Awards & Recognition

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AWARDS, EXHIBITIONS AND RECOGNITIONS

• Western Living - Designer of the Year Award Landscape –Eco Design, 2020
• Finalist – Western Living Designer of the Year Award – Architecture Category, 2020
• Canadian Wood Council for Wood WORKS! BC Awards Program, Winner: Architect Award, March 2019
• Finalist – Western Living Designer of the Year Award – Landscape Category, 2018
• Passive House Exhibition, December 2016 – AIBC Gallery
• Winner - Fine Home Building; House of the Year, 2017 – Slightly Snug House 
• Canadian Wood Council for Wood WORKS! BC Awards Program, Winner: Western Cedar Award, Buddhist Retreat Complex, Bowen Island, March 2016
• Western Living Designer of the Year Award Eco-Designer – Eco Design, 2015
• Finalist – Western Living Designer of the Year Award – Eco-Design Category, 2014
• Finalist – Western Living Designer of the Year Award – Arthur Erikson Memorial Award, 2014
• Finalist – Western Living Designer of the Year Award – Architecture Category, 2014
• Planning Institute of British Columbia Awards of Excellence - Honorary Mention – Arden Local Area Plan, City of Courtenay, BC, May 2014
• Winner - Fine Home Building; House of the Year, May 2014 – Downtown Design (Alder Residence)
• Canadian Wood Council for Wood WORKS! BC Awards Program, Winner: Interior Beauty Design, Forest House, March 2014
• Winner –Western Living Designer of the Year Award  - One to Watch – Landscape Category, 2013
• Model Behavior Exhibition, Summer 2013 – AIBC Gallery
• Short Listed – Western Living Designer of the Year Award – Eco-Design Category, 2013
• Short Listed – Western Living Designer of the Year Award – Arthur Erikson Memorial Award, 2013
• West Coast Spirit Travelling Exhibition Fall 2012, Winter 2013, Exhibition Participant –AIBC Gallery, Vancouver BC; Nanaimo Art Gallery; Buildex Conference; 
• Georgie Awards Finalist – Alder Residence, Feb. 2013
• Built Green Premier House of the Year, BuiltGreen BC – Alder Residence, September, 2012
• Winner – Western Living Designer of the Year Award – One to Watch – Eco-Designer Category, 2012
• Short Listed – Western Living Designer of the Year Award – Landscape Designer Category, 2012
• Short Listed – Western Living Designer of the Year Award – Arthur Erikson Memorial Award, 2012
• Planning Institute of British Columbia Awards of Excellence - Honorary Mention – Cedar Main Street Project, May 2012
• Ovation Award (GVHBA) – Recognizing excellence in design and construction – Alder Residence, May 2012
• Finalist, Alaska Living Building Challenge International Architectural Competition, April, 2012 – In top 15 out of 120 submissions
• Elevation: Reaching Higher Ground Exhibition April 11 – May 9, 2012, Exhibition Participant –AIBC Gallery, Vancouver BC;
  Short List Finalist – Western Living Designer of the Year Award – Eco-Designer Category, 2011
• BCSLA Drawing on the Land Exhibition, Nov. 2010- Sept, 2011, Exhibition Participant – Pendulum Gallery, Vancouver BC; AIBC Gallery, Vancouver BC; Kamloops Art Gallery, Kamloops BC; Cafe Gallery, Sannich, BC.
• CIP Awards for Planning Excellence – City of North Vancouver 100 Year Plan (Team Participant)
• ASLA Honor Award for Research, 2009, Getting to Minus 80 (Team participant) 
• AIBC Emerging Firm Award, 2009 – Architectural Institute of British Columbia
• Award of Excellence for Design in Concrete, 2008 – Pearson Residence, Vancouver BC
• Award of Excellence, Dean’s Scholarship Citation, Department of Architecture, Univ. Of Oregon, 1999
• American Society of Landscape Architects Certificate of Honor for Excellence in the Study of Landscape Architecture, 1989
• Ontario Association of Landscape Architects Scholarship, 1988
• Early in-house scholarship for outstanding achievement, University of Guelph, 1986

SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS, ACADEMIC POSTIONS AND AWARDS JURY WORK

• Speaker – Vancouver Spring Home and Garden Show, February 2018
• Guest Lecturer – Vancouver Island University, Regional and Community Planning, January 2018
• Guest Lecturer – University of Oregon, Department of Architecture, April 2016
• Invited Panel Speaker – BCSLA Annual Conference, Whistler BC, April 2015 – Sea To Sky Gondola Design and Planning Story
• Invited Speaker - BC Land Summit 2014 Conference – Panelist – Micro Housing, May 2014
• Invited Speaker – BCSLA Annual General Meeting – CSLA Awards Program, April 2014
• Selected Jury Member, Canadian Society of Landscape Architecture National Awards, February, 2014
• Guest Speaker – University of Guelph; “Bridging landscape and architecture - Observations from a small firm”.
• Guest Critic, School of Landscape Architecture, University of British Columbia, April 2013
• Invited Speaker, Buildex 2013, Vancouver BC “The West Coast Spirit” The contemporary history of West Coast Modernism.
• The West Coast Spirit, Curator and Advisor to the AIBC Gallery, Emerging West Coast Modernism Exhibit, Fall 2012
• Adjunct Faculty, School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture, University of BC, Winter 2012
• Selected Jury Member, AIBC Architectural Awards 2011 (past recipient) 
• Adjunct Faculty, School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture, University of BC, Fall 2010
• Guest Critic, School of Landscape Architecture, University of British Columbia, April 2010
• Special Graduate Faculty Member, School of Environmental Design and Rural Development, University of Guelph, Fall Semester, 2009
• Guest Critic, Department of Architecture, University of Oregon, June 2009
• Workshop Leader: The New West, Architecture and Landscape Conference, Bozeman Mt. April 2009, Mixed Use Adaptive Re-use
• Key Note Speaker, HOPES Conference on Sustainability, University of Oregon, April 2009
• Guest Critic, School of Landscape Architecture, University of British Columbia, April 2008
• Visiting Lecturer, University of Guelph, March 15-30 2009
• Guest Speaker: Utah State University, 2009, “Carbon Neutral Planning for Rural Communities”
• Invited Speaker: The New West, Architecture and Landscape Conference, Bozeman Mt. 2008, “Emerging Resorts in the New West”
• Guest Critic, ENDS Program, University of British Columbia, December 2007
• Invited Panelist: Vernacular Architecture, Bowen Is. Heritage Week, 2006
• Invited Speaker: 42thInternational Making Cities Livable Conference, 2005, Charleston, S.C., “Planning for the Pedestrian: The European Perspective”
• Guest Speaker: University of Utah, 2005, “Creating a Legacy: Planning a New Mountain Village”
• Invited Speaker: 39thInternational Making Cities Livable Conference, 2004, Sarasota, Fl., “Community design by nature; blending natural systems with traditional neighborhood design”
• Invited Speaker: Florida Planning and Zoning Association Annual Conference, 2002, “The Placemaking of Towns and Villages”
• Research Fellow, Center for Housing Innovation, University of Oregon, 1998 “Net Energy Communities”
• Graduate Teaching Fellow, Department of Architecture, University of Oregon, 1998-1999, Environmental Control Systems I & II

PUBLICATIONS:

• Contributing Architect, Vancouver Home Magazine, Summer 2018
• Featured Architect, Coast Home Magazine, Spring 2018
• Contributing Architect, Small Homes Cabins & Cottages, the Best of Fine Homebuilding Fall 2017
• Contributing Author, Fine Homebuilding, Taunton Press, New Haven Ct., May 2016 “A LEED House on a Small Lot – Annual Houses Issue”
• Contributing Author, Fine Homebuilding, Taunton Press, New Haven Ct., May 2014 “Downtown Design – Annual Houses Issue”
• Contributing Architect, Inside+Out, the Best of Fine Homebuilding 2013
• Contributing Author, SAB Magazine, House and Laneway House, Winter 2013
• Contributing Author, AIA YAF Connection Issue 10.05 “Gulf Island Bed and Breakfast”, Dec. 2012
• Contributing Author, AIA YAF Connection Issue 10.04 “Maximizing the design potential of a small site”, June 2012
• Contributing Architect, Westcoast Homes and Design, Summer 2012, The Home Transformed – Awards showcase building excellence
• Contributing Architect, Western Living Magazine, “Dream Homes Attainable Luxury”, Jan./ Feb. 2012
• Contributing Editor, Convenience Truth, A Sustainable Vancouver by 2050 (SALA press), 2011
• Contributing Author, SAB Magazine, Pearson Residence, May 2011
• Contributing Author, Cottage Magazine, BC, April 2011 “Hardy Island Green”, April 2011
• Contributing Architect, IN-LAWS, OUTLAWS, AND GRANNY FLATS (Your guide to turning one house into two homes), Taunton Press, 2011
• Contributing Author, Cottage Magazine, BC, April 2009 “A Home Built for the Garden”
• Contributing Author, Fine Homebuilding, Taunton Press, New Haven Ct., March 2009 “Exploiting the Elements of Passive Design”
• Contributing Author and Narrator, Taunton Press Website, Online Slideshow, ”Pacific Northwest Architecture” http://www.finehomebuilding.com/design/audio/pacific-northwest-architecture.aspx
• Contributing Author, Landscape Design Canada, Pace Publishing Limited, 2007 – “Sun Peaks, BC” 

MEDIA: 

• Landscape Designer of the year 2020 - Western Living
• Bowen architect receives one of B.C.'s premiere wood design awards
• Best Small Home 2017: A LEED House on a Small Lot 
• Designers of the Year 2015 - Eco Design  Westernliving.ca  
• 2014 WOOD DESIGN AWARD- Interior BeautyEmerging Firm Award.
• ECOHOME, 2013, Small House Incorporates the Best of City Living – by Jennifer Goodman
• Globe and Mail, March 8, 2012 – On Bowen Island, a home that hugs the ground and shares the landscape, Globe and Mail Architecture – by Hadani Ditmars
• Design Style – CFSI 107.1 Saltspring Island Radio) February 9, 2012 – Interview on Green Building
• Globe and Mail, January 21, 2012 - Green, design-savvy and affordable – Designer James Tuer puts two homes on a 40- by 80-foot west-end lot, Globe and Mail Architecture – by Hadani Ditmars 
• Architecture BC, Small Firm, Big World – BC’s small firms flex their muscles at home and around the world – (about JWT Architecture and Planning) 2011 
• USA Today, August 18, 2011 - A House Dived Helps Pay the Bills. – by Wendy Koch
• Architecture BC, Issue 32, September 2009, Small Firm, Big Rewards (about JWT Architecture and Planning)
• Vancouver Sun, It’s All About The Wood, October, 2006 – (Tuer Residence) – by Kim Pemberton

COMMUNITY DESIGN CHARETTES:

• Crofton Local Area Plan – Community Design Charette, 2014 (JWT Architecture and Planning)
• City of Courtenay Arden Road Corridor  – Community Design Charette, 2012 (JWT Architecture and Planning)
• Cedar Main Street – Community Design Charette, 2012 (JWT Architecture and Planning)
• City of Surrey Sensitive Infill Community Design Charette, 2012, With UBC Center for Sustainable Design – Facilitator and Lead Designer
• City of Peachland Sustainability Downtown Plan – Community Design Charette, 2011, With UBC Center for Sustainable Design – Facilitator and Lead Designer
• City of Jeddah, Light Rail and Open Space Strategies Design Charette – Design Team Leader, 2010, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Consultant  
• City of North Vancouver 100 Year Sustainability Vision Design Charette, 2009, With UBC Center for Sustainable Design – Facilitator and Lead Designer