Toronto, ON – September 29, 2006 – announced the recipients of the prestigious ARIDO Awards of Excellence today. Seventeen exceptional projects designed by leading Ontario interior designers were recognized during the Awards celebration, which annually honours creativity and professional achievement in the province’s interior design community.
Held on September 28, 2006, at the Direct Energy Centre as part of IIDEX/NeoCon Canada, the Awards ceremony recognized winning projects in nine different categories, including residential; retail spaces; workplaces; health care facilities; public & institutional spaces; restaurants, bars & clubs; restoration & adaptive reuse; special projects; and sustainable design. Of the 17 Awards decided, there were three Awards of Excellence, 12 Awards of Merit, one Commitment to the Environment Award and a coveted Project of the Year.
“Once again, it has been an exceptional year for the ARIDO Awards of Excellence,” says Lynn McGregor, president of ARIDO. “We are so pleased to see the public grow increasingly aware of the power of design, and the role it can play in achieving both personal and business objectives. Our award winners this year have succeeded in harnessing this power, to the delight of their clients and to the delight of all who get to experience these spaces.”
Residential work received accolades at the Awards, with design firm Powell & Bonnell wowing judges and receiving an Award of Excellence and Project of the Year for its 1857 Historic Mill project, which transformed a historical grist mill into a weekend retreat. Falling under the restoration & adaptive reuse category, the unique project features simplified finishes and indigenous materials to maintain the integrity of the building’s history.
It was also an impressive year for green design, as HOK, the international firm with a penchant for sustainable designand architecture, won the Commitment to the Environment Award for its landmark HOK Toronto Studio project.
The Studio earned LEED-CI Gold one year after it was built.
ARIDO congratulates the following 2006 ARIDO Awards of Excellence recipients:
COMPANY / INTERIOR DESIGNER
PROJECT CATEGORY
P
Powell & Bonnell / Fenwick Bonnell
1857 Historic Mill Restoration & Adaptive Reuse
ROJECT OF THE YEAR
C
HOK / Don Crichton
HOK Toronto Studio Workplaces
OMMITMENT TO THE ENVIRONMENT
A
B/H Design Consultants / Yvonne Campbell
President's Choice Financial Workplaces
Element Group / Olga Mihajlovich
Element Office Workplaces
Powell & Bonnell / Fenwick Bonnell
1857 Historic Mill Restoration & Adaptive Reuse
WARD OF EXCELLENCE
A
Powell & Bonnell / Fenwick Bonnell
Davenport Suite A Residential
burdifilek / Diego Burdi
Josef Retail Spaces
Watt International / Andrew Gallici
The Design Studio by
Remington Homes
Retail Spaces
Bortolotto Design Architect Inc. / Tania Bortolotto
Univeris Corporation Workplaces
NORR Ltd. / Marla Schwisberg
Architects & Engineers
Office Workplaces
Bullock Associates Design
Consultants Inc. / Doug Bullock
Roots Canada
Workplaces
Mayhew / Beth Shantz
World Access Canada Workplaces
Bortolotto Design Architect Inc. / Tania Bortolotto
Dental Office Health Care Facilities
Montgomery Sisam / Stantec
Architecture - Architects in Joint
Venture & Carlyle Design
Associates / Bloorview Kids Rehab Health Care Facilities
Shore Tilbe Irwin & Partners / Lene Otbo-Rozel
Whitby Central Public
Library & Civic Square
Public & Institutional Spaces
Hirschberg Design Group Ltd. / Martin Hirschberg
Empire Restaurant & Lounge
Restaurants, Bars & Clubs
Element Group / Olga Mihajlovich
Light Fixture Special Projects
Dana Tapak and Anne Carlyle
About ARIDO
ARIDO is currently a voluntary professional association for Interior Designers in Ontario. ARIDO’s mandate is to serve the interests of both the public and the interior design industry. It does so by registering Interior Designers who voluntarily meet required standards of education, experience and examination. For more information on ARIDO, please visit
www.arido.ca. WARD OF MERIT
