At the end of February, The Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (RAIC), the Canadian Institute of Planners (CIP), and the Canadian Society of Landscape Architects (CLSA) revealed the winners of their annual National Urban Design Awards. The 2020 edition of awards includes a dozen projects from across Canada ranging from public art installations and parks to a revitalized underpass, each selected for their unique contribution to the surrounding built environment.
Awarded as part of a two-tier program held in cooperation with Canadian municipalities, the 2020 National Urban Design Awards program judged winners of municipal urban design awards, as well as entries submitted at large. The awards in each category will be presented during the RAIC’s Conference on Architecture hosted in Edmonton from June 3-7, 2020.
A complete list of this year's winners is included below. Additional details and images of all winners can be found at this link.
Student Projects:
Award of Excellence
Topographic Urban Expansion (Toronto, ON)
Qiwei Song (University of Toronto)
Certificate of Merit
The Drainage Filter for the Everglades (Toronto, ON)
Qiwei Song, Meikang Li and Chaoyi Cui (University of Toronto)
Civic Design:
Award of Excellence
Mechanized River Valley Access (Edmonton, AB)
DIALOG
Certificate of Merit
Berczy Park (Toronto, ON)
Claude Cormier et Associés
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North East Exchange District Public Realm (Winnipeg, MB)
HTFC Planning and Design—in collaboration with WSP Engineering, the City of Winnipeg & CentreVenture Development Corporation
Urban Fragments:
Award of Excellence
18 Shades of Gay (Montréal, QC)
Claude Cormier et Associés
Certificate of Merit
The Fourth Street SW Underpass Enhancement (Calgary, AB)
the marc boutin architectural collaborative inc.
Community Initiatives:
Award of Excellence
The Warming Huts (Winnipeg, MB)
Sputnik Architecture Inc. & The Forks Renewal Corporation
Urban Design Plans:
Award of Excellence
Plan d'intervention pour le confort et la sécurité des piétons et cyclistes dans le Vieux-Québec (Quebec, QC)
Groupe A / Annexe U
Urban Architecture:
Award of Excellence
Casey House (Toronto, ON)
Hariri Pontarini Architects
Certificate of Merit
The Springdale Library and Komagata Maru Park (Brampton, ON)
RDH Architects (RDHA)
Special Jury Awards:
Sustainable Development Award
Corridor de biodiversité, Arrondissement de Saint-Laurent, Montréal (Montréal, QC)
civiliti, LAND Italia, Table Architecture and Biodiversité conseil
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