AWARDS + HOnours

 

firm recognition

Architizer A+ List - Jury Winner in the Best X-Small Firm category, 13th Annual Architizer A+Awards, 2025.

Architecture Masterprize, Small Firm of the Year Award in Residential Architecture, 2024.

Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (RAIC), Emerging Architectural Practice Award, 2024.

Canadian Council for the Arts – Ronald J. Thom Award for Early Design Achievement, 2023.

Canadian Architect and Twenty + Change – Top 20 Emerging Practices in Canada, 2021.

Wallpaper* Magazines Architects’ Directory 2019 – Top 20 of the world’s most promising practices, 2019.

Architizer A+ List – The 220 Best Architecture Firms to Watch in 2025, The 6th Annual List, 2024.

Archinect – 15 Architecture Firms That Are Defining the Future of Canadian Architecture, 2023.

Globe and Mail Designing Canada – Country’s Best Architecture, 2022.

The Architectural League of New York – Young Architects Award (Finalist), 2020.

Canadian Co-Op Design Office of the Year – Awarded by Dalhousie University, 2018.

Canadian Co-Op Design Office of the Year (Finalist), 2022.

 

Project awards + honours

Architecture Masterprize, Honourable Mention in Small Architecture – Lambkill Ridge, 2024.

Archello, Houses of the Month – Lambkill Ridge, June 2024.

Atlantic Architectural Design Excellence Award, Single-Family Residential – Meet in the Middle House, 2024.

Architizer A+ Awards – Popular Choice Winner for the Private House (XS <1000 sq ft) Category, Lambkill Ridge, 2024.

Dwell Magazine, Most Popular Houses of 2023 – Sandbox, 2023.

Archilovers, Best Project 2023 – Sandbox, 2023.

American Institute of Architects (AIA) Canada Council, Award of Excellence, Caribou Point Studio, 2023.

American Institute of Architects (AIA) Canada Society, Citation in Residential Category – Lambkill Ridge, 2024.

American Institute of Architects (AIA) Canada Society, Award of Merit – Gable Ends Cottage, 2023.

Architizer A+ Awards – Honouring the World’s Best Architecture and Spaces – Special Mention – The Sandbox, 2023.

Lieutenant Governor’s Award – Award of Merit – Elm House 2018.

EnRoute Magazine – Canada’s Best New Bars 2018– Awarded national first place, 2018.

Atlantic WoodWORKS! Award – Back Bay Studio – Hybrid Building, 2022.

Halifax Mayor’s Prize in Architecture – Elm House, 2018.

 

Academic awards

Killiam Doctoral Scholarship (Killiam-D) - Dalhousie University, 2022.

Nova Scotia Graduate Scholarship (NSGS-Doctorial) - Dalhousie University, 2022. 

Top Co-op Employer Award in the category of Architecture & Planning, Dalhousie University, 2024.

Canadian Co-op Design Office of the Year - Nominated - Dalhousie University, 2021.

Royal Architectural Institute Student Medal - Highest Academic Standing, 2013. 

President’s Award - Dalhousie University, 2022.

Canadian Co-op Design Office of the Year - Awarded by Dalhousie University, 2017.

Harry Kitz Fund - Dalhousie University, 2019.

Royal Architectural Institute Honour Roll, 2013.

Rosetti Scholarship in Architecture, 2011. 

Faculty of Graduate Studies Scholarship, 2010.