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Award of Excellence:
University of Toronto at Mississauga
Communication Culture and Technology Building
Architect: Saucier + Perrotte Architects
Jury’s Comments
This is another graceful addition to the family of space defining buildings, many of which frame courtyards on the UTM campus. The playfulness of clear and translucent glass cleverly integrates with the natural aspects of the site and creates captivating illusions with the adjacent line of trees. The cantilevered projections give clues to the interior program. They provide rhythm, definition and help to articulate the elongated façade. The subtle interface with the adjoining courtyard is delightful. Here, campus users are bathed in natural daylight, are encouraged to mix, converse and have face-to-face contact.
University of Toronto at Mississauga
Recreation, Athletic and Wellness Centre
Architect: Shore Tilbe Irwin & Partners
Jury’s Comments
The Centre cleverly evolves from the older modernist academic building behind. Through its placement on site and expansive entrance, it creates a solid frontage where none existed previously. The extent of transparency on the principle façade which reveals interior athletic functions is excellent and underscores important urban design principles. This is another successful example of the University’s extraordinary investment in quality design.
University of Toronto at Mississauga
Hazel McCallion Academic Learning Centre
Architect: Shore Tilbe Irwin & Partners, The MBTW Group
Jury’s Comments
A truly inspiring building, the new Hazel McCallion Academic Learning Centre has real distinctive architectural quality and fits within its evolving context. Its innovative use of phenolic panels with a wood veneer skin is beautiful - its grain and use of two colours are warm and convincing. The glazing is playful with its dark blue and smokey grey tonality - set within narrow vertical frames and carefully placed in banks across the principle and secondary elevations. A clean design, this building reads like a piece of very fine furniture with its unique shape and massing – it is truly inviting and draws people inside from out. The setting is peaceful and solid.
Award of Merit:
Straw Bale House
Architect: Martin Leifhebber Architect Inc.
Jury’s Comments
This project received an Award of Merit as it embodies innovation, creativity and environmental stewardship. The site is naturalized with sustainable ground covers and a range of native plant materials that provide a degree of local habitat. The use of stained plywood cladding at the second storey and a green roof over the carport are unique elements including the metal-screen rain water leaders that cleverly channel storm water to landscaped areas at the front, side and rear of the property. Strengthening the organic theme of the property is the binded, twig fencing that defines the property character, outdoor spaces, boundaries and edges.
Memorial Waterfront Park
Architect: John George and Associates Inc., City of Mississauga
Jury’s Comments
This project received an Award of Merit for significance in community scale, creating a sense of place and environmental initiatives. The Park has a strong relationship to its surroundings with an appeal to a broad demographic. It creates a strong sense of place for the locale and its connection to the water’s edge. The landscaping, playground areas and interpretative aspects are richly layered and promise to only get better with time. The program works well for a multiplicity of activities, offering passive and active spaces for gathering, concerts and special events.
Cracovia Square
Architect: ATA Architects Inc., Salmona Tregunno Inc.
Jury’s Comments
This project received an Award of Merit for innovation in influencing future context. In an area where existing commercial development is largely dominated by surface parking, this building sets a new direction for Cooksville through its street relationship and by reinforcing the intersection (corner) with its two storey apse. The proximity to the street nicely supports the public realm and defines the street edge appropriately. The covered porte cochère now offers convenience to users, and is a well-designed element. It extends the building to meet the adjoining property where the street wall can continue to evolve along Dundas Street. The two-storey massing strengthens the diverse character and mix of local retail shops in the locale. The overall scheme is imaginative and has ambition; with a contemporary expression well suited to influencing a new urban fabric for Cooksville.
People's Choice Award:
University of Toronto at Mississauga
Hazel McCallion Academic Learning Centre
Architect: Shore Tilbe Irwin & Partners, The MBTW Group
People’s Choice Comments
The building integrates function with form and invites the surrounding forest inside. Views from the higher floors are breathtaking. There is a green roofs that make a great contribution to the building. The distinctive cladding is visible through the trees and from a number of angles on campus. This is by far one of the nicest buildings around. It has been described by students as amazing. It is not only a great piece of work visually but is also a great place to learn and work.
Louroz
University of Toronto at Mississauga
Communication Culture and Technology Building
Architect: Saucier + Perrotte Architects
Jury’s Comments
This is another graceful addition to the family of space defining buildings, many of which frame courtyards on the UTM campus. The playfulness of clear and translucent glass cleverly integrates with the natural aspects of the site and creates captivating illusions with the adjacent line of trees. The cantilevered projections give clues to the interior program. They provide rhythm, definition and help to articulate the elongated façade. The subtle interface with the adjoining courtyard is delightful. Here, campus users are bathed in natural daylight, are encouraged to mix, converse and have face-to-face contact.
University of Toronto at Mississauga
Recreation, Athletic and Wellness Centre
Architect: Shore Tilbe Irwin & Partners
Jury’s Comments
The Centre cleverly evolves from the older modernist academic building behind. Through its placement on site and expansive entrance, it creates a solid frontage where none existed previously. The extent of transparency on the principle façade which reveals interior athletic functions is excellent and underscores important urban design principles. This is another successful example of the University’s extraordinary investment in quality design.
University of Toronto at Mississauga
Hazel McCallion Academic Learning Centre
Architect: Shore Tilbe Irwin & Partners, The MBTW Group
Jury’s Comments
A truly inspiring building, the new Hazel McCallion Academic Learning Centre has real distinctive architectural quality and fits within its evolving context. Its innovative use of phenolic panels with a wood veneer skin is beautiful - its grain and use of two colours are warm and convincing. The glazing is playful with its dark blue and smokey grey tonality - set within narrow vertical frames and carefully placed in banks across the principle and secondary elevations. A clean design, this building reads like a piece of very fine furniture with its unique shape and massing – it is truly inviting and draws people inside from out. The setting is peaceful and solid.
Award of Merit:
Straw Bale House
Architect: Martin Leifhebber Architect Inc.
Jury’s Comments
This project received an Award of Merit as it embodies innovation, creativity and environmental stewardship. The site is naturalized with sustainable ground covers and a range of native plant materials that provide a degree of local habitat. The use of stained plywood cladding at the second storey and a green roof over the carport are unique elements including the metal-screen rain water leaders that cleverly channel storm water to landscaped areas at the front, side and rear of the property. Strengthening the organic theme of the property is the binded, twig fencing that defines the property character, outdoor spaces, boundaries and edges.
Memorial Waterfront Park
Architect: John George and Associates Inc., City of Mississauga
Jury’s Comments
This project received an Award of Merit for significance in community scale, creating a sense of place and environmental initiatives. The Park has a strong relationship to its surroundings with an appeal to a broad demographic. It creates a strong sense of place for the locale and its connection to the water’s edge. The landscaping, playground areas and interpretative aspects are richly layered and promise to only get better with time. The program works well for a multiplicity of activities, offering passive and active spaces for gathering, concerts and special events.
Cracovia Square
Architect: ATA Architects Inc., Salmona Tregunno Inc.
Jury’s Comments
This project received an Award of Merit for innovation in influencing future context. In an area where existing commercial development is largely dominated by surface parking, this building sets a new direction for Cooksville through its street relationship and by reinforcing the intersection (corner) with its two storey apse. The proximity to the street nicely supports the public realm and defines the street edge appropriately. The covered porte cochère now offers convenience to users, and is a well-designed element. It extends the building to meet the adjoining property where the street wall can continue to evolve along Dundas Street. The two-storey massing strengthens the diverse character and mix of local retail shops in the locale. The overall scheme is imaginative and has ambition; with a contemporary expression well suited to influencing a new urban fabric for Cooksville.
People's Choice Award:
University of Toronto at Mississauga
Hazel McCallion Academic Learning Centre
Architect: Shore Tilbe Irwin & Partners, The MBTW Group
People’s Choice Comments
The building integrates function with form and invites the surrounding forest inside. Views from the higher floors are breathtaking. There is a green roofs that make a great contribution to the building. The distinctive cladding is visible through the trees and from a number of angles on campus. This is by far one of the nicest buildings around. It has been described by students as amazing. It is not only a great piece of work visually but is also a great place to learn and work.
Louroz
