Waterloo Architecture alumnus Alison Brooks (BES '85 and BArch '88) was named a High Commendation at 2021’s Female Frontier Awards, in the Architect of the Year category.
The book Canadian Modern Architecture: 1967 to the Present is the first comprehensive volume on modern and contemporary Canadian architecture to appear in over 25 years. It is co-published by Princeton Architectural Press and Canadian Architect magazine.
University of Waterloo Engineering publishes an article about Brenda Reid's thesis.
Congratulations to Waterloo Architecture alumnus Elisia Neves, Founder and Principal Architect, and fabrik architects inc. for receiving three Business Excellence Award nominations from the Greater Kitchener-Waterloo Chamber of Commerce.
The University of Waterloo would like to honour and recognize our fellow colleagues who celebrate milestones of distinguished service to the University of Waterloo community.
These recipients who celebrate their loyal and tireless work have left a legacy of excellence that has developed the University of Waterloo into a world-class institution.
Waterloo Architecture would like to congratulate our colleagues celebrating a milestone in 2021:
Two architects who have compiled a long list of accomplishments since graduating from the University of Waterloo added to it this week with a prestigious award from a national organization.
Brigitte Shim and A. Howard Sutcliffe, who met at Waterloo and graduated together from the School of Architecture in 1983, were named the winners of the 2021 Gold Medal by the Royal Architecture Institute of Canada (RAIC).
A UWSA segment of the From Behind the Mask quilt is now installed at the school, next to the Melville Café entrance! These blocks are authored by members of the UWSA community, tying their stories back to the site of the school.
What does it really mean to be a smart city or healthy city and are we even close to living sustainably in urban environments? Will the pandemic and rise of working from home affect how we design city life and civic spaces now and in the future? What does an age-friendly city look like over the next couple of decades? These timely questions and more will be addressed by a panel of alumni and academia experts as we examine where architecture and city design are headed in light of a great social upheaval.
Elsa Lam, Canadian Architect editor and Waterloo Architecture graduate, reached out to Jaliya Fonseka, a recent graduate and adjunct faculty member of the University of Waterloo School of Architecture, and Anne Bordeleau, as Chair of the Canadian Council of University Schools of Architecture, to share their perspectives on equity in architectural education and beyond.