A handful of notable new Toronto buildings were just bestowed with awards recognizing their importance in several categories. The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) announced the winners of its 2025 Award of Excellence competition last week, with plenty of local landmarks making the cut this year. This year's awards spanned 20 categories across 20 countries, and Toronto was very well represented, with nine Toronto buildings taking home a combined 12 awards at the annual showcase of the best and brightest builds from across the globe. "These projects prove that tall buildings and the vertical urbanism they engender can instigate better quality of life, ecological resilience and urban equity simultaneously. "This year's submissions illustrate how tall buildings can do more than dominate skylines—they can animate streets, enliven their contexts and shape cohesive, healthy neighbourhoods," said Parakh.