CaDCR staff writer
The Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (RAIC) and the Canada Council for the Arts recently revealed the recipients of the 2024 Governor General’s Medals in Architecture.
The objective of the Governor General’s Medals in Architecture is to recognize and celebrate outstanding design in recently completed built projects of any size, type and geographical location by Canadian architects.
The competition continues a tradition initiated by the Massey Medals in 1950, providing an important source of understanding of the nature of Canadian architecture and the regional, cultural, and historic forces expressed in the built environment. Outstanding design considers exemplary approaches to sustainability, and the support and advancement of equity, diversity, and inclusion.
Governor General’s Medals in Architecture are offered every two years and the next call for submissions will take place in the Fall of 2025.
This year’s 12 winning projects:
King City Kongats Architects
- King City Public Library and Seniors Centre, King City Kongats Architects
Williamson Williamson Inc.
- Garden Laneway House, Toronto
MJMA Architecture & Design
- Churchill Meadows Community Centre and Sports Park, Mississauga
MJMA Architecture & Design and| Raimondo + Associates Architects
- Neil Campbell Rowing Centre, St. Catharines
Suulin Architects
- 31 Scarsdale Rd., North York
Modern Office of Design + Architecture (MODA)
- GROW – Calgary
Daoust Lestage Lizotte Stecker Architecture
- Promenade Samuel-De Champlain–Phase 3, Quebec City
5468796 Architecture
- Pumphouse, Winnipeg
Perkins&Will
- SFU Stadium in Burnaby, B.C.
Agence Spatiale, APPAREIL Architecture, and BGLA
- École de l’Étincelle, un Lab-École, Chicoutimi, Quebec
Fowler Bauld & Mitchell (FBM)
- Cabot Cliffs: Cliffs Residences, Halfway Hut and Pro Shop, Cape Breton, N.S.
Lemay
- Théâtre de Verdure in Montreal, Que.