Tuesday, January 5, 2010
Fifth Town wins "Project of the Year"
Lapointe Architects' Fifth Town Artisan Cheese has been featured in Building Magazine's December 2009 / January 2010 issue titled "LEEDing the Way in 2009". The article bestowed three awards, Developer of the Year, Project of the Year, and Consultant of the Year based on the criteria that "put simply, they did the most to fulfill the philosophy codified in the LEED rating system." We are pleased to have Fifth Town awarded Project of the Year, along with one of the Key consultants on the project, Enermodal Engineering, being awarded Consultant of the Year.
To view the article refer to http://digital.building.ca/xta-asp/pageview2.asp?pc=bd&tpl=base_v2&mv=2009/12/01&edname=December%202009/January%202010&w=1680&h=1020&redir=yes&sp
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Wednesday, July 1, 2009
2008-09 Wood Design Awards Publication
The Fifth Town Artisan Cheese Factory has once again landed Lapointe Architects in a book. Wood WORKS! a publication of the Canadian Wood Council awarded Fifth Town the Green Building Wood Design Award in 2008. (see http://www.lapointe-arch.com/news/2008/10/fifth-town-cheese-wins-wood-works-award.html ) Wood Design & Building Magazine (the US affiliate of Wood WORKS!), has compiled awards from both publications over the last two years into one book filled with award winning porjects. It is an "exciting new awards book that showcases all the stunning award-winning architectural projects across North America from the Wood Design Awards programs. It is a lasting reference book for those seeking inspiration in wood design."
To purchase the book, or subscribe to Wood Design & Building Magazing visit
http://www.cwc.ca/Publications/WDB+Magazine
Labels: Awards, Fifth Town Cheese, Press
Tuesday, April 7, 2009
Fifth Town Wins Premier's Award
The Fifth Town Artisan Cheese Company has been awarded the Ontario Premier's Agri-Food Innovation Excellence award, a $2.5 million, five-year program (now in its third year) established to recognize innovators who contribute to the success of Ontario's agri-food sector. The top prize, worth $100,000, was awarded to Fifth Town for its "work in using green technology to construct the largest artisan goat and sheep milk cheese manufacturing facility in eastern Ontario." For more information and a video please see http://www.omafra.gov.on.ca/english/infores/releases/2009/040609.htm
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Friday, March 13, 2009
Fifth Town is a Platinum LEEDer!
The Canada Green Building Council (CaGBC) today confirmed that after a rigorous audit process, the Fifth Town Artisan Cheese Factory has been awarded the difficult to achieve LEED Platinum designation. LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) is a sustainable building rating system who's goal is to promote the construction of buildings that are designed following a series of environmentally-sound design criteria ranging from sustainable site development to water efficiency, to a reduction of energy use and minimizing harm to the atmosphere, while making efficient use of materials and resources and improving indoor air quality. Lapointe Architects congratulates Fifth Town on achieving this important designation and for pursuing their goal of being the most environmentally-friendly industrial building in North America. For more information on LEED see http://www.cagbc.org/.
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Saturday, February 21, 2009
Fifth Town wins Elizabeth R. Murray Award
The Fifth Town Artisan Cheese Factory was awarded the Elizabeth R. Murray Award at a ceremony at the Warring House in Prince Edward County last night. The award is granted to the most sustainable P.E.C. building each year. The award was name after a former municipal planner who was a tireless advocate of sustainable architecture and planning issues.
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Wednesday, December 3, 2008
Fifth Town Wins Fourth Award!!!
The Fifth Town Artisan Cheese Factory has won a fourth design award. The 2008 Ontario Concrete Architectural Merit Award is awarded to "buildings or other structures in which the architectural considerations or design predominantly influenced the overall project". For more information on the awards please see: http://www.ontarioconcreteawards.ca/
or read more about the awards in the Daily Commercial News at http://dcnonl.com/article/id31622&search_term=Fifth%20Town.
(images by Ben Rahn, A-Frame Inc)
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Wednesday, November 26, 2008
Fifth Town Wins National Design Award!
Fifth Town Artisan Cheese Factory has won the Staff Choice Design Exchange Award. The awards were announced on November 25, 2008 at a gala dinner held on the historic Trading Floor at the Design Exchange (DX), Canada s design museum. Established in 1991, the Design Exchange Awards are the only Canadian multi-disciplinary design competition to judge designers work on commercial effectiveness. Presented by Canadian Business Magazine, the Awards support the DXs mandate to foster business and public understanding of the impact of design excellence on the economy and businesses. A few weeks ago, Fifth Town also won the Green Building Design Award from Wood WORKS! and yesterday, an Award of Excellence from the Canadian GeoExchange Coalition.
An exhibition showcasing all finalist projects will be on view at DX until March 2009 and the project can be viewed in the December issue of Canadian Business Magazine. For more information see http://www.dx.org/dxa/ and http://www.canadianbusiness.com/
An exhibition showcasing all finalist projects will be on view at DX until March 2009 and the project can be viewed in the December issue of Canadian Business Magazine. For more information see http://www.dx.org/dxa/ and http://www.canadianbusiness.com/
(image by Ben Rahn, A-Frame Inc.)
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Wednesday, November 12, 2008
Fifth Town Cheese Wins Wood WORKS! award
The Fifth Town Artisan Cheese Factory has won the 2008 Wood WORKS! Green Building Wood Design Award. The Wood WORKS! Awards (by the Canadian Wood Council) recognize people and organizations dedicated to pioneering and preserving the use of wood in Ontario. The Fifth Town Artisan Cheese Factory makes substantial use of wood in its various forms. Examples include Durisol's stay-in-place wall form system made from waste wood chips, reclaimed wood from local barns, and more than 55% FSC certified lumber and sheet goods. Finally, wood chips were used to promote natural cultivation in the herb gardens and constructed wetlands. Past winning projects include the Young Centre for the Performing Arts, the Toronto Region Conservation Authority's Service Centre, and the Ottawa and Toronto locations for the Mountain Equipment Co-op. For more information on the Wood WORKS! awards please see: http://www.woodworksontario.com/
(images by Ben Rahn, A-Frame Inc.)
(images by Ben Rahn, A-Frame Inc.)
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Saturday, November 8, 2008
Fifth Town wins cheese awards
Fifth Town has won several cheese awards at the annual Royal Winter Fair Cheese Competition in Toronto, including three first prize ribbons and one Grand Champion title. This is an exceptional result considering that Fifth Town started producing cheese from their new sustainable factory less than 5 months ago. Says Owner Petra Cooper "We are off to a great start as a new enterprise that desires to make a difference to the culinary and economic life of the community, and demonstrate to all those skeptics out there that small scale, local dairying can indeed succeed on all measures in Ontario." For more information see http://www.fifthtown.ca/.
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Sunday, September 21, 2008
Jubilee Pavilion Wins Award
The 2008 Oshawa and Region Business Excellence Award were presented at a special Dinner and Awards presentation held at the Oshawa Holiday Inn on September 18, 2008 .The Chamber presented the Civic Pride Award to Danny Kallinteris , Managing Director of the Jubilee Pavilion.
The Grenadier Group partnered with the City of Oshawa three years ago to restore the Jubilee Pavilion and bring the landmark back to life. The vision was to create a unique lakefront setting to host a wide range of events, including weddings, family and corporate picnics and functions, as well as public events like Canada Day.
Lapointe Architects is proud to be working with the Grenadier group on the design of the Jubilee Pavillion.
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