Awards + Media

The Hotel Lobby at Kat Florence Hotels in Elora has won a prestigious 2026 ARIDO Award in the EAT + STAY category (Issuu page 25), recognizing the project and MSS interior designers Kourtney Rapp, ARIDO and Rachel Birch, ARIDO, MSS, as the design firm, and hotel owner Kat Florence.

43 Mill Street West in Elora project received the Heritage Property Restoration Award from Heritage Centre Wellington and MSS was also recognized with a Heritage Professionals Recognition Award for our role in this remarkable restoration.

The Spur Line Commons was recognized as a recent finalist for its innovative efforts to rehabilitate a once contaminated site, transforming one of Waterloo's last significant urban industrial properties into a community of townhouses and condominiums.

The Old Post Office in UpTown Waterloo was a recent finalist in these awards, recognizing outstanding heritage projects and initiatives.

Awarded to the Old Post Office for excellence in heritage conservation and demonstrated expertise as heritage professionals.

Honoured with the Gold Medal in the Landscape Architecture category for the Manulife Head Office Exterior Renovation project.

Awarded for Breithaupt Block III, an 11-storey LEED Gold office building as the third phase of the Breithaupt Block, an urban office campus. The building was recognized for its design excellence in built form that integrates well with the office campus as well as the surrounding neighbourhood.

Manulife Head Office Renovation named winner of REmmy Award for Workplace Excellence designation for awards in leadership excellence, innovation, sustainable design, and social responsibility in corporate real estate and workplace management.

At the University of California; Our A Grander View building was Canada’s first LEED triple platinum project and went on to win numerous local and national awards, including:

• Selected as one of two buildings that represent Canada at the Sustainable Buildings Challenge in Helsinki in October 2011
• Tree for Life award from the Association of Consulting Engineering Companies
• Award of Distinction from the Ontario Building Envelope Council
• Livable Building Award from the Center for the Built Environment
• Urban Design Award from the City of Kitchener

The Breithaupt Block (51 Breithaupt Street) in Kitchener wins Office Development of the Year for 2015 in awards for outstanding achievement, leadership and innovation of the office, industrial, retail and mixed-use real estate industry in the Greater Toronto Area.

Breithaupt Block (51 Breithaupt Street) wins for Best Overall Project, recognized for its excellence in the remediation and redevelopment of a Canadian brownfield site.

Rehabilitation/Adaptive Reuse for the Breithaupt Block (51 Breithaupt Street), for demonstrated commitment to the conservation of Kitchener's cultural heritage resources. The rehabilitation and adaptive reuse of a former rubber factory took a complex of vacant derelict buildings and transformed them into a unique urban office environment, contributing to the conservation of Kitchener's industrial built heritage.