AIBC exhibit

The Architectural Institute of British Columbia is currently displaying submissions from its annual awards program. The exhibit includes entries across each of four award categories: the Lieutenant-Governor of British Columbia Award; AIBC Innovation Award; AIBC Special Jury award; and the newly introduced AIBC Emerging Firm Award. Of particular distinction are this year’s top…

May 26, 2009

Paul Raff is the first architect to win both the RAICs Allied Arts Medal and an award for Innovation.

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Architect Paul Raff, winner of both the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada’s Allied Arts Medal and an award for Innovation, defines the New Architecture as simple, costeffective and exceptionally beautiful. On June 20 in Montreal during the RAIC. Festival of Architecture, Raff will be the first architect to receive both these awards. “That Raff has…

May 25, 2009

For its 130 Bloor Street West project, Quadrangle Architects Limited was singled out by the RAIC for accomplishing the architectural feat of adding what amounts to an entirely new building onto the top of an existing 1960s office building.

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Excellence on Bloor West

Quadrangle Architects Limited has been awarded the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada’s (RAIC) Award of Excellence for Innovation in Architecture -- for work on the nearly completed 130 Bloor Street West project in the heart of downtown Toronto. Quadrangle was singled out for accomplishing the architectural feat of adding what amounts to an entirely new…

May 21, 2009

James Tuer of JWT Architecture and Planning a two-person firm on Bowen Island has won the first-ever AIBC Emerging Firm Award.

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AIBC Awards

New standards in sustainability and fresh takes on design carried the day at the annual AIBC Architectural Awards, announced Saturday as part of the Architectural Institute of British Columbia conference. Eight awards were bestowed upon British Columbia’s architectural leaders, including two Lieutenant-Governor Award in Architecture medals, three Lieutenant-Governor Award in Architecture merit awards, an AIBC…

May 12, 2009

Boym Partners's Babel Blocks, 2007, ongoing. Photo: Davies + Starr.

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Cooper-Hewitt Announces Winners of the 2009 National Design Awards

New York's Smithsonian’s Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum has announced the winners and finalists of the 2009 National Design Awards, which recognize excellence across a variety of disciplines. The museum also announced the presentation of the "Design USA: Contemporary Innovation" exhibition, which celebrates the work of the honorees from the first ten years of the prestigious National Design…

April 30, 2009

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Let’s hear it for Interface

Interface, Inc., parent company of InterfaceFLOR Canada, Inc., continues to make progress on the company's efforts to reduce environmental impacts, push the envelope on innovation, and to introduce other companies to the business case for sustainability. The company today announced its Ecometrics results for 2008, amid news that Interface has been ranked number one in…

April 23, 2009

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April is World Landscape Architect Month

Landscape Architects across Canada are gearing up to celebrate their profession along with landscape architects across the world. April was chosen in concert with Earth Day on April 22 and the April 27 birthday of Frederick Law Olmsted, founder of the landscape architecture profession in North America. Here are just some of…

March 31, 2009

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INVISTA Announces Antron Product Innovation Award

INVISTA, makers of Antron carpet fiber, announced today the call for entries for the 9th Antron Carpet Fiber Product Innovation Award. The deadline for entries is May 15, 2009. The Product Innovation Award honors carpet mills whose products excel in style, aesthetics, color and usage in the marketplace. The entries…

March 27, 2009

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Virgin Mobile by II BY IV

The UK public's most admired brand, the happiest customers in Canada and now, the 'sexiest virgin in the mall' a retail concept that perfectly represents the stellar attributes of the iconic and iconoclastic brand empire created by Richard Branson.In 2005, II BY IV Design was contracted to create the head office…

March 26, 2009

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Dare to be Diffrient

Humanscale's Diffrient Work Light II has won a prestigious 2009 iF product design award in the Lighting category, heralded for its innovation, performance and green qualities. Superior design and materials selection, workmanship, ergonomic features, safety and brand value were also factors in its selection.The versatile, precision-designed and engineered task light was among 2,808 products from…

March 26, 2009