WHISTLER, BC - The new art museum planned for Whistler will be designed by internationally renowned Patkau Architects Inc. of Vancouver, it was announced today by Audain Art Museum board member Jim Moodie.

John and Patricia Patkau, both members of the Order of Canada, have been recognized for their award-winning projects in many parts of Canada and abroad. Earlier this year the Patkaus’ work was represented in the Five North American Architects Exhibition in the international section of the 2012 Venice Biennale for Architecture.

>>    Architect appointed for Audain Art Museum in Whistler 

The Winnipeg Skating Shelters have received a 2012 ASLA Honor Award in the General Design category.

WASHINGTON, DC - The American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) announced the winners of the 2012 Professional Awards and Student Awards this week. The awards honor the top public places, residential designs, campuses, parks and urban planning projects from across the U.S. and around the world.

>>    ASLA Announces 2012 Professional and Student Awards

Patkau Architects has been shortlisted for a 2012 Spirit of Nature Wood Architecture Award.

HELSINKI - The following architects and architecture offices have been nominated for the 2012 international Spirit of Nature Wood Architecture Award: Siv Helene Stangeland and Reinhard Kropf (Helen & Hard, Norway), Einar Jarmund and Håkon Vigsnæs (Jarmund/ Vigsnæs AS Arkitekter MNAL, Norway), John and Patricia Patkau (Patkau Architects, Canada) and Bijoy Jain (Studio Mumbai, India).

The Spirit of Nature Wood Architecture Award is this year being awarded for the seventh time. The award is awarded to an individual or group who has achieved distinction in the field of architecture, and who in their work demonstrate an ingenious and creative use of wood.

>>    Nominees for the 2012 Spirit of Nature Wood Architecture Award come from Norway, Canada and India

The Winnipeg Skating Shelters have received a 2012 AZ People’s Choice Award for Temporary & Demonstration Architecture, and the Cottages at Fallingwater have received a 2012 AZ Award for Unbuilt Competition Entries.

TORONTO, ON - Sixty finalists were selected from over 600 submissions by a star-studded jury: architects Imola Bérczi of UNStudio and Brigitte Shim of Shim-Sutcliffe Architects, industrial designer Jeffrey Bernett of Consultants for Design Strategy, interior designer Elaine Cecconi of Cecconi Simone, landscape architect Jennifer Guthrie of Gustafson Guthrie Nichol, and Mike Kielhauer of office systems manufacturer Keilhauer. People’s Choice awards were also designated, following weeks of online voting earlier this year.

>>    2012 AZ Award Winners Announced

The Linear House has received a 2012 Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia Merit Award, and the Winnipeg Skating Shelters have received a 2012 AIBC Special Jury Award.

VANCOUVER, BC - An elite group of four emerged as winners in the 2012 AIBC Architectural Awards, announced this evening by the Architectural Institute of British Columbia. A modest total of seven projects by British Columbia architects were selected from 58 award nominations across four award categories. Three of the awards went to projects by Busby Perkins+Will Architects (now Perkins+Will Canada Architects Co.) while Vancouver-based Patkau Architects Inc. collected honours in two categories.

>>    2012 Architectural Awards Spotlight a Select Few

The Linear House has received a 2012 Governor General’s Medal in Architecture.

The Governor General’s Medals in Architecture recognize outstanding achievement in recently built projects by Canadian architects.

This program, created by the RAIC, contributes to the development of the discipline and practice of architecture, and increases public awareness of architecture as a vital cultural force in Canadian society. These awards are administered jointly with the Canada Council for the Arts, which is responsible for the adjudication process and contributes to the publication highlighting the medal winners.

>>    RAIC: Governor General's Medals in Architecture 2012 Recipients

The Winnipeg Skating Shelters have received a 2011 North American Wood Design Honor Award.

OTTAWA, ON – The Wood Design & Building magazine is pleased to announce the award recipients for the prestigious 2011 North American Awards Program. Sixteen projects were hand selected from over one-hundred entries by an esteemed jury panel: Andrew Frontini from Perkins+Will, James Cutler from Cutler Anderson and Robert Hull from Miller Hull.

>>    2011 Wood Design Award Winners Announced 

The Fort York National Historic Site Visitor Center has received a 2011 Canadian Architect Award of Excellence.

TORONTO, ON. Canadian Architect announces the winners of the 2011 Awards of Excellence, given each year to architects and architectural graduates for buildings in the design stage. One of only two national award programs devoted exclusively to architecture, the Awards of Excellence have recognized significant building projects in Canada on an annual basis since 1968.

This year's winners have been selected by a jury consisting of Walter Francl of Walter Francl Architecture in Vancouver, Diarmuid Nash of Moriyama & Teshima Architects in Toronto, and Peter Sampson of Peter Sampson Architecture Studio in Winnipeg.

Awards are given for architectural design excellence. Jurors considered response to the program, site, geographical and social context, and evaluated physical organization, structure, materials and environmental features.

>>    2011 Canadian Architect Awards of Excellence winners announced

>>    Award of Excellence - Fort York National Historic Site Visitor Center