268 Oakdale Ave Receives Recognition in 2024  Niagara Biennial Design Awards

268 Oakdale Ave Receives Recognition in 2024  Niagara Biennial Design Awards

Congratulations to the winners of the Niagara Biennial Design Awards.

Presented by the Niagara Region, this prestigious biennial program celebrates excellence in design, showcasing outstanding and innovative solutions that enhance the region’s diverse built environments.

Along with our project collaborators, Elevate Living and Invizij Architects Inc, we have received Jury Acknowledgement for our project 268 Oakdale Avenue in St. Catharines.

268 Oakdale Ave is a net-zero ready infill project that brought 28 micro-unit apartments to life on a compact 13-meter-wide lot. Designed with efficiency in mind, the studio-style units prioritize sustainable living while reducing environmental and parking demands. We are thrilled that the unique design solutions applied to the site have been recognized.

Thank you to the jury and our project collaborators!

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  • Profile picture of Better Neighbourhood's partner, Daniel Romanko.

    Dan Romanko is a consulting Professional Planner practicing urban design, and neighbourhood development in Ontario with over 25 years’ experience. Growing up in Mississauga in the ’80s, his childhood years were spent in a categorically suburban environment. This experience sparked an interest in land-use patterns and ultimately the Urban Planning profession. Dan began his academic career at Sheridan College, graduating as a Civil Engineering Technician in 1992; he then went on to complete the Honours Urban and Regional Planning program at the University of Waterloo, graduating in 1997.  Years later, his interest in community scale sustainability found him continuing his education and he received a Master of Engineering Design in Sustainable Infrastructure from McMaster University in 2012. Dan has worked as a planner in a consulting role since 1998. From 2000-2009, Dan worked with Barr Associates in St. Catharines as urban designer. After a five-year stint at another multi-disciplinary firm downtown St. Catharines, Dan returned to Barr Associates in 2015 as partner and the company changed its name to Better Neighbourhoods Inc. In addition to his managing partner role, Dan is a full member in the Canadian Institute of Planners and the Ontario Professional Planners Institute and been qualified as an expert witness at the Ontario Land Tribunal.  He has been an accredited member of the Congress for the New Urbanism (CNU-A) since 2009 and has attended annual Congresses since 2006.  Dan lives downtown St. Catharines with his family and is fortunate to have a seven minute walk to work.

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