The City of Edmonton celebrated the best of urban design in Edmonton last Friday night, at the 2019 Edmonton Urban Design Awards (EUDA) reception, where the winners of this year's competition were announced.

2019 Edmonton Urban Design Awards reception, photo by Dave Sutherland

A total of eleven awards were handed out in seven categories; 58 projects in total were nominated.

Mayor Don Iveson with opening remarks, photo by Dave Sutherland

The winners awarded at the gala were as follows:

Category: Urban Architecture

  • Award of Excellence: Borden Park Natural Swimming Pool
  • Award of Merit: The Edge

The Edge, photo by forum contributor Kaizen

Category: Student Design

  • Award of Excellence: The Village at Belvedere

Category: Civic Design

Mechanized River Valley Access, photo by Dave Sutherland

Category: Community Projects 

  • Award of Excellence: Historic McKay Avenue School Playground

Category: Heritage Projects

Tipton Investment Building, photo by Dave Sutherland

Category: Urban Design Plans

  • Award of Merit: High Level Line
  • Award of Merit: Alberta Avenue Renewal Urban Design Analysis and Preliminary Design

Category: Urban Fragments

  • Award of Excellence: Carbon Copy

Category: People’s Choice (decided by the majority of the public’s 1,800 votes)

  • Carbon Copy

The High Level Line team, photo by Dave Sutherland

Two honorable mentions were also recognized as part of the ceremony: ᐄᓃᐤ (ÎNÎW) River Lot 11∞ (the Indigenous Art Park), and the Cambridge Tunnel Rehabilitation at Central LRT Station for their unique designs.

EUDA 2019 Awards, photo by Dave Sutherland

The winners are also eligible for the 2020 National Urban Design Awards hosted by the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada.

More information and photos of all of the submissions can be found at the City of Edmonton's website. What are some of your favourite submissions? Is there anything that should have been nominated but wasn't? Leave a comment below, or join the discussion in our Forum!