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The publishers cannot be held responsible for unsolicited manuscripts and photographs. by TANNER MORTON RAIC Communications Co-ordinator This year's award-winning work. E verywhere you look, urban design plays an important role in maintaining and enhancing the quality of life in commu- nities across Canada. Through this guiding principle, the National Urban Design Awards (NUDA) were established. The Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (RAIC), Canadian Institute of Planners, and the Canadian Society of Landscape Architects – in co-operation with Canadian municipalities – work closely to promote awareness and excellence in urban design and founded the NUDAs in 2006. The portfolio of awards is divided into six separate categories – with a Special Jury Award for exceptional projects that fall outside of the parameters. In addition to the awards, Certificates of Merit are awarded to projects that the jury believes deserve recognition. The awards in each category were presented during the RAIC's Conference on Architecture – hosted in Edmonton from June 3 to 7, 2020. Urban Design Plans is for a plan, or study, of an area within a Canadian municipality that provides a development or redevelopment strategy for future inspired urban transformation. The Intervention plan for the comfort and safety of pedestrians and cyclists in Old Québec City is an ambitious pedestrian and cycling plan in old Quebec City – itself a his- toric marvel of urban design. Part study and part masterplan, the well-researched, innova- tive, and beautifully presented project won the award for 2020. Urban Architecture is for a building, or a group of buildings, that achieve urban design excellence through a relationship with their surroundings because of the project's site, massing, and pedestrian amenities. Casey House, a specialized healthcare facility for individuals with HIV/AIDS, was the awarded project this year. The purpose of the facility was to create a space that evokes the comfort of home, while providing care for patients. Civic Design celebrates improvement proj- ects like parks, public spaces, civil engineering or environmental infrastructures, street furni- ture, lighting, and other elements implemented as the result of an urban design plan or initiative. Through overcoming the large elevation differ- ence, mobility challenges, and steep slopes of the North Saskatchewan River valley, the Mechanized River Valley Access was awarded. Berczy Park – with its fanciful and fun dog-centric fountain – received a Certificate of Merit and Winnipeg's pedestrian-friendly North East Exchange District Public Realm received one as well. The interestingly named Urban Fragments highlights projects that are small-scale pieces of a building or landscape that contribute sig- nificantly to the quality of the public realm. Projects that qualify for this category include street furniture, lighting elements, interpretation media, memorials, and pieces of public art. 18 Shades of Gay, a one-kilometre-long ribbon-like installation of 180,000 multi-coloured resin balls suspended over Sainte-Catherine Street East – in the Gay Village of Montreal – won the Award of Excellence for 2020. The Certificate of Merit went to the revitalized 4th Street SW Underpass Enhancement in Calgary. Any built project, however modest, initiated or implemented by a community-based organization that has enhanced the public realm, is eligible to win the Community Initiatives Award. The Warming Huts – innovative local structures installed along Winnipeg's frozen rivers – won in 2020. Student Projects are celebrated through an Award of Excellence, which went to the Topographic Urban Expansion project. The Drainage Filter for the Everglades earned the Certificate of Merit. The final award for 2020 is the Special Jury Award. This year, the Sustainable Development award – given to a project from any category that the jury deems best demonstrates the principles of sustainable urban development – was presented to the Biodiversity Corridor – Borough of Saint-Laurent – in Montréal. Congratulations to the awarded architects and professional teams. Visit raic.org for additional information about the winning projects. A The 2020 National Urban Design Awards