Canadian Society of Landscape Architects Awards of Excellence— Ontario Region
The Canadian Society of Landscape Architects Awards of Excellence are given for outstanding accomplishment in landscape architecture. Congratulations to the following OALA members whose projects received awards.
Project Name: Grange Park Revitalization
Consultant: PFS Studio
Contact: Jennifer Nagai
Category: Medium-Scale Public Landscapes
Project Description: An historic Toronto open space located adjacent to the Art Gallery of Ontario, Grange Park demonstrates how an underutilized existing urban park can be reimagined and transformed into a socially engaging, accessible, and sustainable neighbourhood park through meaningful public engagement and responsive design.
Project Name: Foot of Lonsdale Plaza
Consultant: Hapa Collaborative Landscape Architecture and Urban Design
Contact: Joseph Fry
Category: Small-Scale Public Landscapes
Project Description: The Foot of Lonsdale Plaza sits centrally along North Vancouver’s dramatically re- imagined public waterfront. The site was transformed into an instantly treasured destination thanks to intentional placemaking and design. The elegant but bold landscape is harmonious with — and holds its own within—a complex and buzzing context.
Project Name: Toronto Ravine Strategy
Consultant: City of Toronto
Contact: Jane Welsh and Garth Armour
Category: Landscape Management
Project Description: This is the first comprehensive, intentional, and coordinated vision and strategy for the 11,000-hectare ravine system in Toronto. It will align efforts and investments across disciplines for greater impact to achieve a bold vision for these extraordinary places so they can be enjoyed for decades to come.
Project Name: The Bentway
Consultant: PUBLIC WORK office for urban design & landscape architecture
Contact: Adam Nicklin
Category: Medium-Scale Public Landscapes
Project Description: The Bentway is transforming a 1.75-km space under Toronto’s Gardiner Expressway into a vibrant public place. The multifunctional space is an expression of Toronto’s unique creative energy and serves as a leading example of how the recovery and re-use of existing mono-functional infrastructure can support new forms of public life.
Project Name: TOcore: Downtown Parks and Public Realm Plan
Consultant: PUBLIC WORK office for urban design & landscape architecture
Contact: Adam Nicklin
Category: Planning and Analysis
Project Description: In collaboration with the City of Toronto, PUBLIC WORK office for urban design & landscape architecture reimagines the public realm to enhance quality of life within Toronto’s rapidly intensifying urban core. The plan presents new ways of thinking about how we design, maintain, and use our parks, streets, and open spaces to support public life and achieve a bold and transformative legacy for future generations.
Project Name: Toronto Green Streets Technical Guidelines
Consultant: Schollen & Company Inc.
Contact: Mark Schollen
Category: Research
Project Description: The Green Streets Technical Guidelines direct the integration of green infrastructure into all of Toronto’s streets. This precedent-setting document has catalyzed organizational change within the city to facilitate integration of green infrastructure into the design and implementation of Toronto’s streets.
Project Name: John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape and Design—University of Toronto
Consultant: PUBLIC WORK office for urban design & landscape architecture
Contact: Adam Nicklin
Category: Small-Scale Public Landscapes
Project Description: The complete transformation of this site, at One Spadina on the University of Toronto campus, enables profoundly different civic relations, more fluid community connections, and new social and ecological environments embedded within a landscape for learning. With its prominent location and dramatic topographical landscape, the project charts a new role for the institution within the campus and the city.
Project Name: Hunting Valley Residence: Classical Stewardship
Consultant: Virginia Burt Designs, Inc.
Contact: Virginia Burt
Category: Residential Landscapes
Project Description: Preserving an historic building and rehabilitating a series of gardens while incorporating 21st-century sustainability melded to create a model for stewardship, this project demonstrates an appreciation of artistic beauty and craftsmanship, proportion and ornament, enhancement of one’s surroundings, sustainability, and dedication to historic precedent.
Project Name: Breakwater Park
Consultant: Claude Cormier et Associés
Contact: Mark Hallé
Category: Medium-Scale Public Landscapes
Project Description: Breakwater Park, in Kingston, is a project in three parts: the revitalization of an existing park, a redesign of shoreline infrastructure, and an expansion into a neighbouring terrain. This derelict post-industrial dock has been transformed into Canada’s first deep-water urban swimming pier, providing an immersive encounter with Lake Ontario.