For Immediate Release
January
23, 2006
Ottawa
Senators COO to establish Carleton Architecture Award
Cyril Leeder and friends to create
$25,000 urban design award
(Ottawa) – Running a successful real estate development company was a great
training ground for building one of the NHL’s most successful franchises. Cyril
Leeder, Chief Operating Officer of the Ottawa Senators and Corel Centre, is now
challenging Carleton Architecture students to tackle sound urban design and development.
The Cyril M. Leeder Prize, an endowed $25,000
award, will be established by Cyril and colleagues of his in Ottawa’s real estate, architecture and
development community.
“City building is essentially a
positive exercise by positive people,” said Mr. Leeder. “This prize in urban design is meant to
celebrate the optimism of the human condition and our future.”
Urban design and development are
becoming ever more challenging and important elements in the way Canadians work,
live and play. Structural changes in the
economy, from mass production for a mass society, to flexible production for a
fragmented society and global communications and work-from-anywhere have
brought about new interest in the “built environment” in which we live. This has made the role of urban design, and
urban designers and architects, even more significant in development of their communities.
Marco
Frascari, director of Carleton’s School
of Architecture, welcomes
this new award. “This is wonderful news
for Carleton Students,” said Dr. Frascari.
“The competitive nature of the award means that students will have to
focus on producing their best work while being compared to each other within
pre-set guidelines. It will give Carleton architecture students an excellent
introduction to the real world of building cities that are essentially more
livable and more sustainable.”
Students
will be expected to uphold principles of sound urban design by positively
relating densities, configurations and uses of the proposed design to the needs
of a constantly evolving human condition.
The Cyril M. Leeder Prize will
be awarded annually to students either in their third or fourth years of the
Bachelor of Architecture program or in their first year of the Masters program.
The prize will be determined by a jury which will include Mr. Leeder,
representatives from the School
of Architecture and one
external architect.
Funding for the award will come
from a lead gift from Cyril Leeder and contributions from Ottawa’s business community – Adjeleian Allen
Rubeli, Ltd., ZW Group and Cassels Brock and Blackwell have contributed to
date. A celebration of the campaign efforts to date took place at the Ottawa
Senators & Anaheim Mighty Ducks game in Ottawa on January 19th.
Carleton University
Carleton
University is a dynamic,
interdisciplinary research institution located in Ottawa-Canada's capital.
Carleton provides leadership to the conduct of research, scholarship, and
creative activity. It has innovative programs in sciences, engineering, arts,
and public administration and has realized partnerships with numerous public
and private sector organizations. Its strengths have led to international
recognition for its faculty, as well as an ability to attract outstanding
students.
For more information:
Steve Blais
Media Relations Officer
Carleton
University
(613) 520-2600 ext.1391
steve_blais@carleton.ca
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