Due to overwhelming interest in the Missing Middle Infill Design Competition, the registration deadline has been extended to February 22.

A view of the 2019 Edmonton Infill Design Competition site.

Launched in 2016, the Edmonton Infill Design Competition provides an opportunity to encourage productive conversations about infill, help the public and development community envision what?s possible for infill design, and inspire builders and architects to create out of the box designs that enrich the city. The competition?s overarching goal is to showcase improved aesthetics of the community and how good designs can bring neighbours together. The 2016 competition sought ideas for low-density residential infill on a hypothetical site, showing how infill could add to the character of mature and established neighbourhoods. This year, the Infill Design Competition turns its gaze on demonstrating how medium-density housing can be both economically-feasible and well designed to work in Edmonton. This type of medium scale housing, which falls between single family homes and highrises, is commonly referred to as the ?missing middle? because it has been largely absent from urban streetscapes across Canada, including Edmonton.
The competition represents an opportunity to increase the city?s housing choices, particularly how we can integrate infill housing in the ?missing middle? range. As the initiative advances, what will be most interesting is the relationships that form between buil...