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TORONTO – The 20 finalists for the Ontario Association of Architects’ (OAA) 2024 Design Excellence Awards have been announced. This year’s entries include a variety of building types, including a sustainably designed community center, an indoor gardening attraction, and a project in Sudbury. and New York City.
Finalists were selected from 100 eligible entries by a jury of design experts and shortlisted in the OAA Excellence in Design Award category.
The biennial program provides Ontario practices with the opportunity to demonstrate the transformative impact of architecture, promoting broader public recognition and appreciation of the field, a release said.
Finalists were judged on criteria including creativity, context, sustainability, good design/good business and legacy. Because OAA is committed to advancing climate action in the public interest, submissions also require disclosure of energy use intensity indicators.
Options include:
- 8 Spadina at the Well (Toronto), designed by Hariri Pontarini Architects (design architect), Adamson Associates Architects (architect of record);
- Canadian Center for Climate Change and Adaptation (St. Peter’s Bay, Prince Edward Island), designed by Baird Sampson Neuert Architects (now part of WF Group Inc.) in collaboration with SableARC Studio;
- Centennial College Building A expansion project (Toronto), designed by DIALOG Ontario Inc.;
- Boston University Center for Computing and Data Sciences (Boston, MA), designed by KPMB Architects;
- Churchill Meadows Community Center and Sports Park (Mississauga, Ontario), designed by MacLennan Jaunkalns Miller Architects, Ltd. (MJMA);
- David Geffen Hall, Lincoln Center (New York, NY), designed by Diamond Schmitt Architects Inc. (master planning and concert theater) and Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects | Partners (public spaces);
- The Drake Hotel Modern Wing (Toronto), designed by Diamond Schmitt Architects Inc.;
- Harrison McCain Pavilion at Beaverbrook Art Gallery (Fredericton, Nova Scotia), designed by KPMB Architects;
- Historian Library (Cambridge, Ontario), designed by Dowling Architects;
- High Park House by Ian MacDonald Architect Inc. (Toronto);
- Lawrence Orton Early Learning and Child Care Center (Toronto), designed by SvN Architects + Planners and ERA Architects Inc.;
- The Leaf in Assiniboine Park (Winnipeg) was designed by KPMB Architects (design architect) in collaboration with Architecture49;
- Manitou a bi Bii daziigae (Winnipeg), designed by Diamond Schmitt Architects Inc. and Number TEN Architectural Group;
- Neil Campbell Rowing Center (St. Catharines, Ont.), designed by MacLennan Jaunkalns Miller Architects, Ltd. (MJMA) in collaboration with Raimondo + Associates Architects Inc.;
- Ontario Court of Justice, Toronto (Toronto), designed by NORR Architects & Engineers Ltd. in collaboration with Renzo Piano Building Workshop SAS;
- Arts Place (Greater Sudbury, Ontario) is a joint venture between Moriyama Teshima Architects and Bélanger Salach Architecture;
- Toronto Public Library – Albert Campbell Branch (Scarborough, Ontario) LGA Architectural Partners Ltd.;
- University of Toronto School (Toronto), designed by Diamond Schmitt Architects Inc.;
- Virgin Vineyard House (North Hartley, Quebec) designed by LAMAS Architecture Ltd; and
- Howling Wind Island (Barrier Point, Ontario), designed by Atelier Kastelic Buffey Inc.
Profiles of all 20 finalists will be posted on the OAA website later this month, published in the upcoming 2024 Awards Book, and shared via X/Twitter and Instagram.
The 10 winners will be announced in early April and celebrated in May at the 2024 OAA conference in Niagara Falls, along with three other design excellence awards: the Michael V. and Wanda Plachta Award, Lieutenant Governor’s Award for Excellence in Architectural Design and People’s Choice Award.
In April, the OAA will also announce the 2024 recipients of the biennial Best Emerging Practice Awards, the Service Medal, and the Lifetime Design Achievement Award, as well as new inductees to the Honor Roll, which recognizes profession members for their posthumous impact recognized.
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