The three jurors for the 51st Canadian Architect Awards of Excellence have been announced. This year’s submissions will be evaluated by Monica Adair, MRAIC, Ted Watson, MRAIC, who is a partner at Toronto-based MJMA,  and David Penner, FRAIC, founder and principal of David Penner Architect in Winnipeg. Celebrating 51 years, Canadian Architect has since 1967 sponsored an annual national awards program recognizing projects in the design stage.

Visit the Canadian Architect announcement to learn more here.

The 2018 Marvin Architects Challenge Best Transitional Award was announced and Acre’s Rosecoast Residence was chosen by the jury! The best Transitional Style Award recognizes work that mixes contemporary and traditional into one vision to create something that can feel both new and old at the same time.

The Rosecoast Residence displays a combination of contemporary architecture with cultural elements while blending in with the surrounding environment. From the judges: “Simplicity complemented the power of the architecture, relying on openings to create purposeful connections throughout the home.” We are proud to show this coastal New Brunswick structure at the upcoming AIA Conference on Architecture 2018 in New York next week.

Rothesay’s Unbridled Path and Saint John’s Port City Royal both received a 2018 Maritime Architectural Design Excellence Award at the RAIC / AANB Festival of Architecture President’s Dinner and Awards Gala here in Saint John.

These two projects speak to the different contexts from which their ideas were created, and we’re proud of our team in the acceptance of the first ever Maritime Architectural Design Excellence Awards! This award recognizes outstanding architectural design excellence by architects for projects completed in the Maritime Provinces.  We are what we create.

Thank you to the three associations that came together to create this award in the East!

In partnership with Building Equality in Architecture Toronto (BEAT), the Architects’ Association of New Brunswick (AANB) is pleased to announce our own Atlantic Canada initiative which will launch mentoring events and networking opportunities for women in the architectural profession. Through this initiative we hope to leverage an opportunity for men, women, students and practitioners to connect with women leaders and mentors in our profession.

We will be marking the official launch of BEA Atlantic with ‘Women of the Round Table‘ on Thursday, May 31st from 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM as part of the 2018 RAIC/AANB Festival of Architecture in Saint John, NB.
We hope to see you there!

“As an Architect I am drawn to landscape painting for the freedom of the stroke and the release from my daily structure. I use it for a creative relaxation. I usually steer clear of depicting architecture in my paintings. With the excitement of having the RAIC Festival of Architecture here in our city at the end of May I was inspired to do a show on the beautiful architecture of our city.” -Jill Higgins

DATE: MAY 31
TIME: 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM
12 KING STREET, SAINT JOHN

As part of the RAIC Festival of Architecture, RAIC EP will be holding an intimate event with Stephan Chevalier and Sergio Morales of Chevalier Morales Architects – winner of the 2018 RAIC Emerging Architectural Practice Award – for a discussion on their professional path and the values and inspirations that inform their work. The talk will offer Emerging Practitioners the opportunity to ask questions and network in a casual setting at Acre Architect’s studio in Saint John. The event is a part of the Acre’s ‘Morning Mess’ series, and is open to EPs attending Festival, as well as the public.

We’re excited for next week! Monica Adair will be part of a panel discussion in the upcoming POP // CAN // CRIT 2017 at Toronto’s Design Exchange on October 27th. POPCANCRIT brings together some of the leading voices  in architecture, design and activism for a national conversation on the issues, current state and future of marketing and promotion of architecture in Canada.

#popcancrit, #popcancrit2017

Read Re-Imagining shared spaces in Saturday’s edition of Salon of the Telegraph Journal by Karen Pinchin. 

Set in a fictitious time and place, HOTEL SARDINIA, The Next Progression, is a manifestation of our collective memory, an otherworldly experience, a palace of abundance. See you the night of Friday August 18th at City Hall for THIRD SHIFT. 

#HotelSardinia #THIRDSHIFTSJ

Partnering with Moosehead as a pioneer for their 150th anniversary, Acre Architects’ Monica Adair is asked to imagine Canada in the next 150 years. This is her story.

Moosehead Breweries shares a milestone birthday with Canada. At 111 years older than I am, we were born in the same place – Saint John, New Brunswick is our home. Moosehead “green” carries a powerful nostalgia for me. My father worked for Moosehead back in the day, and I loved being a Moosehead rep in my undergrad days at UNB. There is something about the green that reminds me of home when I see it wherever I am in the world. It also reminds me that you can create great things that make you proud of where you call home. WE ARE WHAT WE CREATE. . . .

@desbiens #Moosehead150 #Canada150 #Outlast #Moosehead #SaintJohn #Lager #MooseheadGreen #NewBrunswick #Home #AcreArchitects #WeAreWhatWeCreate #partner @moosehead

Join us this weekend to vote for your favourite Cargo Container at Area 506 Festival. 

Geof Ramsay and Alex Palmer, along with our very own, Kale Harper, have been shortlisted for the Cargo-tecture design competition presented in partnership with Canada 150. 

Reminiscent of DIY milk-carton periscopes of our childhoods and an inversion of a lighthouse, the cargo container stands on one end at 20 foot tall. The Periscope Container offers a new perspective of Saint John cityscape along the Bay of Fundy coast. 

Saturday / Sunday 2pm to midnight. 

Big thanks to Jason Martin for for fabrication and site assembly!