Vivian Manasc, founder and principal at Reimagine, has been named the 2026 recipient of the Alberta Association of Architects’ Tom Sutherland Award for Volunteer Achievement.

The prestigious Tom Sutherland Award honours extraordinary service and leadership within Alberta’s architectural and design community, recognizing those whose contributions extend well beyond their own practice.

Throughout her distinguished career, Vivian Manasc has championed architecture as a force for positive change through advocacy, mentorship, education, and community engagement. Her work has consistently advanced conversations around sustainability, reconciliation, heritage, accessibility, and the public good, inspiring a more inclusive and responsible future for the built environment.

Her work has always reflected a belief that architecture is not only about buildings, but about people, place, responsibility, and the future we choose to shape together.

Her trailblazing nature helped the firm achieve Alberta’s first LEED Certified building, and the first LEED Gold building in the Arctic. Her work beyond the firm has included serving as president of the Royal Architecture Institute of Canada and helping to launch the Canada Green Building Council. She was recognized for her leadership in green building with the Alberta Order of Excellence in 2017.