Toronto-based
Quadrangle Architects have won a design award for urbanization work they've done in Markham.
The firm got the Urban Intensification Award for the four-building
Rouge Bijou development, downtown Markham's first condo project.
The project gets its name in part from its proximity to the Rouge River at the western edge of Markham's city centre.
"The ambition is to establish a context for the next buildings and support the vision of Downtown Markham as a compact, sustainable, walkable and transit-oriented community," said Quadrangle principal Sheldon Levitt in a press release.
Rouge Bijou, whose buildings range in height from seven to 10 storeys and which house a total of 450 living spaces, is part of a larger, nine-building collection of buildings that also includes Verdale, Nexus North and Nexus South.
Rouge Bijou is also built to LEED Silver standards, and includes in-suite energy recovery ventilators, super-lobby green roofs and will collect rain for grey water use.
The award was presented on November 8.
Writer: Bert Archer
Source: Sheldon Levitt
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