AWARDS & RECOGNITION

ARCHITECT 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
  • 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
  • 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” https://www.finehomebuilding.com/design/audio/pacific-northwest-architecture.aspx
  • Contributing Author, Landscape Design Canada, Pace Publishing Limited, 2007 – “Sun Peaks, BC”
  • 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
  • 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