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Mississauga Urban Design Awards 2025

The awards celebrate excellent and innovative urban design projects that transform our community.

 

The winners of the 2025 Mississauga Urban Design Awards have been announced.

Award winners

A total of ten projects have been recognized as recipients of this year’s Mississauga Urban Design Awards. Congratulations to all the award winners and the projects that were submitted.

Award of Excellence

Given to projects that demonstrate excellence across all judging criteria.

Side view of the Hazel McCallion Central Library at dusk with its sign lit and the clock tower lit in the background.
Front entrance of the Hazel McCallion Central Library at dusk. The parking lot stairway is to the left of the doors, and the library is lit.
Closeup view of the side of the Hazel McCallion Central Library featuring the accordion façade and showing the glass wall of the upper level.
Full view of the front of the Hazel McCallion Central Library showing the full structure and landscaping. Trees line the front with outdoor chairs and tables on a raised platform accessible by stairs and ramp. In front, a large green area.
Hazel McCallion Central Library

Architect: RDH Architects Inc.
Project Owner: City of Mississauga

Award of Merit

Given to projects that demonstrate excellence in one or more of the judging criteria.

Aerial view of Applewood Towns showing the tree-lined neighbourhood around it.
Detailed view of one row of Applewood Towns homes against a blue sky. The homes have a cinder block first level with stair access. The upper floors feature brick and siding façades and the top floor has a balcony. The properly is surrounded by a large lawn and had gardens and trees.
A close up view of the homes showing bicycle parking, a ramp, and a communal outdoor space.
Aerial view of Applewood Towns from the neighbourhood perspective.
Applewood Towns

Architect: KIRKOR Architects and Planners
Landscape Architect: MEP DESIGN INC.
Project Owner: Hickory Limited Partnership

Front view of Lakeview Village featuring a public art installation, the multiple façades, logo, and landscaping around the front door.
Side view of the front entrance for Lakeview Village showing a large multi-colour map on the wall of the features of the neighbourhood.
A view of the green roof from inside Lakeview Village with an informational sign about the roof. The angled wall inside matches the angle of the green roof. The informational sign identifies plants of interest on the roof: Allium ‘Millenium’, Coreopsis lanceolata, Rudbeckia hirta, and Sporobolus heterolepis.
Dusk view of the glass cube portion of Lakeview Village, featuring a lit sign and logo with ambient lighting around the perimeter. Outdoor benches are to the left of the cube and in front of the door into Lakeview Village.
Lakeview Village Discovery Centre

Architect: Q4 Architects Inc.
Landscape Architect: NAK Design Strategies Inc.
Project Owner: Lakeview Community Partners Ltd.

Aerial view of M1 and M2 showing them within the context of the City and the surrounding buildings and neighbourhoods. The community features on the first few levels are visible.
An upward view of M1 against a blue sky, highlighting the twisted layer shape of the buildings.
A close-up view of M1 showing the brick and glass façade with young trees and stairs up to doors on the ground level.
Ground level shops featuring a coloured glass element along the top that mirrors the building shape.
M1 & M2

Architect: CORE Architects Inc.
Landscape Architect: The Planning Partnership
Project Owner: Rogers Real Estate Development Ltd. Urban Capital Property Group

Aerial view of the lakes, paths, pitches and other feature of the park.
Public art featuring benches with pictograph screens.
Aerial top view of the public art community area.
A ground-level view of the water at Saigon Park with the park sign.
Saigon Park

Stormwater Management Planning and Design: Aquafor Beech Limited
Landscape Architect: Schollen & Company Inc.
Project Owner: City of Mississauga

A partial view of the townhomes of The Lake House featuring manicured ornamental gardens. The homes are black, white and gray with flat roofs over the entrances.
Aerial view of The Lake House showing the connected roofs and two lines of homes.
Aerial view of The Lake House showing it surrounded by trees.
A partial view of the townhomes of The Lake House with its white, black and gray façades.
The Lake House


Project Owner: Queenscorp (Mona) Inc.

Shipping container demo home at dusk in a checkboard format with a large common area. The parking lot in front has electric vehicle and accessible parking options.
Shipping container demo home during the day in a checkboard format with a large common area. The parking lot in front has electric vehicle and accessible parking options.
Detailed view into part of one of the container sections with landscaping outside of it. This view shows the construction of the checkerboard formation.
Dusk view of the detail of the container connections.
Mattamy Homes Central Sales Centre

Architect: Kohn Partnership Architects Inc.
Landscape Architect: NAK Design Strategies Inc.
Project Owner: Mattamy Homes

Healthy by Design

Given to projects that exemplify the six Healthy Community Design elements.

Aerial view of Brightwater I showing the curved roof in the background, shops on the ground level, and units above the shops.
Detailed view of the common area between buildings, showing the shops, a brick ramp, bicycle parking, and a small garden.
View of Brightwater I from across the street, showing offset balconies, shops, and a wood clad main entrance to the units.
View of Brightwater I from down the street showing bicycle parking, trees, a green roof and the shops.
Brightwater I

Architect: Diamond Schmitt Architects Inc.
Landscape Architect: STUDIO tla
Project Owner: Brightwater Phase 1 (CDH) Inc.

The front street view of Cornerstone Suites with stairs, an accessible ramp, a wide front entrance and a brick façade.
A standalone building of Cornerstone Suites with a wide covered veranda and arched brick and glass windows. The path to the front door has a ramp to the left and gardens in front of the shallow stairs.
Accessible shallow step and ramp entry to an entrance in Cornerstone Suites. A small outdoor community space is surrounded by a lateral wood fence.
An outside view of the standalone building and the larger building that form Cornerstone Suites. Landscaping around the outside of the fence and pathways has rocks, grass and evergreen bushes.
Cornerstone Suites

Architect: Invizij Architects Inc.
Landscape Architect: OMC Landscape Architecture
Project Owner: Indwell Community Homes

People’s Choice Award

Given to the project that receives the most votes from the public through online voting.

The view of the Living Root Bridge from the sideway on ground level.
A direct from the road view of the illustrations within the triangular shapes of the pedestrian bridge. An owl, a racoon, a fox, a turned and plants are featured in line art.
People walking and running across the Living Root Bridge from below.
A closeup of the illustration of the skunk on the Living Root Bridge. The illustrations are protected by a metal grid, and there is a metal handrail.
Living Root Bridge

Artist: BAU AND ĆOS STUDIO
Project Owner: City of Mississauga

Award winners stand shoulder to shoulder nationally and internationally, and are recognized for excellence in design.

Award candidates

Check out all the projects that were submitted for the 2025 Mississauga Urban Design Awards.

Urban Elements

Boundless Flight

Fungi of the Woods

Living Root Bridge

Trail Commuters

Private Projects

1847•2024

55 Port

Applewood Towns

Artform

Avonhead Industrial Campus

Brightwater I

Brightwater II

Brightwater Phase 1 Retail

Cornerstone Suites

Edge Tower 1 and  2

Ireyomi Residence

Lakeview Village Discovery Centre

M1 & M2

Mattamy Homes Central Sales Centre

Old Barber House

The Lake House

Westport Condos

Public Projects

Burnhamthorpe Community Centre

Hazel McCallion Central Library

Mississauga Fire Station 125

Saigon Park

“Design excellence is essential in shaping the identity of our places and raising the quality of life in our communities.”

The next Mississauga Urban Design Awards will be held in 2027.

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For more information about the Mississauga Urban Design Awards program, you can view examples of previous submissions and program winners.