Toronto's Urban Design Awards celebrate city's beauty and builds

21-Sep-2025

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The Toronto Urban Design Awards only happen every other year. An independent jury of industry professionals bring their expertise to recognize the projects that stand out in the city; from small parks to master plans and student projects.

Now in it's 35th year, the awards program has 10 categories with 24 winners — two of the categories are for projects that haven't yet been built and the other eight categories represent projects from within the last five years.

Some of the sites that were awarded include the Union Station revitalization, Leslie Lookout Park, The Spirit Garden at Nathan Phillips Square and the Port Lands bridges.

This year, Kristina Reinders, program manager of Urban Design Programs and Strategies at the City of Toronto, said they had over 100 submissions.