Marc Boutin, and his firm the Marc Boutin Architectural Collaborative, are interested in developing Calgary’s public realm as a socially and culturally relevant landscape. A number of recent interdisciplinary design projects have explored this interest, including the First Street Underpass, winner of a 2012 Canadian Architect Award, Calgary Soldiers Memorial, and the Memorial Pathway, winner of a 2012 RAIC Mayor’s Urban Design Award. Another such project is the Poppy Plaza, winner of a 2010 Canadian Architect Award.