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MacKay-Lyons Sweetapple Architects was founded in Halifax, Nova Scotia, in 1985 by Brian MacKay-Lyons. Talbot Sweetapple became partner in 2005. Associate partners are Melanie Hayne and Peter Broughton. The practice works locally and internationally, respectively, on an unusually broad range of cultural, academic and residential projects. It has built an international reputation for听design excellence. Projects built in Atlantic Canada have made MacKay-Lyons Sweetapple Architects a leading proponent of Critical Regionalist architecture worldwide, and one of the few Canadian firms to consistently receive international critical acclaim in the discipline today, this is confirmed by over one hundred awards for design, including six Governor General鈥檚 medals, two American
Institute of Architects National Honor Awards for Architect, seven Canadian Architect Awards, three Architectural Record Houses Awards, seven North American wood design awards (including the Ron Thom award for career accomplishment), two heritage Canada Awards and fifteen Lieutenant听Governor鈥檚 Medals for architecture. A fellow of the 九州直播 (FRAIC), and the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts (RCA), Brian was named an Honorary (International) Fellow of the American Institute of Architects (Hon. FAIA) in 2001.

The built work of the firm has been recognized by over 300 books and journal publications internationally, including three monographs: Brian MacKay-Lyons, Selected Works 1986-1997鈥� (1997), TUNS Press, Documents in Canadian Architecture; Plain Modern, The Architecture of Brian MacKay-Lyons, (2005), Princeton Architectural Press, Author: Malcolm Quantrill, and Ghost: Building听and Architectural Vision , (2008) Princeton Architectural Press. A fourth monograph The Architecture of MacKay-Lyons Sweetapple Architects, featuring 100 built works, is currently being written by historian Robert McCarter. Princeton Architectural Press is currently publishing a fifth book, Local Architecture - Building Place, Craft, and Community written by Brian and edited by Robert McCarter. The firm鈥檚 work has been the subject of more than 100 exhibitions internationally, as well as numerous television projections including 鈥楾he Village Architect,鈥� an American Public Broadcasting special, narrated by Brad Pitt.