Twelve superlative projects earn RAIC National Urban Design Award honors for 2024

The 2024 recipients of the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (RAIC)’s National Urban Design Awards have been announced. They include twelve new projects in six provinces, each with a marked ability to advance the discipline and improve the quality of life for a broad range of Canadian communities, both large and small. 

The bi-annual honors are presented in unison with the Canadian Institute of Planners (CIP) and the Canadian Society of Landscape Architects (CSLA). 

The Awards jury stated: "The submissions were consistently very high quality, and focused on many of the topics we as designers are all focusing on in our ever-changing world — justice, equity, diversity and inclusion, on climate change, on resiliency and as always — on high quality design for the many end users we strive to serve."

The twelve winning projects are:

Esplanade Tranquille by Les architectes FABG (Civic Design Projects)

Rainbow Park by DIALOG (Civic Design Projects)

Maisonneuve Library Restoration and Extension by EVOQ Architecture + civiliti (Urban Architecture)

Stadium Station by GEC Architecture (Urban Architecture)

Queen’s Marque by MacKay-Lyons Sweetapple Architect with FBM (Urban Architecture)

Downsview Framework Plan by Henning Larsen, KPMB, Architect SLA, and Urban Strategies Inc. (Urban Design Plans)

Exchange: Realizing RiverWalk West by ground3 Inc., HEREBY Architectural Inc., SIKOMH KOKOMII, Bunt & Associates Engineering Ltd., Martinson Golly Ltd., RJC Engineering (Urban Design Plans)

Skeena Terrace Community Plan by Perkins&Will (Urban Design Plans)

The Ring by CCxA Architectes paysagistes Inc. (Urban Fragments)

Bentway Staging Grounds by SHEEEP in partnership with Agency—Agency (Urban Fragments)

Kids Reimagine School Streets by SPECTACLE Bureau for Architecture and Urbanism, Sustainable Calgary, Everactive Schools, Toole Design, University of Calgary Faculty of Engineering (Community Initiatives)

Fields and Flows: Township Development in Nova Scotia along the Shubenacadie River System by Preston Stronach, Dalhousie University School of Architecture (Student Projects)