The University of Waterloo School of Architecture is a leader in design education and research.
Offering a fully cooperative professional program, Waterloo Architecture is the only Canadian school of architecture to have a permanent international facility, which has operated since 1979 in Rome, Italy. The school attracts top students from across Canada and around the world and has been rated the greenest architecture curriculum in Canada.
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News
Waterloo Architecture Students Reimagine Affordable Housing for Kensington Market
Earlier this month, students from the University of Waterloo School of Architecture showcased innovative housing concepts in Toronto’s Kensington Market as part of an exhibition titled “What Could a Community Land Trust Neighbourhood Look Like?” The exhibition, held December 13 - 21, featured work from the studio course “Architectures of Relation: Infilling Affordable Housing in Kensington Market,” led by Associate Professor Adrian Blackwell.
Assistant Professor Anwar Jaber presents at AHRA Annual Conference
Assistant Professor Anwar Jaber presented the paper "Tegart Forts: Materializing Palestinian Statehood in Military Structures" in November at the Architectural Humanities Research Association's 22nd Annual International Conference at the University of Liverpool, UK.
TO·BE·LONGING: Redefining Home Through Queer Lived Experience
What does it mean to belong? How do the spaces we inhabit reflect who we are? These questions lie at the heart of TO·BE·LONGING: Portraits of Queer Living, an ambitious exhibition curated by architect and educator Quan Thai opening at Design at Riverside on November 27, 2025.
Events
Film Screening: Thinking Beyond the Market: A film about genuinely affordable housing
Brian Doucet, University of Waterloo
Thinking Beyond the Market: A film about genuinely affordable housing takes you across Canada to learn about policies, programs and projects that are already happening and already having a positive impact on addressing the housing crisis. From using public land to build non-market housing in Kitchener and Whistler, and inspiring Indigenous-led projects in Vancouver, to strong tenant protections and rent control in British Columbia and Prince Edward Island, the examples featured in this film demonstrate how many important solutions are making a difference in communities big and small! The film features interviews with more than 30 planners, policymakers, politicians, developers, residents and housing advocates from coast to coast. The film inspires and challenges us to think about both the root causes of the housing crisis and transformative solutions.
George Massoud - Building from the Land
George Massoud, Material Cultures, London, UK
Material Cultures is an interdisciplinary, not-for-profit research, action and design organisation working to address the intersecting issues of climate and social justice in the built environment. Understanding buildings as ultimately drawn from the landscape, we argue for the reintegration of architecture and agriculture. We support regenerative approaches to growing and harvesting materials, fostering bioregional construction practices that operate within planetary boundaries. We challenge the systems, technologies, supply chains, regulations and materials that make up the construction industry, with the aim of transforming how we build and who we build for.
Samantha Eby - Emerging Practitioner Fellowship Talk
Samantha Eby, Emerging Practitioner, Waterloo Architecture
Samantha Eby is a licensed architect and researcher based in Toronto. Through her work she explores the intersection of design, policy frameworks, and ownership models, focusing on their impact on housing projects. In 2024, she founded this—office, an architecture and spatial research practice committed to exploring new typologies and models of architecture through non-traditional collaborations and research. She is also the co-founder and the Executive Director of ReHousing, a nonprofit organization focused on supporting housing creation through applied research, consultation, and education. ReHousing’s work on multiplex zoning was recognized with the 2023 CMHC President’s Medal for Outstanding Housing Research.