July 28th, 2010
The American Society of Landscape Architects, has announced that George F. Dark, FCSLA, will be inducted into the 2010 Class of The College of Fellows in September. George was elected to Fellow in the category of leadership, administrative and managerial ability of people, projects, policy, and programs that have had a significant effect on advancing the practice of Landscape Architecture. George was elected into the Canadian Society of Landscape Architects making him one of a very small group of Landscape Architects to hold both the FASLA and FCSLA designation.
June 23rd, 2010
When the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) decided that its Queen Street site, in a residential neighbourhood west of downtown Toronto, would be the hub for the new organization, they retained Urban Strategies Inc. to provide strategic planning advice and communication services. Urban Strategies was also selected to develop a vision and master plan for the site. The principles comprising the vision for the master plan are based on three objectives: create a client-centred hub for interaction and collaboration; design an urban village integrated with the surrounding city; and respect the landscape with its healthy green spaces.
May 27th, 2010
The video Vaughan Tomorrow: Voices for Transformation has won the Certificate for Creative Excellence at the U.S. International Film & Video Festival 43rd Annual Awards Competition. The video Voices for Transformation, produced by Pino Di Mascio and Andrea Winkler, was the result of our teams’ broad and innovative creative efforts in partnership with filmmaker Kristin Somborac. This is the second award for Vaughan’s new Official Plan, and the first video award for Urban Strategies. The project has also won a 2009 OPPI Award of Excellence for Communication and Public Education.
