The Ontario Association of Architects (OAA) recently held its annual Ceremony of Excellence at the Westin Hotel in Ottawa, celebrating the best of the industry in the province. At the event, in addition to the announcement of the 10 Design Excellence Award winners, the OAA announced the winners of additional awards.

The Michael V. and Wanda Plachta Award, presented to a project under $8 million, was presented to Kohn Shnier Architects for Toronto’s Rosemary Residence; the Lieutenant Governor’s Award for Design Excellence in Architecture went to Saucier + Perrotte Architectes/ZAS Architects Inc. in joint venture for River City – Phase 1 & 2 in Toronto; and the People’s Choice Award, voted on by the general public, which was presented to Sweeny &Co Architects Inc. for Queen Richmond Centre West in Toronto.

“All of this year’s OAA Awards winners truly represent the innovative thinking, design and solutions architects bring to communities across Ontario,” said John Stephenson, OAA president, in a press release. “The use of the winning buildings this year also shows how responsive architects are to the evolving needs of communities throughout Ontario and the world.”

The 2017 OAA Awards winners are:

Design Excellence 

Boulevard Club West Wing Replacement, Toronto, ON
Teeple Architects Inc.

Centennial College Ashtonbee Campus Library & Student HUB, Toronto, ON
MacLennan Jaunkalns Miller Architects Ltd.

Conestoga College Student Recreation Centre, Kitchener, ON
MacLennan Jaunkalns Miller Architects Ltd.

Eva’s Phoenix, Toronto, ON
LGA Architectural Partners (formerly Levitt Goodman Architects)

Mike & Ophelia Lazaridis Quantum-Nano Centre, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON
KPMB Architects

Queen Richmond Centre West at 134 Peter Street, Toronto, ON
Sweeny &Co. Architects Inc. (formerly Sweeny Sterling Finlayson &Co. Architects Inc.)
Project was commenced by Sweeny Sterling Finlayson &Co. Architects Inc. and completed under Sweeny &Co. Architects Inc.

River City – Phase 1 & 2, Toronto, ON
Saucier + Perrotte Architectes / ZAS Architects Inc., in joint venture

Rosemary Residence, Toronto, ON
Kohn Shnier Architects

Story Pod, Newmarket, ON
Atelier Kastelic Buffey Inc.

Williams Parkway (Phase 1), Brampton, ON
Rounthwaite Dick & Hadley Architects Inc.

Best Emerging Practice

blackLAB architects inc.

Concepts

Forwards and Backwards
Jennifer Davis (Intern Architect) and Jon Sasaki

Shobuj Pata – Multi-Unit Residential Development
Studio JCI Inc.

Landmark Designation

Ontario Science Centre, Toronto, ON
Moriyama & Teshima Architects

The Fielding Memorial Chapel of St. Mark, Thornloe University, Sudbury, ON
Arthur Townend & Carl Skerl,Townend Stefura & Baleshta Architects

G. Randy Roberts Service Award

J. William Birdsell

Order of da Vinci

Sheila Penny

Michael V. and Wanda Plachta Award

Rosemary Residence, Toronto, ON
Kohn Shnier Architects

Lieutenant Governor’s Award for Design Excellence in Architecture

River City ‐ Phase 1 & 2, Toronto, ON
Saucier + Perrotte Architectes / ZAS Architects Inc., in joint venture

People’s Choice Award

Queen Richmond Centre West, 134 Peter Street, Toronto, ON
Sweeny &Co Architects Inc.