Category: Awards

2022

• Silver Award of Excellence – Planning Institute of British Columbia

2020       

• Honorary Faculty Member-  Vancouver Island University, Master of Community Planning Program

2016       

• President’s Award-  Canadian Institute of Planners (for role in Future Forward Task Force)

• Dean’s Medal of Distinction-  University of British Columbia, Faculty of Applied Sciences

2012

• Design Leadership Award-  International Interior Designers Association, Interior Designers Canada and Interior Designers Institute of British Columbia
• Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal-  Governor General of Canada

• Award of Excellence-Urban Design-  Canadian Institute of Planners (for Dallas CityDesign Studio’s West Dallas Urban Structure Plan and Guidelines)
• Competition Winner-  Moscow Capital Expansion Competition (City of Moscow)

2011

• Honorary Doctorate Degree –  Dalhousie University
• CLIDE Award-  North Central Texas Council of Governments (for Dallas CityDesign Studio’s West Dallas  Urban Structure Plan and Guidelines)
• Winner and Peoples’ Choice Award-  Vancouver Viaducts Removal Competition (City of Vancouver)

2010

• Award of Excellence-Publications-  Canadian Institute of Planning (for “Experiential Planning – A Practitioner’s Account of Vancouver’s Success” – with Jill Grant)

2009

• Award of Excellence-  International Society of City and Regional Planners, The Hague, Nl. (for “Plan Al Ain 2030”)

2008

• Building Named for Him-  “The Beasley”, Downtown Vancouver
• Award of Excellence-  Planning Institute of British Columbia (for “Plan Abu Dhabi 2030”)

2007

• Distinguished Alumni Award-  Simon Fraser University Alumni Association
• Honorary Doctorate Degree-  Simon Fraser University
• Kevin Lynch Prize-  Massachusetts Institute of Technology

2006

• Leadership in Healthy Public Policy Award- Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada
• Award of Excellence-  Congress for  the New Urbanism, Chicago, Ill. (“Living First” Strategy Downtown)
• Honorary Landscape Architect-  Canadian Society of Landscape Architects

2005

• Plan Canada Feature Article of the Year- Canadian Institute of Planners (for “Moving Forward in Canadian Communities: Soliloquy of an Urbanist”)
• Appreciation Award- Downtown Vancouver Business Improvement Association

2004 

• Award of Excellence-  Planning Institute of British Columbia  (Urban Design Booklet -Vol.2: “Vancouver’s New Neighbourhoods”)
• Excellence on the Waterfront Honour Award-    Waterfront Centre Society, Washington, D.C. (False Creek North Neighbourhoods)
• Special Achievement Award for Planning-    International Downtown Association, Washington, D.C. (“Living First” Strategy Downtown)

2003

• Excellence on the Waterfront Honour Award-  Waterfront Centre Society, Washington, DC (Waterfront Promenade)
• Awards for Planning Excellence-  Canadian Institute of Planners and Planning Institute of British Columbia (Downtown Transportation Plan)
• “Advocate for Architecture” Medal-  Royal Architectural Institute of Canada

2000

• National Honour Award-  Canadian Institute of Planners (Southeast False Creek Environmentally Sustainable  Community – Policy Statement)

1999

• National Honour Award-  Canadian Institute of Planners (Historic Preservation Planning in Xi’an, China)

1998

• Award for Planning Excellence-Planning Institute of British Columbia (Vancouver Skyline Study)

1996

• Award of Merit-  Planning Institute of British Columbia (Downtown Public Realm Improvements)
• Award of Planning Excellence- Planning Institute of British Columbia (False Creek North Policy Broadsheets and Official Development Plan)
• “World’s 100 Best Planning-  United Nations Centre for Human Settlements, Nairobi, Kenya – for Practices” Habitat II Summit, Istanbul, Turkey (Waterfront Planning Process and Plans)

1995

• National Honour Award for Intergovernmental Cooperation- Canadian Institute of Planners (Central Waterfront Port Lands Policy Statement)

1994 

• Award for Contribution to Local Government-  Social Planning & Research Council of  B.C. & Forum for Planning Action
  (Victory Square Planning Program)

1993 

• Award for Planning Excellence-  Planning Institute of British Columbia (Downtown South Plan/Implementation)

1992

• Award of Merit-  Planning Institute of British Columbia (Central Area Plan)
• “Golden Nugget” Award-  Pacific Coast Builders Conference, San Francisco, Calif. (False Creek North Plan)
• Excellence on the Waterfront Honour Award-  Waterfront Centre Society, Washington, D.C. (Coal Harbour Plan)

1991

• Award of Merit- Planning Institute of British Columbia (Coal Harbour Policy Plan)

1990

• Award for Planning Excellence-  Planning Institute of British Columbia (False Creek North Plan)

1988

• National Honour Award-  Canadian Institute of Planners (Legacies Program)

1987

• Achievement Award- Downtown Vancouver Association (Legacies Program)

1987

• Special Achievement Award- International Downtown Association, Washington D.C. (Legacies  Program)