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| Firm Name: | SvN Architects + Planners Inc. |
| Address: | 110 Adelaide Street East, 4th Floor |
| City: | Toronto |
| Province: | Ontario |
| Country: | Canada |
| Postal Code: | M5C 1K9 |
| Phone: | 416.593.6499 |
| E-Mail: | info@svn-ap.com |
| Website: | http://www.svn-ap.com |
| Organization: | Corporation |
| Principals: | Andrew D. Sinclair Liana Bresler |
| Firm Profile: | SvN is a team of architects, planners, community developers and urban designers immersed in the practical art and science of building resilient communities. We engage with the dynamic social, economic and environmental forces that define and govern the places where we work. This involves studying local histories, anticipating emerging economies, identifying social and environmental risks and opportunities, and planning and designing in response to rapid growth and change. We work in partnership with public and private clients and stakeholders to create visionary ideas, and find ways to render them viable. Over the past forty years, our team has helped to shape the built environment in regions, cities, and towns across Canada, and around the world. We%u2019ve revitalized industrial waterfronts, developed many new forms of affordable housing, designed resilient neighbourhoods, and promoted the economic development of both rural and urban regions. Our plans, designs and strategies are both particular and flexible: they respond to the specific needs of people and their environments, but are designed to adapt and change in response to new conditions as they arise. |
| Areas of Practice: | Commercial Cultural Education Hotels Institutional Laboratories & Research Facilities Office Performing Arts Places of Worship Recreational Renovation Residential Multiple Residential Single Retail Transportation |
| Additional Services: | Building Envelope Expert Witness Feasibility Studies Landscape Planning Urban Design |
| Experience Profile: | Over the past four decades, SvN has been responsible for the planning, design and construction management of urban and rural development projects across Canada, and around the world. Founded by John van Nostrand in 1978, SvN builds on a legacy of innovation in affordable housing and incremental growth initiated in Canada, and then consolidated through our work overseas. These strategies and precedents for sustainable, inclusive development have deeply influenced our approach to planning, design and building, in every context. |
| Awards: | Eglinton Connects 2015: Toronto Urban Design Award of Merit 2015: Canadian Institute of Planners Award for Planning Excellence 2013: Institute of Transportation Engineers for the Toronto Section Project of the Year Award Thompson Economic Diversification Plan 2014: Award of Planning Excellence. Canadian Institute of Planners 2014: Towards Sustainable Mining (TSM) Award for Community Engagement and Environmental Excellence, Finalist. Mining Association of Canada (2014) Lawrence-Allen Revitalization Plan 2011: Award for Excellence in Planning. Ontario Professional Planners Institute Greater Amman Municipality Zoning Regime 2010: Award for Planning Excellence %u2013 International Development. Canadian Institute of Planners %u201CShaping the Toronto Region%u201D 2009: Award for Planning Excellence %u2013 Planning Publication. Canadian Institute of Planners 40R Shaftesbury Avenue 2009: Award of Excellence. Ontario Association of Architects Amman Master Plan Project 2008: Award for Planning Excellence (Honorable Mention) %u2013 International Development. Canadian Institute of Planners Drew Sinclair, Principal 2008: Canada Council Prix de Rome for Emerging Practitioners The Amman Plan 2007: World Leadership Award for Town Planning. World Leadership Forum Places to Grow: The Growth Plan for the Greater Golden Horseshoe 2007: Daniel Burnham Award. American Planning Association 2007: Award for Planning Excellence %u2013 Re-urbanization. Canadian Institute of Planners Evergreen at the Brick Works Master Plan 2007: Award of Excellence, Urban and Community Design. Ontario Professional Planners Institute 2006: %u201CBrownie%u201D Award for Brownfields Redevelopment %u2013 Best Project, Heritage/Adaptive Reuse. Canadian Urban Institute John van Nostrand, Principal %u2013 for Contributions to the City%u2019s Vitality 2004: Jane Jacobs Award. Ideas That Matter Ashbridges Bay Treatment Plant 2004: National Citation %u2013 Site Design. Canadian Society of Landscape Architects 2004: Planning Honor Award %u2013 Site Design. The Waterfront Centre (Washington DC) 2002: Award of Excellence %u2013 Site Design. Canadian Architect Making Waves: Principles for Building Toronto%u2019s Waterfront 2002: Peter Bloodoff Award of Excellence. Canadian Institute of Planners York University Computer Science Building Governor General%u2019s Medal. Royal Architectural Institute of Canada Evergreen at the Brick Works Master Plan 2004: Award of Excellence, Urban and Community Design. Ontario Professional Planners Institute Fort Erie Gateway Master Plan 2001: Award of Excellence (Hon. Mention). Ontario Association of Architects Pro-Home: A Planned, Progressive Approach to Affordable Housing 2001: Award of Excellence. Ontario Professional Planners Institute St. George St Revitalization 1997: Urban Design Award. City of Toronto West Bank Development Project %u2013 East London, South Africa 1995: Association Award for International Excellence. CIDA/Canadian Exporters Queen/Sackville Non-Profit Housing 1994: Design Award. City of Toronto Seaton Community Plan 1994: First Place %u2013 International Competition. Province of Ontario Salvation Army Scarborough Citadel 1993: Award of Excellence. Canadian Architect Bill White Cooperative Housing 1992: Design Award. Ontario Association of Architects Lesotho Urban Upgrading Project 1991: World Habitat Award. Building & Social Housing Foundation 1991: Award of Excellence. Canadian Institute of Planners |
