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2009 ARIDO awards honour Ontario's best interior designers
2009 ARIDO awards honour Ontario's best interior designers
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n\n\n\nSep. 25, 2009 (Canada NewsWire Group) -- TORONTO, Sept. 25 /CNW/ -- The Association of Registered Interior Designers of Ontario (ARIDO) announced the winners of its annual ARIDO Awards Program, during a gala dinner last night at the Liberty Grand in Toronto. This prestigious awards program honours innovation, creativity and professional achievement in the province's interior design industry. Judges selected 32 designs from 10 categories; among the winning entries were 11 Awards of Excellence, 20 Awards of Merit and one Project of the Year. (See attached list.)The winning projects showcase a wide range of interior design talent, from retail to residential, corporate to health-care, public and institutional spaces to major restoration projects, and specialty elements to trade show displays. They include a museum of biodiversity, a 2010 Olympic Games store, a retail concourse, conference centre, dentistry office, and restaurant, as well as private residences, condo sales offices, corporate offices, and a design show display of crystals. An integrated graphics program was honoured, along with a custom-made conference table system and a fireplace.This year's projects are not confined within Ontario's borders. \"We are very proud of the fact that a number of ARIDO members are creating award-winning designs for national and international clients,\" says ARIDO's president, Deborah Rutherford. \"Four of this year's Award of Excellence projects are outside of Canada.\"The transformation of a historical powerhouse in St. Louis, Missouri, into a modern office building was selected as Project of the Year. The design, by Maureen Donohue of Cannon Design, Toronto, beautifully contrasts the original structure with contemporary elements. A hotel as well as a condo sales office in Atlanta, Georgia, and a retail men's department in Dublin, Ireland, also received top awards. All three of these projects were designed by Diego Burdi of burdifilek, Toronto.In addition to Project of the Year, interior designers from Cannon Design, Toronto, received two more awards for their workplace designs. And Stantec received awards for the design of its firm's Toronto and Guelph offices, as well as an award for a regional health centre. Two Awards of Excellence went to Elaine Cecconi and Anna Simone of Cecconi Simone Inc. for an appliance showroom and the ...