By Staff
December 8, 2014
BURLINGTON, ON.
The Hamilton- Burlington Society of Architects (HBSA) has announced the recipients of the 2014 Architectural Awards of Excellence.
The award winners were honoured during the HBSA Celebrate 2014 Gala on November 27 at the Hamilton Art Gallery, where they raised $9,000 for the United Way.
Biannually, the HBSA recognizes the exceptional work of architects from Hamilton, Burlington, and Milton across a range of categories of projects built in Ontario. The jury panel this year consisted of:
• Tania Bortolotto (Bortolotto Design Architect, Toronto)
• Alex Lukachko (Building Science Consulting, Waterloo)
• Michael McClelland (ERA Architects, Toronto)
• Michael Leckman (Diamond Schmitt Architects, Toronto)
• Kathy Renwald (Freelance Journalist, Hamilton)
The jurors were extremely impressed with the quality of the submissions from HBSA members.
Awards were given in a number of categories.
Architecture creates the texture of a community. Well-designed buildings make public and private space work – and when space works for people we are all better off.
Smart design, clever design – design that reflects a communities past and its aspirations for the future is what architects strive for when they design a building. Along with making the most efficient use of space an architect needs to give a building a feel, a sense of belonging where it is being built.
With imagination and the intelligent use of space and construction materials the public ends up with a building that just works for them; and in doing so they make the community a better place for all of us.
The recipients of the HBSA this time were
Heritage or Adaptive Re-Use
Award of Excellence
95 King Street East Studios and Lofts, Thier + Curran Architects www.
95 King Street East Studios and Lofts, Thier + Curran Architects
“Even viewed from across the square (Gore Park), this building, with its innovative social program is distinctive and inviting … the historic character of the upper floors is maintained while the contemporary-industrial treatment of the ground floor stands out and anchors it in the urban realm”
Carnegie Gallery Revitalization, Perkins + Will
Heritage or Adaptive Re-Use
Award of Merit
Carnegie Gallery Revitalization, Perkins + Will ca.perkinswill.com
“The simple moves are well-done and well-tuned to the existing building … the new entrance, the new gallery, and the accessible areas in the glazed space are a modern addition with a nice bridge between old and new.”
Renovation Mixed Use/Commercial
Award of Excellence
118 James Street North, Thier + Curran Architects www.tcarch.ca
“This building is a surprise. The interior space is dramatic, the connection to heritage vocabulary is really strong, and the experience at the street level is very successful … the building echoes the street’s urban signature.”
New Institutional, Award of Merit
. Waterloo North Hydro Head Office and Fleet Service Centre, McCallum Sather Architects
“A remarkable amount of sustainable thinking in what could have been just another drive-by building on a service road … the right proportion of windows, solar shading, and great placement.”
Renovation Mixed Use/Commercial
Award of Merit
Phoenix Pub and Restaurant, McMaster University, McCallum Sather Architects / MSA
Phoenix Pub and Restaurant, McMaster University, McCallum Sather Architects
“The execution is so clear [that] it seems simple – but it’s very complex.”
Renovation Institutional
Award of Excellence
McMaster Institute for Music and the Mind, McCallum Sather Architects / MSA www.msarch.ca
“A creative response to an intriguing program … the addition on top of an existing building [is] aesthetically pleasing and done in a way that successfully rebrands the building.”
Renovation Institutional
Award of Merit
Ancaster Senior Achievement Centre, Thier + Curran Architects www.tcarch.ca
“Well-crafted, welcoming, with careful attention to detail … handsome interior spaces filled with light.”
New Residential
Award of Merit
Burlington Avenue House, Cynthia Zahoruk Architect
Burlington Avenue House, Cynthia Zahoruk Architect
“A joyful play on Arts and Crafts … very appealing and sensitive to context, and to the client’s needs.”
New Institutional
Award of Merit
Waterloo North Hydro Head Office and Fleet Service Centre, McCallum Sather Architects
“A remarkable amount of sustainable thinking in what could have been just another drive-by building on a service road … the right proportion of windows, solar shading, and great placement.”
Ms Zahoruk’s work is an outstanding example of well thought out residential design. Burlington needs more quality work like her’ s.