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Quadrangle Architects' design for 130 Bloor Street West features 14 new luxury condominiums, nine storeys of office space, and one floor for retail. The building includes a heritage-listed, two-storey penthouse that exemplifies the 1960s' modernist residential design in Canada.

A speed skating oval and an airport were among nine recipients of the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada's (RAIC's) 2009 Awards of Excellence. Winners in the following categories were:
• Allied Arts Medal—Paul Raff, MRAIC;
• Advocate for Architecture—Greg Hayton, CEO, Cambridge Libraries and Galleries;
• Architectural Firm—Saucier + Perrotte architectes;
• Green Building—Dockside Green Synergy (Victoria), by Busby Perkins + Will Architects; and
• Innovation in Architecture—130 Bloor Street West (Toronto), by Quadrangle Architects, Prince George Airport (B.C.), by McFarlane/Green/Biggar Architecture + Design, and Richmond Olympic Oval (B.C.), by Cannon Design.

Brian Curtner, principal of Quadrangle Architects, viewed the winning 130 Bloor Street West project as an example of how cities can intensify while maintaining their existing fabric, by adding density.

"An important design element for this building was the creation of the very large terraces. Because the suite balconies switch from side to side on each floor, the terraces are private," he told Construction Canada Online. "I've now seen other developers using this idea."

The biennial awards will be presented at the Festival of Architecture and Forum Presidents' Gala next month in Montreal.

Image courtesy McFarlane/Green/Biggar Architecture + Design

McFarlane/Green/Biggar Architecture + Design modernized the 1970s' Prince George Airport terminal with a high-performance building envelope and an innovative curtain wall and structure of exposed heavy timber.