Awards & Recognition

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

Awards & Recognition

Recognition - Magazine Covers