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Margolese Prize An annual award celebrating a Canadian citizen who has improved the built environment through design

09/18/2026

UBC SALA has named Ouri Scott and Mari Fujita as the recipients of the 2026 Margolese Design for Living Prize.

One of the highest design accolades in Canada, the $50,000 Margolese Prize spotlights designers whose work encourages a greater understanding of the built environment. This year, two Margolese Prizes were awarded: One to a practitioner (Scott) and one to a UBC faculty member (Fujita).

“We are honoured to be able to recognize two such tremendous designers and thought leaders through this year’s Margolese Prize,” says UBC SALA Director Thaïsa Way. “Both Ouri and Mari use design to bring communities together to create a lasting difference.”

Read more at the link in our bio.

06/17/2026

Do you know a Canadian designer in their early to mid career whose work and advocacy in the built environment is addressing the pressing human and environmental challenges of our time, and improving peoples’ lives and communities? Nominate them for the Margolese Prize at the link in our bio.

Meet the panelists for tonight’s celebration! We’re looking forward to their discussion about the many aspects of Kits B...
10/03/2022

Meet the panelists for tonight’s celebration! We’re looking forward to their discussion about the many aspects of Kits Beach as Jane Wolff begins her exploration.

Dr. Christopher Harley, Professor, UBC Zoology

Amir Taleghani, Senior Flood and Drainage Planning Engineer, City of Vancouver

Margot Long, Principal, PWL Partnership

Desirae Fraser, Development Coordinator, Musqueam Capital Corporation

RSVP for the event at SALA.ubc.ca/margolese2022

Join us to celebrate 2022 Margolese Prize winner Jane Wolff at 6pm PDT on October 3, at the Robert H. Lee Alumni Centre ...
09/27/2022

Join us to celebrate 2022 Margolese Prize winner Jane Wolff at 6pm PDT on October 3, at the Robert H. Lee Alumni Centre on the UBC Vancouver Campus!

The event will feature a presentation of Jane's pioneering work in landscape literacy, where she encourages people to understand and participate in the future of landscapes that surround them. She will also introduce a project that will bring the methods and tools she employs in her work to a collaborative study of a Vancouver sea level rise challenge.

In discussion with a panel of experts from fields ranging from marine biology to civil engineering, Jane will begin her exploration of one of Vancouver's most iconic places: Kitsilano Pool. A rich and revealing subject for a Landscape Observatory project, the panel will delve into the site's complex past, present vulnerabilities as exposed in recent storms, and uncertain future.

RSVP for the in-person event or the livestream here: https://sala.ubc.ca/margolese2022

09/15/2022

The University of British Columbia School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture (UBC SALA) has named Jane Wolff as the recipient of the 2022 Margolese Design for Living Prize. The Saint Louis born, Toronto-based landscape designer and scholar uses public engagement, writing, and drawing to help...

Jane Wolff works on the premise that different people see and experience the same landscape in various ways, and her res...
09/13/2022

Jane Wolff works on the premise that different people see and experience the same landscape in various ways, and her research goal is to unite these diverse perceptions into a universally comprehensible language.

UBC SALA is excited to announce Jane Wolff as the recipient of the 2022 Margolese Design for Living Prize. The Saint Lou...
09/08/2022

UBC SALA is excited to announce Jane Wolff as the recipient of the 2022 Margolese Design for Living Prize. The Saint Louis born, Toronto-based landscape designer and scholar uses public engagement, writing, and drawing to help disparate communities make sense of the natural and human made environment.

A Professor at the The John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design, Wolff works on the premise that different people see and experience the same landscape in various ways, and her research goal is to unite these diverse perceptions into a universally comprehensible language. By generating a unique vocabulary for each landscape, she discovers and tells meaningful stories about a site’s past and present circumstances and to address its future.

Read more here: https://margoleseprize.com/winner/jane-wolff/

04/06/2022

Do you know a Canadian designer in their early to mid career whose work and advocacy in the built environment is addressing the pressing human and environmental challenges of our time, and improving peoples’ lives and communities? Nominate them for the Margolese Prize at the link in our bio!

04/04/2022

There’s one week left to submit your nominations for the $50,000 Margolese National Design for Living Prize. The nomination portal closes at 11:59pm on Sunday, April 10! Visit the link in our bio to see the criteria and to submit your nomination.

We are thrilled to introduce this year’s jury who will evaluate the 2022 shortlisted nominations and select a recipient ...
03/24/2022

We are thrilled to introduce this year’s jury who will evaluate the 2022 shortlisted nominations and select a recipient whose professional practice and advocacy demonstrates wide social and environmental impact. Submit a nomination at www.margoleseprize.com by April 10th at 11:59pm PDT.

Jury members:
Blair Satterfield, Associate Professor and Chair, Architecture at the University of British Columbia’s School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture

Brigitte Shim, Principal, Shim-Sutcliffe Architects and Professor at the John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design at the University of Toronto

Grant Fahlgren, member of Wabigoon Lake Ojibway Nation, founding member and Chair of the CSLA Reconciliation Advisory Committee, and Project Designer at Vancouver’s PFS Studio

Jill Anholt, Artist and Principal of Vancouver-based Jill Anholt Studio

Tudor Radulescu, Co-founder of KANVA, a Montreal-based multidisciplinary architectural firm

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