AZ Awards—Batoche National Historic Site
Batoche National Historic Site of Canada
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. A staggering 813 submissions from 41 countries, were narrowed to a shortlist of 70 finalists: Batoche included. 2017 marked the inaugural year for a new Experiential Graphic Design category of the 7th annual AZ Awards. Finalists met at the AZ Awards Gala in Toronto on Friday, June 23, at Toronto's Evergreen Brick Works.
ArchDaily highlights Batoche National Historic Site
Storyboard on the Landscape
Boasting over 500,000 daily readers and about 160 million page views per month, ArchDaily is the most visited source for architecture worldwide. In February 2017, the editors selected the work at Batoche National Historic Site to post to their blog. Batoche is the heartland of the Métis nation, the physical, cultural, and political home of the Métis people—the work here celebrates a thriving indigenous culture.
Batoche National Historic Site featured in AZURE
Batoche National Historic Site featured in AZURE.
In 2017, AZURE Magazine wrote an article on Form:Media’s (now Fathom Studio) new approach to cultural interpretation. The magazine’s Kendra Jackson article discusses how the experiential elements in the landscape are used to highlight the scale and beauty of the site, while simultaneously acknowledging the personal lives and cultural strength of the Métis people here.
Applied Arts feature—Fort Needham Memorial Park
A tribute to 100th Anniversary of the Halifax Explosion
Nickie Shobeiry looks at the work done for Fort Needham Memorial Park to commemorate the disaster and tell the story of the explosion, published on December 6, 2017, the 100th Anniversary of the Halifax Explosion, an urban green space dedicated to the explosion victims.