Urban Design Awards

The program celebrates projects that show excellent design and enhance the city's image. The program acknowledges the contributions that architects, landscape architects, urban designers, planners, developers, and builders make to Oshawa's appearance and quality of life.

Eleven local projects were honoured as 2022 Urban Design Award winners. Ten projects received an Award of Excellence and one project received a Special Recognition Award for demonstrating excellence in urban design and for enhancing the image of the city and quality of life.

The next Urban Design Awards will be in 2026.

In-Kind Sponsors

The 2022 Urban Design Awards are presented with support from:

Ontario Association of Architects

Ontario Association of Landscape Architects

Ontario Professional Planners Institute

Urban Design Award winners

Photo Gallery: Urban Design Awards will appear here on the public site.

2022 Winners

The 2022 Urban Design Award of Excellence winners are:

Brent Jeffrey, 31 Beatrice Street East (three-storey apartment building)
Frère Du Nord, 45 – 47 Prince Street (renovation of existing two storey building to create residential flats above commercial space)
Kiya Developments, 485 Bloor Street East (two two-storey stacked townhouse buildings)
Panattoni Development Company Canada, 1121 and 1147 Thornton Road South (multi-unit industrial building)
Shawenjigewining Hall, Ontario Tech University, 40 Founders Drive
St. Anne Catholic Elementary School, Durham Catholic District School Board, 2465 Bridle Road
Summers & Co. Developments and CPPI Group, 70 King Street East (adaptive re-use of former Genosha Hotel for residential apartments with ground floor commercial units)
The Bartlett Retirement Apartments, 550 Bond Street West
Trent University Durham GTA, 75 Thornton Road South (five-storey academic and student residence building)
University Towns, Podium Development Corp., 1800 Simcoe Street North (four four-storey stacked townhouse buildings and one four-storey mixed-use residential/commercial building)

The 2022 Urban Design Special Recognition Award has been awarded to CIMA+ for the design and development of the Lakeview Park Playground and Splash Pad located at 55 Lakeview Park Avenue.

2018 Winners

The 2018 Urban Design Award of Excellence winners are:

Clara Hughes Public Elementary School, 610 Taylor Ave.
Saint Kateri Tekakwitha Catholic Elementary School, 1425 Coldstream Dr.
Harmony Hill Retirement Community, 1335 Benson St.
Royal Heights Apartment Building, 30 Adelaide Ave. E.
Software Informatics Research Centre (SIRC), University of Ontario Institute of Technology, 40 Conlin Rd. W.
Centre for Collaborative Education (CFCE), Durham College, 2018 Simcoe St. N.
Oshawa Centre Expansion Project, 419 King St. W.
Oshawa GO/VIA Station, 915 Bloor St. W.
Atria Apartment/Commercial Development, 100 Bond St. E.
IBEW Local 353 East Training Centre, 1001 Ritson Rd. S.
Holiday Inn Express & Suites and Conference Centre, 67 Simcoe St. N.
Ritson Residence Apartment Building, 1658 Ritson Rd. N.
Kiya Apartment Building, 710 King St. W.
Taylorwood Townhomes, 2 Taylorwood Rd.
Michael McDougall Team Real Estate Office, 707 Harmony Rd. N.

The 2018 Special Recognition Award was awarded to Oshawa Fire Services Fire Station Six located at 2339 Simcoe St. N.