AZ Awards—Batoche National Historic Site

On June 23, 2017, AZURE announced the winners of the 2017 AZ Awards at a gala attended by local and international stars from the worlds of architecture and design. Winners and finalists flew in from as far away as Poland, Brazil, and China to attend the celebration at Toronto’s Evergreen Brick Works, where the results of the seventh annual AZ Awards competition were announced.

This year’s submissions reached a staggering 813 from 41 countries, setting a formidable task for our jury of renowned experts who narrowed the work to a shortlist of 70 finalists. 2017 marked the inaugural year for a new Experiential Graphic Design category of the 7th annual AZ Awards, and the work for Batoche National Historic Site was a finalist and received a People’s Choice award in the Experiential Graphic Design category.

While employed by Form:Media, John deWolf provided the interpretive direction and managed the project working closely with the Ekistics’ architecture and landscape architecture teams. The finalists met at the AZ Awards Gala in Toronto on Friday, June 23, at Toronto's Evergreen Brick Works. This year, Architect Massimiliano Fuksas was the guest of honour and spoke about his work, inspiration and process.

The 2017 list of award winners.

The AZ Awards is AZURE magazine’s international architecture and design competition, recognizing excellence and innovation, and showcasing the world’s best architecture, interior design, products, concepts and student work. Launched by AZURE in 2011, the AZ Awards has grown in impact and stature to become a significant international benchmark for excellence, attracting entries from some of the most highly innovative firms around the world.