Now in its 16th year, the World Architecture Festival (WAF) is the world’s largest festival and live awards competition dedicated to celebrating and sharing architectural excellence from across the globe. It is where the architecture community meets to share expertise and learn from each other and is the only global architecture festival that combines awards,…
The Canadian Wood Council (CWC) has announced 38 award-winning projects in the 41st annual Wood Design & Building Awards, celebrating architectural excellence in wood design from Canada and around the world. The awards were presented on September 23, 2025, during the Woodrise Conference in Vancouver. DogTrot Magnetawan won both a Merit Award and a WoodWorks…
The House of Monitors has been chosen by Architectural Record as one of this year’s Record Houses. Josephine Minutillo, Editor in Chief, writes, “Go big or go home. It’s an expression you don’t hear so much these days. For many of us, uncertain times call for restraint. So the big homes on big plots that…
German Design Council Unveils the Winners of the ICONIC AWARDS 2025 Frankfurt am Main, 26 August 2025 The German Design Council proudly unveils the winners of the ICONIC AWARDS 2025. This newlydesigned, cross-disciplinary format celebrates outstanding achievements in architecture, interiordesign, and product innovation, while reinforcing its position as the leading platform forinternational exchange across the…
House of Books wins a Best of Canada Design Award. From the jury: “A book is a garden, an orchard, a storehouse, a party, a company by the way, a counselor, a multitude of counselors,” as Charles Baudelaire once said. And in the case of this luminous renovation for a family of bibliophiles, books are…
Rethinking the Future is pleased to announce the winners of the 18th Edition of Rethinking The Future Awards 2025, given to projects showcasing excellence and innovation in architecture & design. This year, 1200+ registrations were received from more than 40 countries, spanning architecture, landscaping, urban design, product design, and interior design categories. Rethinking The Future Awards 2025Second…
Office with Blue Felt has won a 2024 Best of Canada Award. The jury recognized the project with the following citation: The new 2,550-sq.-ft. Toronto outpost of a New York-based asset management firm brands its workspace with a series of acoustically absorbent, full-height, rounded-edged blue felt-wrapped volumes housing support rooms, media cabinets and closets. Their…
We’re proud to share that our partner Betsy Williamson is a recipient of the King Charles III Coronation Medal. Created to commemorate the coronation of King Charles III, the medal is a one-time award administered by the Chancellery of Honours and bestowed on individuals who have made a significant difference in Canadian communities. Nominated by…
The Garden Laneway House is a 2024 recipient of a Governor General’s Medal in Architecture, Canada’s highest honour for architecture. The competition continues a tradition initiated by the Massey Medals in 1950, providing an important source of understanding of the nature of Canadian architecture and the regional, cultural, and historic forces expressed in the built…
The Garden Laneway House has won an honour award from Architect Magazine’s Residential Architect Design Awards. For the 2023 awards, “…jurors Benjamin Anderson, Maija Kreishman, and Tya Winn sifted through an impressive pool of 264 submissions, looking for housing innovators. Carefully weighing scale, purpose, and sustainability, the jurors ultimately selected a class of 10 winners-…
The Garden Laneway Suite has been named a finalist in Interior Design Magazine’s Best of Year Awards. Now celebrating its 18th year, Interior Design’s Best of Year has become the ultimate measure of excellence, showcasing what’s happening today in every category of design while simultaneously setting the bar even higher for the future. Interior Design’s…
A Grand Prix Winner and recipient of two Platinum Awards and a Gold Award, the Garden Laneway House is a big winner at the Grands Prix du Design Awards in Québec City. The Grands Prix du Design Awards is an international competition that celebrates the excellence and the talent of creative professionals and firms who…
The Garden Laneway House is on the Dezeen Longlist! Over 4,800 entries from 94 countries were entered into the Dezeen Awards this year. The Garden Laneway House is one of 235 architecture projects that are in the running to win an award later this year in the architecture category. It is one of two projects…
THE PLAN Award is an annual international prize that recognizes excellence in architecture, interior design, and urban planning. With twenty different categories and over a thousand submissions every year, THE PLAN Award is an important opportunity for architects, designers, urban planners, and planners to participate in an international community and contribute to the discussion of the…
The Garden Laneway House has won an Award of Merit in the AZ Awards this year. From Azure Magazine, “The 2023 winners represent the best in global architecture and design. Collectively, the diverse range of awarded projects, products, and concepts exemplify excellence in innovation, aesthetics, creativity and social and environmental responsibility.
The Garden Laneway House selected for a 2022 Brick in Architecture Award by the Brick Industry Association. https://www.gobrick.com/awards Since 1989, the Brick Industry Association has sponsored one of the country’s most prestigious architectural award programs – the Brick in Architecture Awards. As the only national association to represent both manufacturers and distributors, BIA is the…
The suite of Cannoe retail stores has been recognized with a Canadian Interiors Best of Canada 2022 Award. Here is what the jurors had to say…. In a land where recreational cannabis shops outnumber bank branches and every shop sells the same provincially regulated product, design plays a crucial role in differentiating vendors and attracting…
Cannoe Retail and Branding has been named a finalist in Interior Design Magazine’s Best of Year Awards. Now celebrating its 17th year, Interior Design’s Best of Year has become the ultimate measure of excellence, showcasing what’s happening today in every category of design while simultaneously setting the bar even higher for the future. Interior Design’s…
THE PLAN Award is an annual international prize that recognizes excellence in architecture, interior design, and urban planning. With twenty different categories and over a thousand submissions every year, THE PLAN Award is an important opportunity for architects, designers, urban planners, and planners to participate in an international community and contribute to the discussion of…
The suite of Cannoe retail stores has been recognized with two Gold Awards in the 2022 15th Grands Prix du Design Awards. Cannoe Queen East, Cannoe Queen West, and Cannoe Collingwood were awarded Gold for both Espace Commercial ≤ 1 600 pi2 (≤ 150 m2) and Intérieur + Couleur. We are honoured to have been…
We are honoured to have the Osler Bluff Ski Club selected as a finalist for the 2022 OAA Design Exclence Awards. The OAA is thrilled to announce the 17 Finalists for its 2022 Design Excellence Awards. This year’s selection includes building types ranging from libraries and learning institutions to striking residences and performing arts venues…
The Osler Bluff Ski Club has been recognized with a citation in the 2022 Wood Design & Building Awards program. Working with the Club from early Masterplan ideas through to the final details was a long and rewarding journey. We are thrilled that their spaces are getting the recognition they deserve. Wood Design &…
Out of 1200 projects submitted worldwide, we are thrilled that the Osler Bluff Ski Club was recognized in the following categories by the Rethinking The Future Architecture Awards 2022. Sports and Recreation : Second Award https://awards.re-thinkingthefuture.com/
L’essence du ski! Out of 1113 projects submitted worldwide, we are thrilled that the Osler Bluff Ski Club was recognized in the following categories by the Grands Prix du Design International. Special Awards / Acoustic : PlatinumPublic Building / Sport & Leisure : PlatinumSpecial Awards / Wood Featured in an Interior Design Project : Gold Winner The…
Osler Bluff Ski club receives some love from Interior Design Magazine in 2020. Celebrating its 15th year, Interior Design’s Best of Year Awards is “the ultimate measure of design excellence, honoring the most significant projects and products of the year from around the globe.”
Osler Bluff Ski Club receives a Canadian Interiors Best of Canada 2020 award in the institutional category.
Dezeen Awards is an annual awards programme identifying the world’s best architecture, interiors, design and sustainability projects, as well as the studios and the individual architects and designers producing the most outstanding work. Bruce Mau Design’s Toronto office has been honoured this year and we couldn’t be happier. Thank you to the jury and Dezeen…
We are excited to announce that Bruce Mau Design is a 2019 Best of Year Awards finalist in the Creative Office category. Congratulations to all those shortlisted, and we look forward to the announcement and party on December 1st in New York City.
Pilot Coffee Roasters has been included in this year’s Canadian Interiors’ Best of Canada Awards for Office Design. The Best of Canada Design Competition is Canada’s only design competition to focus on interior design projects and products without regard to size, budget or location.
Ottawa, ON, January 17th, 2019 – Wood Design & Building magazine announced the award recipients for the prestigious 2018 Wood Design & Building Awards program. A revered architectural jury hand-selected the winning projects at the end of December 2018. The jury consisted of: Shelley Craig, Principal at Urban Arts Architecture Paul Masi, Principal at Bates…
Architects and industry professionals at the forefront of wood design in Ontario came together to celebrate excellence in wood design at the 18th annual Wood WORKS! Awards night in Toronto on November 20, 2018. The awards program honours people and organizations that, through design excellence, advocacy, and innovation, are advancing the use of wood in all types of…
“Canadian Interiors’ Best of Canada Design Competition is the country’s only design competition to focus on interior design projects and products without regard to size, budget or location. We welcome submissions from interior designers, architects, interior architects, decorators, and crafts persons. Having reached the ripe age of 21 means Best of Canada is old enough to…
We were surprised last Friday evening at the OAA Awards Ceremony to receive the 2018 Michael V. and Wanda Plachta Award. The prize honors architectural excellence for projects in Ontario that cost no more than 8 million dollars. This annual award was established in 1991 by Mrs. Wanda Plachta in honour of her late husband, Michael…
Shane has been named a Fellow of the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (RAIC). The College of Fellows of the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (RAIC) bestows Fellowship to RAIC members in recognition of outstanding achievement. Criteria include design excellence, exceptional scholarly contribution, or distinguished service to the profession or the community.
The Mies Crown Hall Americas Prize (MCHAP) recognizes outstanding built works of architecture that acknowledge the altered circumstances of the human condition in our contemporary age. Honoring projects that consider how we might elevate the quality of our built environments by extending our interests beyond the proverbial four walls, the MCHAP process examines the many…
The House on Ancaster Creek has been named a winner of an Award of Excellence from the Ontario Association of Architects. The Awards of Excellence recognize the innovative skills of Ontario architects in creating spaces, buildings, and communities that respect and enhance the environment and enrich human activity. “Every year it is a privilege to honour the…
We are excited to announce that the House on Ancaster Creek has been shortlisted for the annual Interior Design Best of Year Awards, sponsored by Interior Design magazine. Congratulations to all those shortlisted, and we look forward to the announcement and party on December 1st in New York City – and the Michelangelo show is on…
Architects, engineers, developers and other construction industry professionals at the forefront of wood design in Ontario came together to celebrate excellence in wood design at the 17th annual Wood WORKS! Awards night in Toronto on November 2, 2017. The awards program honours people and organizations that, through design excellence, advocacy, and innovation, are advancing the use of wood…
The Town of Niagara-on-the-Lake’s annual Celebration of Heritage commemorates Niagara-on-the-Lake’s heritage and pays tribute to those members of the community who have made a significant contribution to the preservation of historical property. The Exchange Brewery is proud to be a recipient of a 2017 Commendation for Heritage Restoration. It is always rewarding to see our…
Each year the CaGBC Greater Toronto Chapter Chapter hosts its annual Innovation Awards Program which distinguishes individuals in the green building industry, as well as projects in Southern Ontario which go above and beyond the normal scope of sustainable best practices. Grange Triple Double was selected by the jury as the winner for the Innovation…
The Exchange Brewery has received a 2016 Canadian Interiors Best of Canada Award in the retail category. Canadian Interiors’ annual Best of Canada Design Competition is the country’s only design competition to focus on interior design projects and products without regard to size, budget or location. Categories for project submissions include: exhibit; hospitality; institutional; marketing; office;…
Grange Triple Double is the recipient of a 2016 Canadian Green Building Award from the Canada Green Building Council [CaGBC]. Winning projects will be published in the Summer issues of SABMag and ecoHouse Canada, and on websites www.sabmagazine.com, and www.ecohome.net.
Betsy Williamson has been elected to the College of Fellows of the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada. The RAIC bestows Fellowship in recognition of outstanding achievement. Criteria include design excellence, exceptional scholarly contribution or distinguished service to the profession or the community. Representing Canada coast-to-coast, the 41 new Fellows come from Charlottetown, Pokemouche, St. John’s,…
Grange Triple Double has been named a finalist for an Award of Excellence from the Ontario Association of Architects. The Awards of Excellence recognize the innovative skills of Ontario architects in creating spaces, buildings, and communities that respect and enhance the environment and enrich human activity. Award recipients will be honoured at the Celebration of Excellence Awards…
Each year, Wallpaper Magazine publishes a list of 20 firms that they see as the rising star and breakthrough practices from around the globe. We are pleased to announce that the 2015 Architects Directory has been announced and we are on the list! A full digital feature is featured on the Wallpaper website.
The Architects’ Journal, a leading architectural publication in Britain, has revealed the finalists for both the 2015 Woman Architect of the Year and the Emerging Woman Architect of the Year Awards. Ten up-and-coming stars have made it onto the shortlist for the AJ’s fourth Emerging Woman Architect of the Year Award. Betsy Williamson is the…
Canadian Architect has announced that the House on Fox Lake is the recipient of a 2014 Award of Excellence. One of only two national award programs devoted exclusively to architecture, the Awards of Excellence have recognized significant building projects in Canada on an annual basis since 1968. Awards are given each year to architects for buildings in…
Interior design Magazine has just announced the 2014 Best of Year nominees and Pilot Coffee Roasters is a finalist in the Cafe category. We won an Award of Merit and had a wonderful evening cheering on the Toronto offices and their many wins throughout the night!
The House in Frogs Hollow has been selected for the 2014 Residential Architect Design Awards. The winning projects were selected from nearly 700 entries and “represent some of the best residential architecture that North America has to offer ”from luxurious custom beachside estates, to net-zero prefab infill, to high-density affordable living units.” Jurors included Cary Bernstein,…
We are honoured to be the recipient of the 2014 Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (RAIC) Emerging Architectural Practice Award. This award is to recognize the principals of an emerging architectural practice that has consistently produced distinguished architecture. The award recognizes the achievements of the principals for the quality of their built work, service to…
We are honoured to have been selected by the Architecture League for it’s Emerging Voices Award. Each year the League selects eight emerging practitioners through a juried, invited portfolio competition. The Emerging Voices award spotlights individuals and firms based in the United States, Canada, or Mexico with distinct design voices and the potential to influence…
Add-on ’13 is a two-phase competition for a freestanding, affordable, accessory dwelling unit on Cape Cod, Massachusetts. We developed a first round proposal that adopted fresh thinking about housing, resource conservation, and the relationship between the natural and built environment. As stated in the design brief, “Add-on is a way to consider the role of…
The Professional Prix de Rome in Architecture is awarded annually to an architectural firm that has completed its first built works and has demonstrated exceptional artistic potential. The prize encourages the development of artistic excellence in contemporary architectural practice by supporting the winner to travel around the world to develop their skills, their creative practice…
Natural Light, a project designed and built in collaboration Tiltco Fenestration, Kilbarry Hill Construction, received a Gold Award at the 2012 Interior Design Show. Conceived as a hybrid mock-up of a forthcoming residence, the booth features an origami like ceiling, walls built from an array of uniquely designed windows, including a 13 foot high curtain…
Canadian Architect has announced that Abbey Gardens is the recipient of a 2011 Award of Excellence. One of only two national award programs devoted exclusively to architecture, the Awards of Excellence have recognized significant building projects in Canada on an annual basis since 1968. Awards are given each year to architects for buildings in the…
The House in Frogs Hollow has received a 2011 Wood WORKS! Award. The Wood WORKS! Awards recognize the people and organizations pursuing excellence and innovation in wood design, advancing the use of wood in Ontario. The 11th Annual Wood WORKS! Awards evening took place on Thursday November 3, 2011 at the Ottawa Convention Centre.
The House in Frogs Hollow has won a 2011 Wood Design Award. “The Wood Design Awards is the only North American Program to recognize, award and publicize excellence in wood architecture, and to publicly acknowledge the importance of architecture to our society…The selection of the 13 winning projects was challenging for the jury, as all of…
The House in Frogs Hollow has won a 2010 Design Exchange Award for residential architecture. The project received a bronze award at last night’s ceremony. It was wonderful to spend the evening with friends and colleagues and support Canadian design. The DX Awards celebrate excellence in Canadian design, successful partnerships between designers and clients, and…
The House in Frogs Hollow has won a 2010 Award of Excellence from the Ontario Association of Architects. The Awards of Excellence recognize the innovative skills of Ontario architects in creating spaces, buildings, and communities that respect and enhance the environment and enrich human activity. Award recipients will be honoured at the Celebration of Excellence…
We are honoured to be included in the National Post’s “40 Under 40″ listing of fresh ideas from young Canadian designers. Along with distinguished designers in the fields of fashion, furniture, industrial design and crafts, we are happy to share this honor with our friends and colleagues, superkul inc architect.
We are honored to receive the Ronald J. Thom Award for Early Design Achievement from the Canada Council for the Arts. The award is given to a candidate who is in the early stages of their career and who demonstrates both outstanding creative talent and exceptional potential in architectural design. The successful candidate must also demonstrate…
WILLIAMSONWILLIAMSON are winners in the Architectural League of New York’s 25th annual Young Architects Forum Competition. Their work, along with that of the five other winners, will be featured in a book to be published by Princeton Architectural Press. An exhibition of the work will be open to the public on April 27th at the…
WILLIAMSONWILLIAMSON was a finalist in the 2004 Burnham Prize Competition, Urban Waterways: The Chicago River Project. The Burnham Prize is a two-stage biennial competition sponsored by the Chicago Architectural Club, the winner of which is awarded a three month scholarship for study at the American Center in Rome. The program for the 2004 competition was…
WILLIAMSONWILLIAMSON are finalists in The Pentagon Memorial Competition, a two-stage, open international design competition for a memorial to the victims of the September 11, 2001 attack on the Pentagon in Arlington, VA. More than 1,200 architects, artists, designers, school children, and members of the general public from around the world submitted concepts for consideration. Six finalists were…
