This award of excellence recognizes skill and innovation in technology and project delivery for the Bluepoint Louver Façade System. The design was born from a simple idea to maximize views from inside a building, while maintaining privacy. It is also a shading system which reduces solar heat gain and associated energy usage by more than 60%. The low-cost system uses green techno-logies to generate dynamic architecture. The system can be adapted to suit virtually any building.

Established in 1953, this medal is awarded once every two years for recognition of outstanding creative achievement in enhancing and contributing to architecture.

The Cascade House recently won an award of excellence from the Ontario Association of Architects. It was recognized for its environmental performance as a highly energy efficient, healthy house, but also for its “casual sophistication, with every detail functioning as part of the overall artistic vision and aesthetic.”