Multiple Mississauga buildings win awards for excellent urban design

The results are in, and Churchill Meadows Community Centre is considered the cream of the crop for new urban design in Mississauga.

After months of online voting on the 24 nominated buildings/projects, a total of seven winners were unveiled at the 2023 Mississauga Urban Design Awards on Thursday night.

The buildings were judged based on which ones were the most “innovative, interesting and inspiring” new works in the city. Awards were presented in three categories:

• Urban Elements: a standalone object that contributes to the quality of the public realm
• Private Project: a building or group of buildings that achieve urban design excellence
• Public Project: a building or group of buildings that are accessible and serve the public

Here are the results of the voting:

Award of Excellence (Given to projects that demonstrated excellence across all judging criteria):

Churchill Meadows Community Centre and Mattamy Sports Park

Award of Merit (Given to projects that demonstrated excellence in one or more of the judging criteria):

Erin Mills Town Centre – Central Breezeway

Ebb and Flow

3 Arches

The following two projects received the Award of Merit in conjunction with each other:

Sheridan College Hazel McCallion Campus Student Centre

Scholars’ Green Park

Healthy by Design (Given to projects that exemplified the six Healthy Community Design elements):

Churchill Meadows Community Centre and Mattamy Sports Park

Scholars’ Green Park

The Shores of Port Credit

The People’s Choice Award went to Spectrum Square, which received the most votes from the public through the online voting process.

Nominations for this year’s awards were received between last November and April of this year. A six-member jury was chosen to decide on the winners in various categories.

“Mississauga’s Urban Design Awards are a celebration of excellence for innovative, dynamic, trendsetting urban design projects that are transforming Mississauga,” City of Mississauga officials said earlier.

The Mississauga Urban Design Awards competition, held every two years, began in 1981 and is the longest-running awards program of its kind in Ontario. 

The Urban Design Awards aim to inspire and celebrate design leaders who help raise the quality of life for residents by shaping Mississauga’s diverse cityscape, City officials say.

The full results can be seen here.

All photos courtesy of the City of Mississauga