Nine cities across Canada ?have been enriched by the addition of remarkable urban design initiatives,? says the jury of the 2016 National Urban Design Awards.
?The quality of the submissions this year was impressive,? said the three-member jury. ?These unique solutions displayed a refreshing inventiveness and a strong commitment to the overarching objective of urban design to respond to and enhance the immediate surroundings and wider community.?
The winning projects range from urban infill to renewed public spaces and playful installations.
The awards are part of a two-tier program held in cooperation with Canadian municipalities. The National Urban Design Awards program judged winners of the 2015 municipal awards and entries submitted at large.
The awards will be presented during the RAIC?s Festival of Architecture to be held in Nanaimo from June 8-11. The Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (RAIC), the Canadian Institute of Planners (CIP), and the Canadian Society of Landscape Architects (CLSA) are pleased to announce the 2016 National Urban Design Award winners in the following categories:
 
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Civic Design Projects
Nathan Phillips Square Revitalization (Toronto, ON)
PLANT Architect Inc. | Perkins + Will Canada in Joint Venture, with Hoerr Schaudt Landscape Architecture and Adrian Blackwell Urban Projects
??a successful revitalization of a civic heart that draws people in with an enduring, timeless, restrained intervention.?
 
 
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