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February 3, 2010 –The Ontario Library Association announced the Library Building Award recipients today. The OLA Library Building Awards were created to encourage excellence in the architectural design and planning of libraries in Ontario.

“2010 was a banner year for the awards. Each submission is judged upon its own merit rather than in competition with the others. The jury had a challenging time due to so many notable submissions. This year 10 of the 25 submissions were selected to receive an award,” commented Tanis Fink, chair, OLA Library Building Award Jury.

Award recipients are from the school, academic, and public library sector and are as follows:

TanenbaumCHAT Kimel Family Education Centre
CS&P Architects Inc.
Petroff Partnership Architect

McMaster University, Health Sciences Library
McCallum Sather Architects Inc.

University of Toronto, Gerstein Reading Room
Diamond and Schmitt Architects Inc.

University of Toronto at Mississauga, Hazel McCallion Academic Learning Centre
Shore Tilbe Irwin & Partners Architects

Toronto Public Library – Dufferin & St. Clair branch
Makrimichalos Cugini Architects

Toronto Public Library – Jane & Sheppard branch
Cannon Design

Kingston Frontenac Public Library – Calvin Park branch
Shoalts and Zaback Architects Ltd.

Toronto Public Library – Bloor & Gladstone branch
Rounthwaite Dick & Hadley Architects, Inc.

Toronto Public Library – S. Walter Stewart branch
Philip H. Carter, Architect & Ellen Vera, Architect - in joint venture

Cambridge Public Library – Cambridge Libraries & Galleries
Kongats Architects




The awards will be presented at the OLA Super Conference, February 24 – 27, 2010 in Toronto. All submissions will be displayed for registered delegates to peruse.

The 2010 jury members reflect expertise from the architectural and library sectors and are:
Tanis Fink, jury chair, and chief librarian and director, Seneca Libraries
Maureen Barry, chief librarian, Burlington Public Library
Christopher Hume, Urban Issues, Architecture columnist, The Toronto Star
Gerrie Doyle, president, the Ontario Association of Architects
Gordon Grice, member, the Ontario Association of Architects

About OLA:
The Ontario Library Association is a centre of excellence for the library and information sectors. More than five-thousand OLA members who work in or with Ontario’s libraries participate in networking and professional development opportunities, in addition to advancing initiatives that make Ontario’s libraries the best.
http://www.accessola.com


For more information, contact:
Amanda Scriver, Program Coordinator, OLA
ascriver@accessola.com
416 363-3388 x26