Manitoba Hydro Place, at the corner of Main and Portage, in Winnipeg.

KPMB’s Manitoba Hydro Place wins CTBUH Award

The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) has announced the winners of its annual “Best Tall Building” awards for 2009, recognizing one outstanding tall building from each of four geographical regions: Americas, Asia & Australia, Europe, and Middle East & Africa. This year’s winners are: • Manitoba…

July 10, 2009

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Cesvet at IIDEX

As one of the key strategists behind Cirque du Soleil’s marketing machine, Bertrand Cesvet knows a thing or two about breaking barriers and merging creative disciplines. Cesvet is chairman and senior partner at Sid Lee, a creative services company with more than 300 employees and collaborators, known as “artisans,” spread across Montreal, Amsterdam and Paris.…

June 30, 2009

Designer Marco Jacob calls his redesign of the classic British beach hut Britpop.

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A sea change

Enterprising Toronto designer Marco Jacob (Atelier Jacob) -- in collaboration with architectural technologist Carlos Salazar -- is hoping to build innovative new beach huts in Bournemouth, U.K. Jacob is taking part in a competition that invites professional artists, architects and designers to submit bold and dramatic concepts to reinvent a row of beach huts specifically…

June 22, 2009

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Matthew and Michael

Cohos Evamy integratedesign and the Michael Evamy Board of Trustees are pleased to announce that Matthew Beall has been awarded the 2009 Cohos Evamy Scholarship in honour of Michael Evamy. Beall, a Masters of Architecture student at University of British Columbia’s School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture, is receiving the award based on his impressive…

May 19, 2009

Renfrew County Courthouse Renovation and Addition Project, led by NORR.

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NORR Courthouse Project Wins 3rd Award

The Ontario Association of Architects (OAA) recently announced the winners of their annual awards program which recognizes achieving design excellence. NORR’s work on the Renfrew County Courthouse Renovation and Addition Project, led by design architect, NORR Partner David Clusiau, was recognized with an OAA Award of Excellence. ”Receiving this recognition…

April 2, 2009

Sound Cage, 1982, aluminum piping, various instruments and sound-making devices by Nobuo Kubota.

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Governor General’s Awards in Visual and Media Arts announced

The Canada Council for the Arts today announced the names of the nine laureates of the 2009 Governor General’s Awards in Visual and Media Arts at the National Gallery of Canada. This year is the 10th anniversary of these prestigious awards. Sculpture artist John Greer, sculptor, musician, and performer Nobuo Kubota, interdisciplinary artist Rita McKeough,…

April 1, 2009

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Teknion partners with the Interior Design Educators Council

Teknion Corporation is pleased to announce that it is partnering with the Interior Design Educators Council (IDEC) to sustain the pool of qualified interior design educators. As the Visionary Partner, Teknion is proud to lead an industry coalition including office furniture manufacturers, interiors product manufacturers, architectural and interior design firms, design…

April 1, 2009

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Teknion marks certification of its 50th LEED Accredited Professional

Teknion Corporation has announced that its 50th employee has successfully attained certification as a LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Accredited Professional. LEED APs have a thorough understanding of green building practices and principles, and the LEED Rating System – and can help streamline the LEED building certification process for clients. …

February 2, 2009

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Cloverdale Gold

Kwantlen Polytechnic University Coverdale Campus has achieved LEED Gold certification in the New Construction category from the United States Green Building Council. LEED is the globally recognised standard for measuring building sustainability. Designed by the leading sustainable architectural practice of Bunting Coady Architects, the new 17,200 sq.m. (185,139 sq.ft.) campus includes 21 shops and 27…

November 19, 2008

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HOK’s Joe Pettipas Honoured with Distinguished Leadership Award

HOK's Joe Pettipas received the Distinguished Leadership Award from the International Interior Design Association (IIDA) on Sunday, June 8, 2008, at the IIDA's Annual Meeting in Chicago. The Distinguished Leadership Award was given to Joe Pettipas, IIDA, IDC, ASID, ISP, ARIDO, LEED AP for his tireless contributions to advancing the profession of interior design.…

June 10, 2008