Governor General's Medals in Architecture

December deadline for Governor General’s Medals submissions

The Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (RAIC) and the Canada Council for the Arts invite architects to participate in the competition for the 2018 Governor General’s Medals in Architecture. Awarded every two years, the medals recognize and celebrate outstanding design in recently completed built projects – big or small – by Canadian architects. They are…

October 27, 2017

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RAIC names recipient of Innovation in Architecture Award

Photo: Vanessa Guillen A luminous worship space designed and built with the creative use of computer modelling, measuring, and fabrication software, and custom glass, has won the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (RAIC) Innovation in Architecture Award for 2017. The Bahá’í Temple of South America by Hariri Pontarini Architects of Toronto is a domed structure set…

April 11, 2017

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Roger du Toit awarded posthumous 2017 Gold Medal by RAIC

Roger du Toit. Photo courtesy of the RAIC. One of Canada’s most important and influential urban designers, whose portfolio includes Toronto’s CN Tower, Ottawa’s Parliamentary Precinct, the Wascana Centre in Regina and projects at more than 25 university campuses, is the recipient of the 2017 RAIC Gold Medal. Roger du Toit, FRAIC, established his practice…

February 28, 2017

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RAIC supports proposed tax credit for rehabilitation of recognized historic places

Kamloops Heritage Railway Station (B.C). © Parks Canada As a champion of prosperous, livable and healthy communities, the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (RAIC) expresses strong support for Bill C-323 which would create a 20 per cent federal tax credit for rehabilitation of recognized historic places. The RAIC believes there is an important federal role…

January 17, 2017

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Royal Architecture Institute of Canada seeking submissions for Moriyama International Prize

The Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (RAIC) has begun accepting submissions for the 2017 Moriyama RAIC International Prize. The Prize, which was established in 2014 by Canadian architect Raymond Moriyama along with the RAIC and the RAIC Foundation, consists of a monetary award of CAD $100,000 and a handcrafted sculpture designed by Canadian designer Wei Yew. The…

November 10, 2016

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Vancouver couple receive RAIC 2016 Young Architect Award

David and Susan Scott, a Vancouver couple whose architectural careers have been intertwined for 19 years, are the recipients of the 2016 Young Architect Award given by the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (RAIC.) The husband-and-wife team works together as Scott & Scott Architects within their family home, a street-level studio and workshop built in 2012,…

March 21, 2016

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MJMA the 2016 Architectural Firm Award recipient

MacLennan Jaunkalns Miller Architects (MJMA), a Toronto firm that specializes in community recreation and sports buildings, will receive the 2016 Architectural Firm Award of the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (RAIC.) “MJMA has consistently achieved a very high quality of architecture and bold clarity throughout its large body of work,” said the five-member jury. “In addition…

March 11, 2016

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Perkins+Will goes back to school

Announcing the Theatre of Campus Life, North Building Phase B, University of Toronto Mississauga – by Perkins+WIll

September 25, 2015

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Introducing the RAIC’s new executive director: Jody Ciufo

Jody Ciufo assumes her duties at the RAIC in December. The board of directors warmly thanks interim executive director Bruce Lorimer for his invaluable contribution

September 25, 2015