2013 – NS – MacKay-Lyons Sweetapple Architects – Lean-To House – Nova Scotia Association of Architects (NSAA) – Lieutenant Governor’s Awards for Excellence in Architecture – – Lieutenant Governor’s Medal of Excellence
2020 – NAT – MacKay-Lyons Sweetapple Architects – Smith Residence, rural Nova Scotia – Canadian Interiors – Best of Canada Awards – Residence – Award
1977 – NAT – Sankey Associates – Addition to Bank of Nova Scotia – Canadian Architect Magazine – Canadian Architect Awards of Excellence – – Award of Excellence
1988 – NAT – Geoff Crosby, Technical University of Nova Scotia – Church – Canadian Architect Magazine – Canadian Architect Awards of Excellence – – Student Award of Excellence
1987 – NAT – Michael Carroll, Technical University of Nova Scotia School of Architecture – Urban Infill in a Historical Context – Canadian Architect Magazine – Canadian Architect Awards of Excellence – – Award of Merit
1995 – NAT – Heather Howat, Faculty of Architecture, Technical University of Nova Scotia – Undermining – Canadian Architect Magazine – Canadian Architect Awards of Excellence – – Student Award of Excellence
1993 – NAT – Brian MacKay-Lyons Architecture and Urban Design – House on the Nova Scotia Coast #9 – Canadian Architect Magazine – Canadian Architect Awards of Excellence – – Award of Excellence
1986 – NAT – Brian MacKay-Lyons Architecture and Urban Design – A House on the Nova Scotia Coast – Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (RAIC)/Canada Council for the Arts – Governor General’s Medals in Architecture – – Medal
1997 – NAT – Brian MacKay-Lyons Architecture and Urban Design – House on the Nova Scotia Coast #12 – Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (RAIC)/Canada Council for the Arts – Governor General’s Medals in Architecture – – Medal for Excellence
2002 – NAT – Brian MacKay-Lyons Architecture and Urban Design – House on the Nova Scotia Coast #22 – Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (RAIC)/Canada Council for the Arts – Governor General’s Medals in Architecture – – Medalist