We’re so pleased to share the news of our recognition from the Grands Prix du Design for our project Lighten Up. The public artwork was awarded the Platine (Platinum) designation at INT. Design magazine’s gala event in Montreal this month.
We’re excited to share that we’re working with Brook McIlroy landscape architects on transforming the Robert McLaughlin Gallery’s (RMG) outdoor space, transforming it into a community arts greenspace by spring 2023.
Lauren Gould, CEO at the RMG, shares “Our goal is to create a significant outdoor space through creative placemaking and placekeeping that will lead to greater community well-being for all. This greenspace will encourage people to come downtown and experience a recreational and cultural hub. We’re delighted to announce that we’ll be working with LeuWebb Projects and Brook McIlroy to bring this project to life.”
LeuWebb is participating in Mississauga’s Call for Public Art for Park 535. Check out LeuWebb’s submission Green Light, Yellow Light, Red Light, Blue here.
Waking the Shore, our proposal for re-imagining under the Gardiner Expressway at York Street in Toronto is one of three shortlisted designs for the space. Developed in collaboration with DIALOG and Mulvey & Banani Lighting, our pilot installation creatively re-purposes tires in an expressive placemaking gesture to suggest new ways of conceiving public space in our cities for the 21st century. The competition survey is live until January 19th. Please hop on and provide your comments!
Working in timezones halfway around the world was a great exercise AM/PM coordination in contributing to our colleagues at Building Narrative’s competition proposal for the Design Competition on Green Link in Wong Chuk Hang, Hong Kong. The resulting design, ‘Wong Chuk Commons’, was shortlisted and awarded as a Merit Entry.
Read Christine’s recent Canadian Architect backpage article about the new sound-and-light show Currents, presented by Niagara Parks and multimedia designer Thinkwell, and housed within the Niagara Parks Power Station.
Christine was interviewed for a recent Canadian Architect article looking how we may return (or not) to working in person.
Read editor Elsa Lam’s thought-provoking piece here.
Introducing our newest artwork into Toronto’s public realm, Lighten Up, at the corner of Yonge & Lawrence. This permanent outdoor piece is included in the City of Toronto’s ArtworxTO map and is ready for a visit!
We were also featured this month in an Artist Spotlight on First Capital Realty’s Arts Program platform. Have a read and a listen to the podcast!
Our Thermally Speaking project continues to garner recognition, this time with a Toronto Urban Design Award of Merit in the Elements category, 2021. This particular award is near and dear to us, with its ties to our city and the kind of civic action we care deeply about.
Read the full Jury Report here!
Thanks again to CityLightsTO and Mulvey Banani Lighting for their collaborative realization with us of this special installation.
Our project Thermally Speaking was selected as both the winner and the People’s Choice in Azure Magazine’s 2021 AZ Awards in the category Design – Lighting Installations. Thermally Speaking was among the 22 winners selected from 1,209 submissions by our Azure’s international jury.
Special thanks to the CityLightsTO team, Mulvey Banani Lighting, Artspin, Nuit Blanche Toronto, as well as Patkau Architects and Kearns Mancini Architects for designing such an amazing building to play with!
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