KANVA receives the 2015 RAIC Emerging Architectural Practice Award

07/03/2015. [Montreal] Canada
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KANVA, an architects collective from Montreal, receives the 2015 RAIC Emerging Architectural Practice Award. This recognition highlights their previous awards in two international design competitions: the Winnipeg Warming Huts and the international Space for Life architecture to re-imagine the Montreal Biodome.

A success already revealed by projects such as Irène (recipient of a RAIC Innovation in Architecture award) and the Edison Residence (recipient of a Grands Prix du Design Award - LINK to METALOCUS below).

Entre les rangs by KANVA. Photograph © Marc Cramer.

Entre les rangs by KANVA. Photograph © Marc Cramer.

Entre les rangs by KANVA. Photograph © Cindy Boyce.

Irène by KANVA. Photograph © Jimmy Hamelin.

Irène by KANVA. Photograph © Marc Cramer

Migration du Biodôme by KANVA. Photograph © KANVA.

Edison Residence by KANVA. Photograph © Marc Cramer.

Fabbrica by KANVA. Photograph © Denis Farley.

Movement Topographique - Drummondville Library by KANVA. Image © KANVA.

30 Lits by KANVA. Photograph © Martin Provost.

Ideal Hut by KANVA. Photograph © KANVA.

Recycling Words - Warming Huts Winnipeg by KANVA. Photograph © KANVA.

Hogan Place by KANVA. Photograph © Jimmy Hamelin.

KANVA. Cortesía vía v2com.

Founded in 2003, KANVA is a 10-person collective led by Tudor Radulescu, MRAIC, and Rami Bebawi, MRAIC.

The multidisciplinary collective is led by Tudor Radulescu (OAQ LEED PA MRAIC) and Rami Bebawi (OAQ MRAIC RBQ), made up of passionate architects, who act equally as artists and educators dedicated to the perpetuation of a total architecture. For this team of dynamic individuals with diverse cultural origins, total architecture is a methodology of envisioning and leading every aspect of a project from concept, to construction, to final inhabitation. Applicable to all KANVA’s endeavours, from art installations that enliven the city to innovative turn-key solutions they provide to their clients, total architecture ensures each project carries a cohesive narrative.

The collective’s work has been featured in international publications such as METALOCUS, Azure, Canadian Architect, Architecture Mouvement Continuité, Dezeen, ArchDaily, Designboom, Phaidon Atlas and The New York Times.

KANVA follows the footsteps of previous winners as Williamson Chong Architects and 5468796 Architecture.

“This is a firm that is always looking to the future,” said the five-member jury that selected KANVA for the broad range and high quality of its projects.

“The firm is continually and consistently innovative,” said the jury members. “Their work has a strong experimental quality. It demonstrates experience and knowledge of construction detail and quality.”

“The kind of work we see coming out of firms who win an Emerging Architectural Practice Award exhibits ability to innovate successfully and manage risk,” said RAIC President Sam Oboh, FRAIC.

“Being innovative and evolving the scope of and approach to contemporary architectural practice in Canada is to be celebrated and recognized,” said Mr. Oboh.

The Emerging Architectural Practice Award will be presented at a ceremony at the RAIC/AAA Festival of Architecture, which takes place in Calgary June 3 to 6.

wwThe 5 RAIC jury members were Peter Busby, FRAIC, Past Gold Medalist; Paule Boutin, AP/FIRAC, RAIC Past President; Tyler Sharp, MRAIC, Past Recipient of the Young Architect Award; Siamak Hariri, FRAIC, and Martin Houle, MIRAC, founder of the architecture website kollectif.net.

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Tudor Radulescu, Rami Bebawi. KANVA Architecture

KANVA is a architecture office based in Montreal, Canada, and founded in 2003. Their multidisciplinary practice centres on contemporary interventions in the urban landscape. Each of their projects expresses their core values of sustainability, innovation and integration. They don’t just design: they envision, build, develop and influence.

Founding partners Tudor Radulescu and Rami Bebawi are both graduates of the McGill School of Architecture. In 2009, Tudor Radulescu and Rami Bebawi were selected by the Quebec government as Modèles sans frontières (mentors without borders) to serve as positive role models for children from underprivileged communities. La Presse, North America’s largest French-language daily, cited Radulescu and Bebawi as among the 36 most promising figures in tomorrow’s Quebec. They lead the team in commercial, corporate, residential and industrial mandates.

Collaboration is the key to their work. Their tightly knit team of professionals works to maximize each project’s potential, feasibility and impact. They prioritize cooperation, dialogue and interaction — the same values they share with the community. In their definition, true success comes from setting a positive example.

Tudor Radulescu and Rami Bebawi