Mirvish Village, Toronto, ON

AZ Awards Urban Design Visions and People’s Choice: Urban Design Visions, 2022

Honest Ed’s, a beloved discount store that anchored Toronto’s Mirvish Village neighbourhood for almost seven decades, was known for its eclecticism, which was expressed in both its wild marquee signage and its diverse product assortment. Impressively, the planning strategy for the building’s successor promises to maintain that trademark spirit of dynamic variety. By understanding the value of human-centred design, Mirvish Village promises to feel much more akin to a traditional village than to a typical development of its scale. Clearly, there’s something to be said for an honest approach. Read More.

“This is a strong — and successful — attempt at breaking down the monolithic nature and scale of high-rise development adjacent historic residential-scale neighbourhoods.” — Lauren Stimson, AZ Awards 2022 Juror

The Canadian Institute of Planners (CIP), Award for Planning Excellence – Urban Design, 2019

The Canadian Institute of Planners’ Awards for Planning Excellence recognizes significant achievements in the field of professional planning. The jury was impressed with the holistic design approach to this urban infill project. It strives to achieve a balance between heritage conservation, transit-supportive density, respectful integration and preservation of the uniqueness of the site with existing neighbourhood contexts, a high quality urban public realm and green development, including local district energy systems. It also engaged with the City and the neighbourhoods through an innovative and iterative approach to site planning.

Architizer A+ Awards Popular Choice Winner in the Residential-Unbuilt Category, 2019

The Architizer A+Awards is the largest awards program focused on promoting and celebrating the year’s best architecture and products. Its mission is to nurture the appreciation of meaningful architecture in the world andchampion those products that are integral to bringing great buildings to life.

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Alexandra Park Revitalization - Phase 1

ULI Global Award for Excellence, 2021

JRS is pleased to share that the Alexandar Park Revitalization has received a Global Award for Excellence in the Equitable Development Category from the Urban Land Institute. Of the nine Global Awards winners, Alexandra Park was the only Canadian community to earn this prestigious honour. The project team also won the ULI North Americas Award of Excellence earlier this summer. The award was the result of overall excellence, including achievements in community partnerships, marketplace acceptance, design, planning, technology, amenities, economic impact, management, community engagement, innovation, and sustainability.  Press Release.

In revitalizing the 18-acre Alexandra Park community, TCHC, Tridel, design partners – Urban Strategies, LGA Architectural Partners, Teeple Architects, Janet Rosenberg & Studio – and community members focused on ‘Building a Great Neighbourhood’: a mixed-use masterplanned community with a variety of housing types and land uses, improved access to services, community economic development opportunities, quality urban design, social cohesion programming, enhanced community safety, and a greener, more sustainable community. The revitalization of Alexandra Park is a powerful story about community advocacy and partnerships.

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Rock Garden, Royal Botanical Garden, Hamilton, ON

City of Hamilton Urban Design and Architecture Award of Excellence for a Public Building, 2017

A high quality urban environment contributes to economic and social benefits, improves the image of the City, and creates a sense of pride. The biennial Urban Design and Architecture Awards recognize and celebrate excellence in the design of our urban environment. The Public Building category recognizes a building or composition of buildings, with a primary function to serve the public and/or is largely accessible to the public.

National Trust for Canada, Ecclesiastical Insurance Cornerstone Awards, 2017

The Ecclesiastical Insurance Cornerstone Awards bring national attention to exemplary projects and places that contribute to quality of life and sense of place, and illustrate the viability of heritage buildings and sites for traditional or new uses.

CSLA National Award of Excellence, 2017

The CSLA Awards of Excellence celebrate work that is inspiring, exhilarating, and remarkably diverse.

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High Point Private Residence

CSLA National Award of Excellence, 2017

Each year the CSLA jurors select exceptional projects across many areas of expertise. They shape our urban landscapes, spearheading city-wide planning and design. Each year, jurors select exceptional projects across many areas of expertise. High Point Private Residence was a recipient of the CSLA National Award of Excellence for a Residential Landscape Designed by a Landscape Architect.

For this iconic modernist house and property, landscape renovation follows an earlier re-commitment to its original design. This landscape intervention demonstrates how contemporary expectations for landscape have pushed the boundaries on the concept of indoor-outdoor living, and in particular how this heightens the design sensibility of a classic mid-century modern 8,000-square foot bungalow with pool on two acres that even in today’s perspective offers minimalist luxury in this exclusive residential Toronto neighbourhood.

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