an awards ceremony during…

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The City Room at Toronto's Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts. Lighting design was a crucial consideration for the high-profile opera house fronting busy University Avenue. At night, the glass facade acts as a beacon for the activity within.

Let there be light (September 21, 2010)

Announcing two seminars at Light Canada, part of IIDEX/NeoCon Canada, held this week at the Direct Energy Centre, Exhibition Place. Rethinking Light as a Material Thursday, Sept. 23, 10-11 a.m. This presentation will show how the subtleties of light are a part of our everyday lives, and how light does more than simply allow…

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Known for his philanthropic work with non-profit organizations, Bruce Mau is teaming up with the Design Exchange to raise funds for its youth-education programs.

Mau in Black & White

On Oct. 23, the Design Exchange (DX) will host its 7th annual Black & White Fundraising Gala. This year's event will honour visionary and world-leading innovator Bruce Mau, chairman and founder of Bruce Mau Design. Special guest Kathleen Bartels, director of the Vancouver Art Gallery, will present the 2010 honouree. The Black & White Gala…

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Inger Bartlett of Bartlett & Associates is noted for innovative, clean-lined work.

Bartlett & Saatchi & Saatchi

Inger Bartlett, principal and founder of Bartlett & Associates, will be presenting a design lecture at the world-renowned Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto this fall. Roger Martin, dean of Rotman, will host. Martin wrote last year's acclaimed best seller The Design of Business: Why Design Thinking Is the Next Competitive Advantage.…

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Front Street Plaza - Union Station Master Plan, Toronto Planning & Urban Design: Office for Urbanism

Urban merger

Office for Urbanism, the Toronto-based planning and urban design leader, will join forces with national design firms Cohos Evamy and HBBH on Aug. 27 in a merger aimed at expanding multi-disciplinary thinking beyond buildings to include places and spaces, communities and cities. Recognizing that client needs increasingly extend beyond property lines, this merger will allow…

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Vancouver architect/designer Omer Arbel.

Omer Arbel wins Ronald J. Thom Award

The Canada Council for the Arts has announced that Vancouver designer Omer Arbel is the winner of the $10,000 Ronald J. Thom Award for Early Design Achievement. This award recognizes exceptional talent and achievement in the field of architectural design. This award is given every two years to an emerging practitioner or a firm demonstrating…

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Ron Hughes, Teknion's VP of Canadian Sales, has been named a Director on the Interior Designers of Canadas (IDC) new Board of Management.

Teknion’s Ron Hughes Elected to IDC Board

Teknion Corporation has announced that Ron Hughes, VP of Canadian Sales, has been named a Director on the Interior Designers of Canada’s (IDC) new Board of Management. The appointment follows the recent restructure of IDC, which moves from a seven-member organization of provincial associations to an association representing nearly 3,000 individual interior designers from across…

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Approximately 70,000 square feet of additional space has been added to the Centennial Centre in Hunstville, which is located on Park Drive on the Muskoka River (in close proximity to the Summit location at Deerhurst Resort).

All roads lead to Hunstville

The $23-million renovation and expansion of the Centennial Centre in Huntsville, Ontario, is now complete, just in time for the G8 Summit Centre this weekend. The centre has been dubbed "Canada Summit Centre." Approximately 70,000 square feet of additional space has been added to the centre, which is located on Park…

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