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Urban Design Awards

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[Peter] Spearey’s position was created last year to raise the profile of urban design in the city. The Journal sat down with Spearey before the Friday awards gala to get his perspective on the winners, urban design and the challenges facing Edmonton.

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Peter Spearey, lead urban designer for the City of Edmonton in the newly redeveloped Rice Howard Way in Edmonton Thursday Oct. 26, 2017. DAVID BLOOM / POSTMEDIA
Q. These awards have been given out six times now, every other year. What do you hope they will achieve?

A. They’re intended to celebrate achievements in urban design and by doing so, elevate the conversation around the value of urban design and its role in city building.

There can be a misperception of what urban design is. My sense is that urban design is often perceived as being decorative or lipstick on a pig. Urban design is really about improving the value of the places we inhabit in the city, making sure they’re vibrant, inclusive, and places people want to spend time in.

That’s not to say there’s no role for iconic buildings in a cityscape. It’s just that urban design is preoccupied with how those buildings work on the outside, the experience of being in the public realm.

Full interview:
http://edmontonjournal.com/news/ins...ws-the-crowd-in-edmontons-urban-design-awards
 
Nominate the best in Edmonton urban design
July 2, 2019

The City of Edmonton invites Edmontonians to nominate a recent project that captures the spirit of good design for the 8th Edmonton Urban Design Awards. These awards, held every two years, recognize the talented individuals, organizations, firms and projects that contribute to our city’s transformation.

“Urban design includes all aspects that make up a city from buildings, open spaces, streets and amenities,” said David Holdsworth, Senior Planner with The City of Edmonton and Chair of the Urban Design Awards Committee. “The awards celebrate projects that impact the city around them, contribute to public life and create fantastic places for people to visit.”

The Urban Design Awards website includes a simple nomination form. No one has to be an expert in architecture or design to submit a nomination. The City wants to hear about projects that have improved neighbourhoods and mean a great deal to Edmontonians.

Designers, artists, architects and engineers can also submit their projects and nominations online as part of the formal competition process. Submissions or nominations can be made online until July 31, 2019. Canada’s top architects and designers will judge all entries in October. Winners will be announced at an evening gala November 15.

Previous winners include the Edmonton Federal Building and Centennial Plaza Redevelopment, the Transition mural on the John Howard Society building, the Neon Sign Museum, Ritchie Market and the AmiskwacÎw Wâskâyhkan Ihtâwin art work on 104 Street and 101 Avenue. For a full listing of previous winners, please visit Edmonton Urban Design Awards.

Four previous winners have also won national awards from the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada: Regenerating Rossdale (Student Project 2015), Impose (Student Project 2015) Capital Health Centre (2009) and the Transition mural (2011).

For more information:
edmonton.ca/urbandesignawards
 
And here's my article which also lists the winners:

The awards themselves, btw, are engraved blocks of Tyndall stone weighing in at around 25-30lbs each. Definitely shouldn't put those on a glass shelf.

Congrats to @cmd uw for sweeping two awards in the Heritage Projects category, for Tipton Investment Building and Oliver Exchange!
 
A bump for a couple of Borden Parks award winning projects.
I just happened by 2 articles from Dezeen magazine (a couple years old, better late than never :)
I don't think they've been posted before.
More design excellence!

 

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