We’re honoured to share that the expanded @BMO Centre has been recognized with The American Architecture Award for 2025 from The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and The European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies. Designed to reflect Calgary’s western spirit in a contemporary way, the building brings together textures and materials inspired by our city’s history and the landscape we call home. This award celebrates what makes Calgary unique - and the collaborative vision that brought this project to life.
Thank you to our project partners at @Populous, @Stantec, @S2Architecture, @O2design, @PCLConstruction, @m3dev_mgmt, and @CalgaryMLC.
ALT Team members from the 17 Avenue SE Extension and Victoria Park/Stampede Station Rebuild project ( L-R)
James Logan, CMLC
Gary Mundy, GEC
Ashton , CMLC
Jessie Boyle, CMLC
Kelly Coles, CMLC
Gavin Wyman, ISL
ALT Team members from the Pixel Park project (L-R)
Joanna Pesta, CMLC
Allison Davelaar, CMLC
The first award for Community Initiatives goes to O2 Planning & Design @O2design for Bow to Bluff, transforming an underutilized series of open spaces along the NW C-train line to a vibrant and inclusive corridor of diverse social activity. #MUDAYYC ➡️calgary.ca/muda 2/3
The Urban Design Plans Award goes to O2 Planning & Design @O2design for Beltline Parks and Public Realm Playbook, a project to revitalize the Beltline parks and public realm creating a more vibrant, inclusive, and resilient community. #MUDAYYC
➡️calgary.ca/muda
O2 is committed to fostering creativity and inclusivity in the arts, with a tentative four-year commitment to the program.
Applications are welcome from artists of all disciplines, with coordination underway with post-secondary institutions to ensure broad participation.
In partnership with renowned Canadian artist Aron Hill, O2 is offering:
💰 Financial support
🧑🏫 Mentorship from industry pros
🎨 Creative guidance
🤝 Networking with leaders in landscape architecture, urban design, and more!
📣 12-month platform for exposure
This exciting initiative supports emerging Canadian artists, providing them with a unique opportunity to create a work inspired by O2’s cutting-edge projects.
O2 Planning and Design Inc. (@o2design), a leader in landscape architecture, planning, and urban design, is thrilled to announce the launch of its first-ever Arts Bursary Program!
Check out the draft Old Strathcona Public Realm Strategy: a vision of the area transformed by wider sidewalks, improved transit, new open spaces & mixed market development. Prepared by @planedmonton with the help of @O2design & @tooledesign. #yegplan
Do you ❤️ Old Strathcona as much as we do? The City is reimagining the area’s public places and we need your input.
Share your feedback from March 18 to April 7 by visiting edmonton.ca/OldStrathPublicR…#OldStrathcona
ALT Two women walk down Whyte Avenue in Old Strathcona