(February 9th, 2024, Toronto, ON) The EIFS Council of Canada (ECC) is pleased to formally announce this year’s ECC Architectural Design Awards Judging Panel.

The Awards Panel will convene in early May 2024 to review and independently select the ECC Architectural Design Awards Program category finalists as well as overall Grand Prize recipient. The Panel may also select up to two honourable mentions in the seven categories: 1) low rise residential, 2) mid-rise residential, 3) high rise residential, 4) commercial/retail, 5) recreational/institutional, 6) hospitality, and 7) renovation/retrofit.

The six distinguished members of the Judging Panel for the 2023 ECC Architectural Design Awards are as follows:

• David Woodruff, Intern Architect, N53 Architecture Inc.
• Joe Somfay, Architect
• Nick Swerdfeger, Partner and Principal Architect, Barry Bryan Associates
• Daniel Cusimano, Architect, Cusimano Architect
• David De Rose, Synergy Partners
• Paul Wright, Architect, ACI Wright Architects Inc.

The ECC Architectural Design Awards Program was established to recognize design professionals and firms which incorporate EIFS into innovative and creative built projects. The goal of the ECC Awards Program is to create a new benchmark in EIFS construction to assist design professionals in meeting Canada’s national objective of delivering resilient, energy efficient, and sustainable buildings.

The Awards Program is open to all architects, architectural firms, builders and/or design professionals that have designed and completed a project located in Canada that utilizes EIFS. Eligible projects must be occupied no sooner than January 1st, 2022 and no later than January 31st, 2024.

Project submissions must be received no later than 11:59 PM, April 22nd, 2024.

Award finalists will be announced on May 8th, 2024 and will be recognized and celebrated at the EIFS Council of Canada Awards Dinner in June 2024.

For more information on the EIFS Council of Canada Architectural Design Awards Program and full details on categories, registration and submissions, please visit ECC EIFS Desgn Awards Program.

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For more information, or to schedule interviews, please contact eifsawards@eifscouncil.ca

The EIFS Council of Canada (ECC) serves as the “official voice” for the Canadian EIFS industry with a mandate to provide for the advancement and growth of the industry across the country, through advocacy, education and marketing.

The ECC brings together leading National and International companies to form a collaborative network of vested stakeholders. While unifying and advancing industry interests, the ECC also supports individual innovation and entrepreneurial efforts. The ECC is uniquely qualified to draw from its diverse membership profile, enabling it to both explore and strengthen EIFS’ growing building science foundations and end user value-proposition.