Photo © Martin Lipman, Canada Council for the Arts

Raymond Moriyama has received a 2009 Governor General's Award in Visual and Media Arts.

Last week, Toronto architect Raymond Moriyama received a 2009 Governor General's Award in Visual and Media Arts from the Canada Council for the Arts (CCA). Along with eight others, he was recognized for contributions to the nation's arts scene.

Moriyama's work includes the Canadian War Museum (Ottawa), Science North (Sudbury, Ont.), the Bata Shoe Museum (Toronto), and the National Museum of Saudi Arabia in Riyadh. He formed the firm Moriyama & Teshima in 1958.

Photo © Raymond Lum Photography

John Patkau, FRAIC, and Patricia Patkau, FRAIC—the recipients of this year's Gold Medal from the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (RAIC).

Moriyama is not the only one to recently receive national honours, however. The Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (RAIC) has announced Winnipeg-born, Vancouver-based architects John Patkau, FRAIC, and Patricia Patkau, FRAIC, as the recipients of the 2009 Gold Medal.

The team, who founded Patkau Architects 30 years ago, are Honorary Fellows of the American Institute of Architects (AIA) and the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA), and Members of the Order of Canada. They will be featured speakers at the RAIC Festival of Architecture and Forum held in Montreal this June.