POSTED: JUNE 4, 2014 | DESIGN EXCELLENCE, PARKS AND PUBLIC SPACES
BY: HEATHER GLICKSMAN
An award-winning design and a unique vantage point for watching the activity in Toronto's working port make Canada's Sugar Beach one of our favourite spaces in the city. (Images courtesy of Claude Cormier + Associés)
POSTED: MAY 28, 2014
BY: SAMANTHA GILENO
May 28, 2014, Toronto, ON—Canada’s Sugar Beach has received a 2014 Great Places Award for excellence in environmental design. The award was presented during the 45th annual Environmental Design Research Association (EDRA) conference in New Orleans.
When selecting a winning project, the EDRA jury pays close attention to the relationship between physical form and human activity or experience. They look for projects that “engage our attention and imagination.”
April 8, 2014, Toronto, ON—Waterfront Toronto has awarded a contract to Canadian artists Scott Eunson and Marianne Lovink and work is now underway to create a new work of public art for the intersection of Sumach Street and Eastern Avenue in Toronto’s West Don Lands neighbourhood.
March 6, 2014, Toronto, ON— The Water’s Edge Promenade in East Bayfront has received a National Merit Award from the Canadian Society of Landscape Architects (CSLA).
The CSLA Awards of Excellence recognize the best in Canadian landscape architecture. According to the CSLA, this year’s award-winning projects are “a reminder that great design helps build great communities.”
March 5, 2014, Toronto, ON— There have been many questions recently about Toronto’s waterfront and how it is being transformed – now and in the future – from industrial lands into dynamic new mixed-use neighbourhoods anchored by spectacular parks and public spaces.
September 12, 2013, Toronto, ON—Two waterfront projects have received Toronto Urban Design Awards for 2013. Sherbourne Common and the G
July 17, 2013, Toronto, ON— As part of its public art master plan for the West Don Lands, Waterfront Toronto has selected two proposals for major public art commissions.
June 18, 2013, Toronto, ON – Hines and Tridel have announced details about Aqualina – the first condominium development planned for Bayside Toronto. Located at the water’s edge between Sherbourne Common and the Parliament Slip, Bayside is Waterfront Toronto’s largest private sector development to date.
May 9, 2013, Toronto, ON— Waterfront Toronto has convened a distinguished jury, including art and design experts and a member of the local community, to evaluate proposals for three public art sites along Front Street east of Cherry. The jury will recommend the winning concepts this month and the commissions will be complete by summer of 2015. We are excited to share some of the proposed concepts here online.