Outstanding efforts to preserve Vancouver’s heritage were recognized last night at the 2015 Vancouver Heritage Awards ceremony.
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Award recipients were recognized in five categories: lifetime achievement, honour, merit, recognition, and the People’s Choice.
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT
Janet Bingham
In recognition of her lifetime of heritage advocacy to make Vancouver a better place, including her efforts to preserve Gastown, Barclay Heritage Square and Roedde House and research and publications on Samuel Maclure and the Roedde family.
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AWARDS OF HONOUR
Heritage Vancouver, Early Building Permits Database
Recipients: Heritage Vancouver Society, Patrick Gunn, Leah Holman, City of Vancouver Archives
Japanese Canadian War Memorial in Stanley Park
Recipients: Japanese Canadian War Memorial Committee, Donald Luxton and Associates, Van den Kerkhof and Son Masonry
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Kits Neighbourhood House and Hay House, 2305 – 2325 West 7th Avenue
Recipients: Association of Neighbourhood Houses of BC, Sean McEwen Architect, Kindred Construction, Donald Luxton and Associates
St. George’s School, 3851 West 29th Avenue
Recipients: St. George’s School, Robert Lemon Architect, Scott Kemp Architect, Read Jones Christofferson, Halse-Martin Construction
Vancouver Japanese Language School and Japanese Hall, 475 Alexander Street
Recipients: Vancouver Japanese Language School and Japanese Hall, Birmingham and Wood Architects, Pax Construction, Chiu Hippmann Engineering
Yale Hotel, 1300 Granville Street
Recipients: Rize Alliance Properties, IBI / HB Architects, Robert Lemon Architect, Perkins + Will Architects
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AWARDS OF MERIT
Carleton Hall Schools, 5522 McKinnon Street
Recipients: Green Thumb Theatre, Cornerstone Architecture, Donald Luxton and Associates, Vancouver School Board.
Chris Hay, Stanley Park Rock Garden
Recipient: Chris Hay
Fire Hall No. 15, 3003 East 22nd Avenue
Recipients: Vancouver Fire Rescue Services, Hughes Condon Marler Architects, PCL Constructors Westcoast, McGinn Engineering and Preservation
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Marble Arch Hotel (Hotel Canada), 518 Richards Street
Recipients: BC Housing, Ameresco, Gordon MacKenzie Architect. Jonathan Yardley Architect, McGinn Engineering and Preservation
McClary Manufacturing Company Building, 123 Cambie Street
Recipients: Suraj Gupta, Chercover Massie and Associates, Donald Luxton and Associate
Strathcona Church, 431 Princess Avenue
Recipients: Strathcona Church, Donald Luxton and Associates, Dunbar Masonry, Extraordinary League Contracting
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AWARDS OF RECOGNITION
Sylvia Hotel, 1154 Gilford Street
Recipients: Jill Davies, Kindred Construction, Van den Kerkhof and Son Masonry, Donald Luxton and Associates
Dominion Motor Company Building, 638 Smithe Street
Recipients: Seabright Holdings, Gower, Yeung and Associates, Fusion Projects, City Square Property Holdings
Gastown Hotel, 110 Water Street
Recipients: BC Housing, Ameresco, Merrick Architecture, London Mah and Associates, McGinn Engineering and Preservation
Washington Hotel, 177 East Hastings Street
Recipients: BC Housing, Ameresco, Merrick Architecture, McGinn Engineering and Preservation
Houses at 662-668 Union Street
Recipients: SHAPE Architecture, Karli Gillespie and Dick Hellofs, Natural Balance Home Builders
Opsal Steel, 97 East 2nd Avenue
Recipients: Bastion Development, McGinn Engineering and Preservation, South West Construction, Robert Lemon Architect.
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Prefontaine House, 3308 Ash Street
Recipients: Eugene and Ilona Sawka, Donald Luxton and Associates , Extraordinary League Contracting.
Eve Lazarus, Sensational Vancouver
Recipient: Eve Lazarus, author
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PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARDS
(selected through public online nominations and voting)
Relocation of the W.A. Doctor house from 5903 Larch to another location to retain the heritage home
Rehabilitation of the Jeffs residence at 1298 Salsbury in Grandview Woodland neighbourhood
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For more details on the winning projects, visit the website .
