Masonry Magazine October 1983 Page. 15
Award of Excellence-Meadowvale Cemetary Office, Brampton, Ontario. Architect & Consulting Engineer: Wilson Newton Roberts Duncan. General Contractor: Ivey Dreger Construction Ltd. Mason Contractor: J. A. Albanese Stone Work Contractors Ltd. Unit Masonry Producer: North Ontario Natural Field Stone Ltd.
Jury's Comment: This unpretentious building has had the problems solved apparently effortlessly. A fine allocation of a modest budget ensures that everything counts. The siting on gently rolling terrain amongst mature trees is superb. The simple angled planes of natural fieldstone emphasize and reinforce the contours while visually containing the landscape features. The principal volumes and spatial relationships flow naturally from the dynamic forms of the enclosing walls. The architects have avoided fashionable trends and have carefully executed a very good building. The craftsmanship is good with very well-built masonry. This building will be a pleasure to use and enjoy for many years.
Ontario Council Presents Architectural Awards for Masonry Building Designs
The architectural firm of Wilson, Newton, Roberts, Duncan, designer of the Meadowvale Cemetary office in Brampton, Ont., is the Excellence Award recipient of this year's Unit Masonry Architectural Design Awards Program sponsored by the Ontario Masons' Relations Council.
Don Caunter, representing the architectural firm, accepted the top award from John Langley, vice president/treasurer of the Ontario Association of Architects.
The Excellence Award, five Merit Awards and four Honorable Mentions were chosen from 56 building designs submitted by 38 architectural firms.
Recipients of the Merit Awards were:
* Mathers & Haldenby, for the John David Eaton Wing. Toronto General Hospital, Toronto.
* Parkin Partnership, for the Toronto Sun Building. Toronto.
* Melvin Satok, for the 1111 Flint Road Building Complex, North York.
* Sievenpiper Architects Planners, for the Holland Christian Homes, Hope Tower/Ebenezer Centre, Brampton.
* Young & Wright, for Woodbridge Library. Woodbridge.
The four Honorable Mention winners were:
* Boignon & Armstrong, for Armour Heights Community Centre and Branch Library, North York.
Award of Merit-1111 Flint Road Building Complex, North York, Ontario Architect: Melvin Satok. Consulting Engineer: A. A. Rottmann & Associates Ltd. General Contractor: Minuk Construction & Engineering Ltd. Mason Contractor: Gorewood Masonry Ltd. Unit Masonry Producer: Richvale Block & Ready-Mix.
Jury's Comment: The jury unanimously approved of this entry. Partly because this building type is so often a cliche-ridden monstrosity where the ever-present economic pressures control everything. But this building brings dignity to the genre. Here is dignity without pomposity; the simple device of a plain band of color both cheers the eye and still performs a necessary architectural use of holding the masses together.