The winners of the 2022 Governor General?s Medals in Architecture were presented with their medals during a ceremony at Rideau Hall in Ottawa, on Tuesday, January 24. Her Excellency, Governor General Mary Simon, presented the medals and presided over the event, which was the first in-person Governor General?s Medals in Architecture ceremony since 2018 in Winnipeg, MB.  
The public engaged with the presenters during a lecture at the Museum of History in Gatineau, Quebec, the evening before the awards ceremony. The Medal recipients spoke about their projects and provided insight to the process and people behind these winning spaces. 
The biennial Governor General?s Medals in Architecture celebrate outstanding design in recently completed built projects by Canadian architects. The buildings in the 2022 group of winners range from schools to dialogue centers, water treatment plants, theatres, private homes and cottages?all representing architecture at its best today. These structures embody Canadian values and ideals, showcasing our present understanding of excellence through outstanding design. Since their beginnings as the Massey Medals in the 1950s, each group of award-winning buildings not only illuminates our society?s views of design excellence at a particular time, but collectively point the way towards the future of architecture and architectural culture.   Each of the 2022 recipients reflected on what it means for them to receive their award:  
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