The Ontario Association of Architects (OAA) has announced the winners of its 2022 Design Excellence Awards, as well as the recipients of this year’s OAA Service Awards.
This year’s selection of eight winners includes building types ranging from libraries and learning institutions to striking residences and performing arts venues in Southwestern Ontario and Northwestern Texas.
The winners will be celebrated at this year’s OAA Conference, Inspiring Climate Action, which will be held in Toronto and also online in May.
The winners are:
- Buddy Holly Hall of Performing Arts and Sciences (Lubbock, Texas) by Diamond and Schmitt Architects Incorporated (Design Architect), Parkhill (Architect of Record), and MWM Architects, Inc. (Associate Architect);
- Centennial College Downsview Campus Centre for Aerospace and Aviation (Toronto, Ontario) by MacLennan Jaunkalns Miller Architects Ltd. (MJMA) In association with Stantec Architecture Ltd.;
- Clearview Public Library, Stayner Branch (Stayner, Ontario) by Lebel & Bouliane Inc.;
- The Springdale Library and Komagata Maru Park (Brampton, Ontario) by RDH Architects Inc.;
- Tile House (Toronto, Ontario) by Kohn Shnier Architects;
- Tom Patterson Theatre (Stratford, Ontario) by Hariri Pontarini Architects;
- Tommy Thompson Park Entrance Pavilion (Toronto, Ontario) by DTAH Architects Limited; and
- University College Revitalization (Toronto, Ontario) by Kohn Shnier Architects in association with E.R.A. Architects Inc.
The following OAA Service Award-winners will also be honoured at conference, during a special Recognition Lunch event on Wednesday, May 11:
- John van Nostrand, who will receive the Order of da Vinci for demonstrating exceptional leadership in the profession, education, and/or in the community;
- Diarmuid Nash, who will receive Lifetime Design Achievement, as an architect with a career-long commitment to the promotion and achievement of architectural design excellence; and
- Camille Mitchell, who will receive the G. Randy Roberts Service Award, in recognition of being an OAA member providing extraordinary service to the membership, for ‘behind-the-scenes’ dedication and action, as well as employing the skills and the energy to get things done.
