2013 urban design awards Media Package
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2013 Urban Design Awards The City of London recognizes and encourages the implementation of sound urban planning and design principles. The City s Official Plan, a comprehensive policy document, outlines a multitude of policies intended to promote urban design excellence. The Urban Design Awards program is intended to recognize and celebrate original design and innovative concepts and visionary thinking in the following categories: Buildings; Buildings (Small Scale Residential); Public Realm Enhancements; Public Spaces and Landscapes; and Large Places and Neighbourhoods. The awards are intended to inspire developers, architects, landscape architects, planners and designers to advance excellence in their own projects in pursuit of community recognition and appreciation. Council s goal is to emphasize the importance of outstanding urban design in establishing a city environment that is creative, engaging, and attractive. This is an important piece of the Creative City concept which aims to attract people to London through high quality city building. Following the 2013 awards ceremony the winning entries will be showcased at a national level, through the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (RAIC) National Urban Design Awards Program. 1
Event Details Event Program London Music Hall 185 Queens Ave Tuesday, December 3 rd, 2013 11am to 2pm $30 per person, includes lunch 11am registration and networking 11:30am opening remarks His Worship Mayor Joe Fontana John M. Fleming, Managing Director of Planning and City Planner 11:45am keynote address Rob Spanier, LiveWorkLearnPlay (LWLP) Please RSVP by November 22 nd, 2013 contact Maria Finnis phone: 519-661-4980 email: mfinnis@london.ca 12:30pm lunch 1:00pm award presentations David Murphy, LSA Chair, 2013 Urban Design Awards Jury 1:45pm closing remarks 2
Keynote Speaker Rob Spanier is a Partner and Principal of LiveWorkLearnPlay (LWLP), an international urban development and advisory firm with offices in Montreal, Toronto, Austin, and Nashville. Rob Spanier With over 13 years of international hands- on experience in mixed- use development and deal making, Rob has helped develop over 30 large-scale projects in North America, Europe, Mexico and the Caribbean. Rob is the Vice Chair of The Urban Land Institute (ULI) Toronto District Council, and is actively involved with The Congress for New Urbanism (CNU). 3
2013 Entries Category: Buildings 1. Fanshawe College, Centre for Applied Transportation Technology - 1764 Oxford St. E. 2. Byron Optimist Community Centre - 1308 Norman Ave. 3. Fanshawe, R3 Student Residence (Merlin House) - 1001 Fanshawe College Blvd. 4. Carpenters Union Local 1964 Training Centre - 3800 Highbury Ave. 5. Boyle Memorial Community Centre - 530 Charlotte St 6. St. Andre Bessette C.S.S - 2727 Tokala Trail 7. St. Joseph s Health Care London Parking Garage - 801 Commissioners Rd. E. 8. FreshCo Supermarket - 981-983 Wonderland Road South 9. Retail Plaza - 725-751 Fanshawe Park Road West 10. Residenza Italia -1109 Hamilton Road 11. 637 Dundas- 637 Dundas Street 12. Watershed Conservation Centre - 1424 Clarke Road 13. 162 Wortley - 162 Wortley Road 14. Goodwill Industries - 255 Horton Street E. 15. Infill Townhouse project - 670 Oxford Street East 4
10. Residenza Italia 11. 637 Dundas 12. Watershed Conservation Centre 13. 162 Wortley 14. Goodwil Industries 16. Ridout Vilage 5
2013 Entries Category: Buildings (Small Scale Residential) 16. Ridout Village - 352 Ridout Street South 17. Residential Home - 765-10 Riverside Drive 18. Woodland Village Townhomes - North Centre Street 19. Residential Home - 641 Hillcrest Drive Category: Public Spaces & Landscapes 20. Amica at London - 517 Fanshawe Park Rd. W 21. Blackburn Memorial Fountain, Forks of the Thames - Forks of the Thames 22. Cancer Survivor Garden, McKillop Park - Riverside Drive and Wonderland Road North 23. Stoney Creek Community Centre, YMCA & Library - 920 Sunningdale Rd. E. 24. Doidge Park - Cheapside Street and Wellington Street 25. Piccadilly Park - Piccadilly Street and Waterloo Street Category: Public Realm Enhancements 26. Wellington Street Gateway Sign - Wellington Street and York Street 6
18. Woodland Village Townhomes 23. Plaza at Stoney Creek CC 25. Piccadilly Park 26. Wellington Street Gateway Sign 4. Carpenters Union Local 1964 18. Fanshawe, Centre for Applied Transportation Technology 7
Past Winners The Fanshawe College Centre for Construction Trades and Technology architects Tillmann Ruth Mocellin Inc. Mastings & Aziz Vanderwestern & Rutherford Assoc. Development Engineering Ron Koudys Landscape Architect Fanshawe College The Thames Pool Shore Tilbe Perkins + Will Award of Excellence: Buildings Award of Excellence: Landscapes 8
UWO Support Services Building Malhotra Nicholson Sheffield Architects Inc. Vafiades Landscape Architects Inc. Southside Construction LIFT Malhotra Nicholson Sheffield Architects Inc. Vafiades Landscape Architects Inc. Southside Construction Award of Excellence: Buildings Honourable Mention: Buildings 9
Past Honorable Mentions Princess Avenue Residential Streetscape David I. Russell Kirkness Consulting Inc., Urban and Rural Planning The Greenwood Residence Skinner & Skinner Associates Honourable Mention: Buildings Honourable Mention: Buildings 10
Further Information For more information on the awards process or ceremony please contact: Sean Galloway MUDD, MCIP, RPP Manager, Urban Design City of London Planning Division Phone: (519)661-2500 Ext. 5361 Email: sgallowa@london.ca Alternatively visit: www.london.ca/urbandesign 11