The winning design for Canada?s Building Trades Unions Monument, by artist John Greer and architect Brian MacKay-Lyons.
Canada?s Building Trades Unions is pleased to announce the design team for the Canadian Building Trades Monument, to be built in Major?s Hill Park in Ottawa. A jury of experts selected the successful design team from 40 submissions received in response to a national Request for Qualifications. Four design teams were shortlisted and invited to develop proposals in June 2015.
The successful design team, from Halifax, Nova Scotia, consists of sculptor John Greer and architect Brian MacKay-­Lyons.
Brian MacKay­?Lyons, co­?founder of MacKay­?Lyons Sweetapple Architects, has practiced architecture for more than 30 years, and was awarded the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada Gold Medal in 2015. MacKay­?Lyons was recently named the recipient of one of 9 international fellowships awarded by the Royal Institute of British Architects. The Canadian Building Trades Monument will mark their first collaboration. John Greer has exhibited internationally and taught sculpture at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design for 26 years. Greer was the recipient of the Governor General?s Award in Visual and Media Arts in 2009. The Canadian Building Trades Monument will be located across from Parliament in Major?s Hill Park, on a prominent site overlooking the Ottawa River. The site will be a place to celebrate the great achievements of this nation?s many skilled bu...