Calgary’s Mayor’s Urban Design Awards have been announced, highlighting some of the the best commercial, residential, and community developments in the city this year.
A record total of 68 nominations made it into consideration for the annual awards, which named 15 winners this week. Awards were given out for green technology, civic planning, experiential art installations, and other architectural design projects.
“The Mayor’s Urban Design Awards acknowledge the important contribution that designers, architects and artists make in improving the quality of life in Calgary,” says the City’s official webpage.
Check out which projects earned top honours in the Mayor’s Urban Design Awards 2015:
Green City
Winner: Ramsay Net-Zero Secondary Suite
Image: Green Energy Doors Open
Conceptual/Theoretical Urban Design Projects
Winner: Lost Spaces Ideas Competition
Approved or Adopted Urban Design Plans
Winner: Large Retail/Commercial Area Urban Design Guidelines
Urban Architecture (Built)
Winner: Junction 9
Image: Moda Architecture
Urban Architecture (Unbuilt)
Winner: Kahanoff Centre for Charitable Activities and Decidedly Jazz Danceworks
Image: Decidedly Jazz Dancework
Civic Design Projects
Winner: St. Patrick’s Island Park
Image: CMLC
Urban Fragments
Winner: Orange Crush
Image: McKinley Burkart
Community Improvement Projects
Winner: The Bench Project
The Bench Project / Twitter
The Mawson Urban Design Award
Winner: The Simmons Building
Image: Verve Condominiums
City Edge Development
Winner: Gateway
Image: DBD Construction
Great City, Great Design
Winner: West Eau Claire Park & Public Realm Plan
Image: City of Calgary
Student Projects
Honourable mention: Pop & Play – Folding Amphitheatre
Honourable mention: Industrial Landcosm
People’s Choice
Winner: University District
Housing Innovation Award
Winner: Aging in Place Laneway Housing Research Project
Image: Make Calgary
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