March 2009
The Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (RAIC) has awarded its 2009 Gold Medal to Vancouver-based architects John Patkau and Patricia Patkau, founders of Patkau Architects Inc.
"They fulfill the dream that ordinary people have about architecture: that life can be more whole, more harmonious, more livable because such a building exists," the Gold Medal selection committee said.
The Gold Medal is awarded in recognition of significant contribution to Canadian architecture.
It is the highest honour the profession of architecture in Canada can bestow.
It recognizes an individual whose personal work has demonstrated excellence in the design and practice of architecture and/or whose work related to architecture has demonstrated excellence in research or education.
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