Themes of adaptive reuse and fresh design were front and centre at the 2010 Annual AIBC Architectural Awards, revealed Saturday at the Architectural Institute of British Columbia's annual conference. A total of 11 awards were bestowed upon British Columbia's architectural leaders, including two Lieutenant-Governor Award in Architecture medals; four Lieutenant-Governor Award in Architecture merit awards;…
More than 300 design and building professionals -- including architects, engineers, project teams and industry sponsors, along with B.C. Premier Gordon Campbell and speaker Patrick Moore -- gathered recently to honour the nominees and winners of the 2010 Wood WORKS! BC Wood Design Awards. The 6th annual awards evening in…
Edmonton's West Rossdale Urban Design Plan and The North Bank (Edmonton Legacy) have been recognized by the Canadian Society of Landscape Architects (CSLA) with a National Honour Award in the Planning & Analysis category. Carlyle + Associates, prime consultant for the project, shares The North Bank (Edmonton Legacy) honour with Cohos Evamy integratedesign, the architectural…
International award–winning Toronto firm II BY IV Design Associates was honoured with two awards from the A.R.E, Association of Retail Environments. The ARE Awards is the premier industry competition honouring innovation and excellence in design, originality in the use of space and materials, quality in executing the total concept, and in some cases, the highest…
Electrolux, one of the world's leading producers of household appliances, has announced the launch of its eighth annual Design Lab competition : The 2nd Space Age . The challenge will seek creative solutions to use space more effectively to help reduce global impact. Electrolux is once again inviting Canadian undergraduate…
Leading design and innovation company Seymourpowell has unveiled the full details of its visionary transportation concept, Aircruise - a giant, vertical airship powered by natural energy and designed to carry travellers in style and luxury. Originally a self-generated project, Seymourpowell’s Aircruise is the concept design for a hotel in the sky, with low…
The mayor of Montreal, Gérald Tremblay – accompanied by the chairman of the board of the Société de transport de Montréal (STM), Michel Labrecque, and the executive committee member responsible for Culture, Heritage and the Status of Women, Helen Fotopulos – has unveiled the winning concept in the city bus shelter design competition, submitted by…
When the highest building in the world, the Burj Khalifa – named Burj Dubai while under construction – was officially opened on January 4 in Dubai, Hansgrohe AG (www.hansgrohe.com) from Schiltach in the Black Forest also joined in the celebrations. The reason: the German bathroom fittings and shower manufacturer supplied more than 5,000 fittings for…
Inscape's Tisch table-based system has been honored with a GOOD DESIGN award (conferred annually by the Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design together with the European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies). Tisch is a European-designed table-based system that combines elegant simplicity and exceptional flexibility for desking, benching and conferencing applications. Designed…
Famed British architect Will Alsop has been named a Distinguished Visiting Practitioner in Architecture at Ryerson University for the 2009-2010 academic year. Alsop is one of the most prominent UK architects and is known around the world for his avant-garde, modernist style. Since his foray into architecture at the age of 16, Alsop has completed…