TORONTO—Diamond Schmitt has won a 2021 Ecclesiastical Insurance Cornerstone Award presented by The National Trust for Canada for its work on the Holy Blossom Temple in Toronto.
The project was recognized in the Transformative Project category.
The Holy Blossom Temple project transformed a historic synagogue into a contemporary, integrated campus, states the Diamond Schmitt website, adding it contains a house of worship, a house of learning, and a new house of gathering. The campus is home to one of Toronto’s first Jewish congregations.
The jury comments stated, “This exciting revitalization project created a unified spiritual campus and an inspiring model for other places of faith.”
Established in 2013 through the sponsorship of Ecclesiastical Insurance, the awards honour projects and sites in two categories: exemplary commercial, institutional or mixed-use projects (transformative projects); and places that demonstrate exemplary heritage stewardship and long-term sustainability (resilient historic places).
The Resilient Historic Places category winner were The Green Family Forge (Trinity, N.L.) and St. John Evangelist Anglican Church (Prescott, Ont.).
Other transformative projects winners include Hodge Premises (Twillingate, N.L.); The Bombardier Centre for Aerospace and Aviation (Toronto); Queen Elizabeth II Planetarium (Edmonton); The Shipyards (North Vancouver, B.C.); and Wanuskewin Heritage Park (Saskatoon, Sask.)
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