Urban Design Awards

[Daveography]

[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.

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

 

[Daveography]

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

 

[Daveography]

Urban Design Awards to Celebrate Edmonton's Best Places | SkyriseEdmonton

The Edmonton 2019 Urban Design Awards reception is on November 15, highlighting some great urban spaces and places in the city. Tickets are available via EventBrite.

edmonton.skyrisecities.com

 

[Daveography]

Some of my photos from the awards reception on Friday

 

[Daveography]

And here's my article which also lists the winners:

Urban Design Awards Winners Showcase the Best of Edmonton | SkyriseEdmonton

Awards were handed out at the 2019 Edmonton Urban Design Awards reception on Friday, November 15, 2019.

edmonton.skyrisecities.com

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!

 

[archited]

Edmonton is hot sh*t and we can now prove it...

Edmonton's Borden Park restroom a finalist in national contest

Edmonton is home to one of the finalists in the 2021 Canada’s Best Restroom contest.

edmontonjournal.com

 

[kcantor]

It's a start!!! And a good one at that.

We should look at how this was done and try do more things the way this was done.

Because I'm pretty sure it wasn't a result of "if we do this it will be good enough" but the result of asking "how good can we make this be" every step of the way.

https://edmontonjournal.com/news/lo...k-pavilion-wins-canadas-best-restroom-contest

 

[Kaizen]

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!

GH3 designs naturally filtered outdoor swimming pool for Canadian park

Dark limestone walls form a low-lying pool house that runs alongside this chemical-free swimming bath in Edmonton, designed by Toronto architecture studio GH3.

www.dezeen.com

Drum-like pavilion by GH3 creates glowing presence in a park

The reflective glass surface of this pavilion in Edmonton's Borden Park helps the structure merge with its surroundings during the day and glow at night

www.dezeen.com

 

[archited]

Yes, I did read them somewhere else on this site before (can't remember where)

 

[wormwood]

Edmonton Urban Design Awards | City of Edmonton

The Urban Design Awards celebrate the best new projects in Edmonton. Through the program, we recognize individuals, organizations, firms and projects that have contributed to urban design and the city's quality of life.

www.edmonton.ca

I like this proposal that was nominated - "The Stacks" an affordable housing project:

 

[YEG imagineer]

I like the Montreal inspired metal stairs on the outside.

 

[Gronk!]

Edmonton Urban Design Awards | City of Edmonton

The Urban Design Awards celebrate the best new projects in Edmonton. Through the program, we recognize individuals, organizations, firms and projects that have contributed to urban design and the city's quality of life.

www.edmonton.ca

2025 Urban Design Award Winners Announced​

The Edmonton Urban Design Awards were handed out in a glittering gala ceremony in City Hall November 20.
Congratulations to the designers who received awards in the following categories:

Climate Resilience

• Northeast River Valley Park Strategic Plan - Award of Excellence
• Klondike Park Redevelopment - Award of Merit

Civic Design

• Calder Corner Store Public Realm Improvements - Award of Excellence
• 105 Avenue (Columbia Avenue) Streetscape - Award of Excellence
• Centennial Plaza Rehabilitation - Award of Merit

Heritage Projects

• Fort Edmonton Park - Award of Merit

Housing Innovation

• The Stacks - Award of Excellence
• e4c - Award of Excellence
• Point Access Blocks - Award of Merit
• Inglewood Lofts - Award of Merit
• Lauderdale Terrace - Honorable Mention

Urban Architecture

• Station Park - Award of Excellence
• Roundhouse Park at Station Lands - Award of Excellence
• Coronation Park - Award of Merit
• Jasper Place Bowl - Award of Merit

Urban Design Plans

• Touch the Water - Award of Excellence
• Okîsikow (Angel) Way - Award of Merit

Urban Fragments

• A Mischief of Could-be(s) and UGO - Award of Excellence
• Lulu Lane - Award of Excellence
• Parallax - Award of Merit

Student Projects

• Winter City Urbanism: A Winter-First Reimagining of Warehouse Park - Award of Excellence
• Established Neighbourhoods Revitalization Master Plan - Award of Merit

People’s Choice Award

• POLYKAR Edmonton

We received 51 submissions for this year’s Urban Design Awards program. Thank you to everyone who submitted your projects to this year's competition.
Complete details on each of the award-winning projects
2025 Awards Booklet

Jury​

This year’s jury includes:
Wanda Dalla Costa, Architect
Marc Hallé, Landscape Architect
Janna Levitt, Architect
Eleanor Mohammed, Urban Planner
Carol Ross Barney, Architect