Designing for Change: Jury Comments on the 2021 Canadian Architect Awards of Excellence
In some awards competitions, a group of submissions stands out clearly from the beginning. In others?including this year?s Canadian Architect Awards?arriving at a set of winners is a much longer process, involving detailed analysis, careful deliberation, and considerable discussion.
The complexities of judging this year?s submissions correlate, perhaps, to the experience of the pandemic. Many clients and architects were forced to pause construction for some time, spending more time masterplanning and iterating designs, and then quickly accelerate again when construction sites reopened. This, amidst growing discussions about how to achieve greater equity, diversity, and inclusion in society at large, as well as in the profession and practice of architecture. For jurors Anne Carrier, Carol Phillips, Alfred Waugh, and photo juror James Brittain, this year?s 174 professional entries, 39 student entries, and 46 photo entries reflected the difficult questions that architects have been asking throughout the pandemic: How do environmental equity, social justice, and reconciliation manifest in design"
Markham?s barrel-vaulted form contrasts with the peaked roofs of other houses on the street and provides a slightly larger amount of inhabitable space. Six interlocking residential units?including three two-storey units, two bachelor studios, and a live-work laneway suite?are carved into the vaulted volume. The units are individually accessed, mostly from the public laneway runnin...
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