OTTAWA—His Excellency the Right Honourable David Johnston, Governor General of Canada, presented the 2010 Governor General’s Medals in Architecture during a ceremony at Rideau Hall, Monday, January 31, 2011, at 2:00 p.m. OAA President, Sheena Sharp and OAA Director of Policy, Kristi Doyle attended the ceremony.

The Governor General’s Medals in Architecture recognize outstanding achievement in recently built projects by Canadian architects. This program, created by the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (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 by the RAIC and the Canada Council for the Arts, which is responsible for the adjudication process and contributes to the publication highlighting the medal winners. The winners were announced by the RAIC and the Canada Council for the Arts in April 2010.

The following projects were honoured this year: 

• St-Germain Égoûts et Aqueducs – Allaire Courchesne Dupuis Frappier, architects (Montréal, Quebec)

• French River Visitor Centre – Baird Sampson Neuert Architects (Toronto, Ontario)

• Promenade Samuel-De Champlain – Daoust Lestage inc. architecture design urbain (Montréal, Quebec)

• Photographer’s Studio Over a Boat House – gh3 (Toronto, Ontario)

• Prefab Cottage for Two Families – Kohn Shnier Architects (Toronto, Ontario)

• Royal Conservatory of Music, TELUS Centre for Performance and Learning– Kuwabara Payne McKenna Blumberg Architects (Toronto, Ontario)

• La Grande Bibliothèque du Québec– Patkau / Croft Pelletier / Menkès Shooner Dagenais architectes associés (Vancouver, British Columbia)

• Prud’Homme–Dulude Residence – Saucier  + Perrotte architectes (Montréal, Quebec)

• Scandinave Les Bains Vieux-Montréal– Saucier  + Perrotte architectes (Montréal, Quebec)

• Corkin Gallery– Shim-Sutcliffe Architects Inc. (Toronto, Ontario)

• Craven Road Studio– Shim-Sutcliffe Architects Inc. (Toronto, Ontario)

• Ravine Guest House– Shim-Sutcliffe Architects Inc. (Toronto, Ontario)

Descriptions and images of the architectural firms and their winning buildings are available at www.raic.org and www.canadacouncil.ca.

OAA Recipients of the Governor General's Medals in Architecture:

Corkin Gallery

Shim-Sutcliffe Architects Inc. (Toronto, ON)

Lead design architects:

Brigitte Shim, FRAIC

Howard Sutcliffe, MRAIC

Craven Road Studio

Shim-Sutcliffe Architects Inc. (Toronto, ON)

Lead design architects:

Brigitte Shim, FRAIC

Howard Sutcliffe, MRAIC

French River Visitor Centre

Baird Sampson Neuert Architects (Toronto, ON)

Lead design architect: 

Jon Neuert, MRAIC

Photographer’s Studio over a Boat House

gh3 (Toronto, ON)

Lead design architect: 

Patricia Hanson, MRAIC

Prefab Cottage for Two Families

Kohn Shnier Architects (Toronto, ON)

Lead design architect: 

Martin Kohn, MRAIC

Ravine Guest House

Shim-Sutcliffe Architects Inc. (Toronto, ON)

Lead design architects: 

Brigitte Shim, FRAIC

Howard Sutcliffe, MRAIC

Royal Conservatory of Music, TELUS Centre

for Performance and Learning

Kuwabara Payne McKenna Blumberg Architects (Toronto, ON)

Lead design architect: 

Marianne McKenna, FRAIC