Canadian firms make shortlist for Society of British and International Design Awards

Ryerson University Student ServiceHub, Gow Hastings Architects. Photo by Remi Carreiro. Gow Hastings Architects, Henriquez Partners Architects, a nd II x IV Design have been shortlisted for this year’s Society of British and International Design (SBID) Awards. Based in the U.K. and as one of the most prestigious recognitions of design excellence in the interior design industry, these awards identify, reward…

September 13, 2016

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Call for Subissions: Tile of Spain Awards of Architecture and Interior Design

ASCER (the Spanish Ceramic Tile Manufacturers’ Association) has announced a new edition of the Tile of Spain Architecture and Interior Design and Final Degree Project Awards. The panel of judges for this fifteenth edition of the awards is made up of internationally-acclaimed professionals working in the architecture and design sectors. Portuguese architect Gonçalo Byrne (chairman…

August 4, 2016

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DIALOG wins ‘Best Tenant Improvement’ for LGM’s Vancouver Head Office

DIALOG Vancouver’s interior design team recently won the ‘Best Tenant Improvement’ award for the new LGM Financial Services Inc. (LGM) office space during the NAIOP and Business in Vancouver Commercial Real Estate Awards of Excellence Gala, held May 17 in Vancouver. The awards recognize excellence in the commercial real estate industry within the Metro Vancouver area for…

July 6, 2016

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Award-winning design celebrated at the 2016 Red Dot Gala

The award winners of the Red Dot: Best of the Best were honoured on July 4 at the Red Dot Gala, hosted by Professor Dr. Peter Zec, in the Aalto-Theater in Essen, Germany. The founder and CEO of Red Dot welcomed guests on stage, among them Red Dot jury member Kristiina Lassus, automotive…

July 5, 2016

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IKEA wins three Red Dot Awards for Product Design

IKEA's SLADDA bicycle, LISABO table series and TILLREDA induction cooktop have all been recognized in one of the world's largest design competitions, the Red Dot Awards for Product Design. The SLADDA bicycle has also been awarded the Best of Best award in its category, the top prize reserved for product design. The last IKEA product to…

July 5, 2016

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Reich+Petch win 2016 Excellence in Exhibition Award

A team of architects, engineers and designers - including Toronto architecture firm Reich+Petch - has won the American Alliance of Museums 2016 Excellence in Exhibition Award for their exhibition Nation to Nation: Treaties Between the United States and American Indian Nations. The AAM Annual Excellence in Exhibition Competition recognizes outstanding achievement in the exhibition format from all types…

June 22, 2016

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IESBC announces this year’s ‘Vision Award’ winners

On June 2, the Illuminating Engineering Society of British Columbia (IESBC) announced its winners for the 2016 ‘Vision Awards’. The not-for-profit celebrates outstanding B.C. lighting engineers and designers for their local and international projects, and aids in the application of international award opportunities and IES’s ‘Illumination Awards’. Submissions for the ‘Illumination Awards’ open January 1, 2017. IESBC’s ‘Vision…

June 17, 2016

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Teknion wins six awards at NeoCon 2016

Teknion Corporation today announced that it won six awards at NeoCon 2016. Zones, a comprehensive series of furniture that transforms the office, earned three awards including the show’s top honour – Best of Competition. The Zones Collection received a Gold Best of NeoCon in the Furniture Collections for Collaboration category. Zones benches won a Gold Best of…

June 16, 2016