Royal Architectural Institute of Canada 2024 Architectural Practice Award
We are immensely honoured to have been recognized with the 2024 Architectural Practice award from the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (RAIC), an accolade recognizing a leading Canadian architectural practice that has consistently delivered a high level of excellence while achieving a new standard for the profession. This distinguished honour underscores our unwavering commitment to quality architecture, innovative design, sustainability, and social responsibility.
The awards jury commented, “Dubbeldam Architecture + Design is overdue for significant recognition as they have set an example for the breadth, critical sensibility, and sense of responsibility they bring to architectural practice and its social contexts. Dubbeldam has an ongoing commitment to the profession at large through the quality of its work and significant advancements in equity, diversity, and inclusion initiatives. Their established office is known across Canada for their zeal and sincere belief in architecture as a tool for change.”
Principal Heather Dubbeldam says, “We believe that our role as architects should extend beyond the creation of inspirational and functional spaces. It should also involve advocating for better, more sustainable built environments, pushing the boundaries of design innovation, and advocating for social and environmental justice through our work. And by supporting one another in the profession, championing equity and inclusion, and nurturing the architects of tomorrow, we believe that this leads to improved outcomes in the quality of our work collectively, resulting in the creation of more vibrant, resilient, and inclusive built environments that enhance the quality of life for individuals and communities.”
We would like to thank all our talented past and current team members for your remarkable contributions, our collaborators and consultants for their expertise and guidance, our contractors who bring our designs to life with precision and craftsmanship, and our amazing clients for their trust and partnership in realizing exceptional projects, your support is key to our success.
We would also like to thank our many partners who have collaborated with us on initiatives such as Park(ing) Day, Reconceptualizing Urban Housing, Twenty + Change, The Next Green, and our other various extracurricular initiatives. We are looking forward to our studio’s continued growth and the next chapter in our practice.