Pug Awards

The Pug Awards are a Toronto architecture award that rates buildings based on popular votes. Each spring the Pug Awards website lists all buildings completed the previous year in Toronto that have more than 50,000 feet of floor space. As of 2009, buildings outside the Old City of Toronto (including North York and Etobicoke) are eligible for awards.[1] The awards were created in 2004 by Gary Berman and Anna Simone . They were originally named the "Fugly Awards" and highlighted the ugliest buildings completed, but the name was then softened to the Puglies, and finally to the Pugs, with a Pug dog as the mascot. In 2008 the awards introduced the "Pug Cup," which will be carved each year with the winning building and displayed at City Hall.

Koerner Hall, part of the 2010s winning Telus Centre project

2011 awards
  • Best residential: Seventy5 Portland
  • Best commercial/institutional: Bell Lightbox

2010 awards

2009 awards

2008 awards
  • Best residential: Argyle Authentic Lofts
  • Best commercial/institutional: Hazelton Hotel
  • Worst building: 76 Shuter

2007 awards
  • Best residential: One King West
  • Best commercial/institutional: Gardiner Museum
  • Worst building: Be Bloor Condominium

2006 awards
  • Best residential: 18 Yorkville
  • Best commercial/institutional: National Ballet School of Canada
  • Worst building: Glenlake

2005 awards
  • Best residential: Waterclub I
  • Best commercial/institutional: Toronto Police Service's 51 Division
  • Worst building: Wellington Square
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See also

References
  1. Roberts, Rob (30 April 2009). "Architecture of the inner suburbs to get Pug Awards scrutiny this year". The National Post. Toronto. Retrieved 30 April 2009.
  • Goldberg, Brianna."Low-rise lofts triumph at annual Pug Awards." National Post. Don Mills, Ont.: Jun 5, 2008. pg. A.15
  • Ouellette, Robert. "How the Pug Awards saved Toronto." National Post. Don Mills, Ont.: May 2, 2008. pg. A.10
  • Hume, Christopher. "So T.O. who's the Pugliest of them all?" Toronto Star. Toronto, Ont.: Jun 7, 2006. pg. B.04
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