Third annual Urban Design Awards opens call for entries, including residential projects of all sizes
The City of Vancouver has thrown open its call for the city’s best examples of urban design, which will be honoured in the third annual Urban Design Awards in May 2016.
The City said it is looking for “projects that demonstrate excellence in architecture and design and contribute to creating a vibrant, livable city.”
Entries are being accepted in the following categories:
- Residential buildings in three separate categories – small, medium or large
- Commercial buildings
- Government and institutional buildings
- Urban elements
- Innovation
- Outstanding sustainable design
- Landscape, public space and infrastructure.
To be eligible for the Urban Design Awards, projects must be:
- Located within the City of Vancouver
- Completed (with an occupancy permit) after January 1, 2012
- Not a previous Urban Design Award winner
- Entered by the project owner or a project team member.
Last year’s residential winners were:
- Small Residential Buildings
Project: Cloister House; Firm: Measured Architecture Inc. - Medium Residential Buildings
Project: Monad; Firm: Lang Wilson Practice in Architecture Culture; Developer: Intelligent City - Large Residential Buildings
Project: 6th & Fir – A Bridgehead Interface; Firm: Henriquez Partners Architects; Developer: Westbank Projects Corp.; Landscape Architect: Durante Kreuk Ltd.
The deadline for the 2016 contest is February 15, 2016. The awards in each category will be selected by an independent jury and winners will be honoured at a ceremony scheduled for May 9, 2016.
For more information or to enter, click here.
