Photo by Drew Lesiuczok via www.utoronto.ca.
The University of Toronto’s Maanjiwe nendamowinan building earned a Citation Award from the American Institute of Architects, Canada Society chapter, a fellowship of architects and design professionals based in Vancouver, B.C. The annual awards recognize excellence in Canadian architecture, urban design and interior design.
Officially opened in 2019, the six-storey, 210,000 square-foot U of T Mississauga building was designed by Toronto firm Perkins&Will, which also designed U of T Mississauga’s Hazel McCallion Academic Learning Centre and Instructional Centre.
The building’s Anishinaabemowin name (pronounced Mahn-ji-way nen-da-mow-in-ahn) means “gathering of minds” and was chosen from 700 suggestions in collaboration with the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation, on whose traditional territory the campus now stands.