The 2011 Urban Design Award-winners were announced Monday, with Sugar Beach and the Shops of Summerhill two of the big winners.
Thirteen awards of excellence and 10 honourable mentions were given out in 10 categories, including Private Buildings in Context, Public Buildings in Context” and Large Places or Neighbourhood Designs, the last of which was won by Waterfront's
Sugar Beach, Toronto’s version of the internationally popular urban beach.
"Toronto can proudly boast of having one of the most talented pools of practicing design professionals, and sophisticated development companies anywhere in the world," said
Councillor Peter Milczyn, chair of the planning and growth management committee, in a statement borne out by the broad swath of winners.
The jurors for this year's awards were journalist John Lorinc, Christine Abe of MBTW Group, Markham's Town Architect Ronji Borooah, Giannone Petricone Associates founder Ralph Giannone and Greg Smallenberg, founding partner of Phillips Farevaag Smallenberg.
The winners are being displayed in the Rotunda of City Hall until Sep. 23, and will be shown at Etobicoke Civic Centre, North York Civic Centre and the rotunda of Scarborough Civic Centre in successive weeks in October, beginning Oct. 10 in Etobicoke.
Writer: Bert Archer
Source: Bruce Hawkins
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