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Entries Are Now Open for the 2026 Designers of the Year Awards!
Designers of the Year Frequently Asked Questions
Photos: The Western Living Design 25 Finalists Party
Patkau Architects and Paul Lavoie Interior Design are the iconic designers inducted into our Western Living Hall of Fame for 2025.
Do you have tickets to the party of the year yet? ICYMI: Our Western Living Designers of the Year Awards party is September 11, 2025 at Cantu Bathrooms and Hardware—tickets are over 50 percent sold out, so grab yours while you still can.
It sells out every year for good reason: we’ll be revealing the winners of our 2025 Western Living Designers of the Year in both the judged categories and the People’s Choice Awards, live on stage.
And now in its second year, we’ll be celebrating three new inductees into our Western Living Hall of Fame as our 2025 Design Icons.
These are the designers who have shaped the design scene in Western Canada: the designers and architects whose influence has been immense, both on their fellow designers and architects, and on the entire design industry—from homeowners to contractors, design shops to magazines just like ours.
We’ll be celebrating these three new inductees—our 2025 Western Living Design Icons—at our WL Designers of the Year Awards party on September 11 as well. If you don’t have tickets yet, now’s your chance—they’re selling fast!
The Calgary designer’s boldly colourful spaces have been bringing joy to both his clients and Western Living readers for over 40 years. READ MORE »
John and Patricia Patkau are Western Canada’s quiet—and prolific—geniuses next door. READ MORE »
The editorial team at Western Living loves nothing more than a perfectly designed space, place or thing: and we’re here to tell you about it. Email us your pitches at [email protected].
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